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38.Dd July 12, 1998
39.Dt UGEN 4
40.Os
41.Sh NAME
42.Nm ugen
43.Nd USB generic device support
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.Cd "ugen* at uhub?"
46.Sh DESCRIPTION
47The
48.Nm
49driver provides support for all USB devices that do not have
50a special driver.  It supports access to all parts of the device,
51but not in a way that is as convenient as a special purpose driver.
52.Pp
53There can be up to 127 USB devices connected to a USB bus.
54Each USB device can have up to 16 endpoints.  Each of these endpoints
55will communicate in one of four different modes: control, isochronous,
56bulk, or interrupt.  Each of the endpoints will have a different
57device node.  The four least significant bits in the minor device
58number determine which endpoint the device accesses and the rest
59of the bits determine which USB device.
60.Pp
61If an endpoint address is used both for input and output the device
62can be opened for both read or write, but an
63.Xr open 2
64cannot specify
65.Dv O_RDWR
66mode; the endpoint must be opened once for each direction.
67.Pp
68To find out what endpoints exist there are a series of
69.Xr ioctl 2
70operations available for the control endpoint that return the USB descriptors
71of the device, configurations, interfaces, and endpoints.
72.Pp
73The control transfer mode can only happen on the control endpoint,
74which is always endpoint 0.  Control requests
75are issued by
76.Xr ioctl 2
77calls.
78.\" .Pp
79.\" The isochronous transfer mode can be in or out depending on the
80.\" endpoint.  To perform I/O on an isochronous endpoint
81.\" .Xr read 2
82.\" and
83.\" .Xr write 2
84.\" should be used.
85.\" Before any I/O operations can take place the transfer rate in
86.\" bytes/second has to be set.  This is done with
87.\" .Xr ioctl 2
88.\" .Dv USB_SET_ISO_RATE .
89.\" Performing this call sets up a buffer corresponding to
90.\" about 1 second of data.
91.Pp
92The bulk transfer mode can be in or out depending on the
93endpoint.  To perform I/O on a bulk endpoint
94.Xr read 2
95and
96.Xr write 2
97should be used.
98All I/O operations on a bulk endpoint are unbuffered.
99.Pp
100The interrupt transfer mode can only be in.
101To perform input from an interrupt endpoint
102.Xr read 2
103should be used.  A moderate amount of buffering is done
104by the driver.
105.Pp
106The control endpoint (endpoint 0) handles the following
107.Xr ioctl 2
108calls:
109.Pp
110.Bl -tag -width indent -compact
111.It Dv USB_SET_SHORT_XFER (int)
112Allow short read transfer.  Normally a transfer from the device
113which is shorter than the request specified is reported as an
114error.
115.Pp
116.It Dv USB_GET_CONFIG (int)
117Get the device configuration number.
118.Pp
119.It Dv USB_SET_CONFIG (int)
120Set the device into the given configuration number.
121This operation can only be performed when the control endpoint
122is the sole open endpoint.
123.Pp
124.It Dv USB_GET_ALTINTERFACE (struct usb_alt_interface)
125Get the alternative setting number for the interface with the given
126index.
127The
128.Fa config_index
129is ignored in this call.
130.Bd -literal
131struct usb_alt_interface {
132	int	config_index;
133	int	interface_index;
134	int	alt_no;
135};
136.Ed
137.It Dv USB_SET_ALTINTERFACE (struct usb_alt_interface)
138Set the alternative setting to the given number in the interface with the
139given index.
140The
141.Fa config_index
142is ignored in this call.
143.Pp
144This operation can only be performed when no endpoints for the interface
145are open.
146.Pp
147.It Dv USB_GET_NO_ALT (struct usb_alt_interface)
148Return the number of different alternate settings in the
149.Fa alt_no
150field.
151.Pp
152.It Dv USB_GET_DEVICE_DESC (usb_device_descriptor_t)
153Return the device descriptor.
154.Pp
155.It Dv USB_GET_CONFIG_DESC (struct usb_config_desc)
156Return the descriptor for the configuration with the given index.
157For convenience the current configuration can be specified by
158.Dv USB_CURRENT_CONFIG_INDEX .
159.Bd -literal
160struct usb_config_desc {
161	int	config_index;
162	usb_config_descriptor_t desc;
163};
164.Ed
165.Pp
166.It Dv USB_GET_INTERFACE_DESC (struct usb_interface_desc)
167Return the interface descriptor for an interface specified by its
168configuration index, interface index, and alternative index.
169For convenience the current alternative can be specified by
170.Dv USB_CURRENT_ALT_INDEX .
171.Bd -literal
172struct usb_interface_desc {
173	int	config_index;
174	int	interface_index;
175	int	alt_index;
176	usb_interface_descriptor_t desc;
177};
178.Ed
179.Pp
180.It Dv USB_GET_ENDPOINT_DESC (struct usb_endpoint_desc)
181Return the endpoint descriptor for the endpoint specified by its
182configuration index, interface index, alternative index, and
183endpoint index.
184.Bd -literal
185struct usb_endpoint_desc {
186	int	config_index;
187	int	interface_index;
188	int	alt_index;
189	int	endpoint_index;
190	usb_endpoint_descriptor_t desc;
191};
192.Ed
193.Pp
194.It Dv USB_GET_FULL_DESC (struct usb_full_desc)
195Return all the descriptors for the given configuration.
196.Bd -literal
197struct usb_full_desc {
198	int	config_index;
199	u_int	size;
200	u_char	*data;
201};
202.Ed
203.Pp
204The
205.Fa data
206field should point to a memory area of the size given in the
207.Fa size
208field.  The proper size can be determined by first issuing a
209.Dv USB_GET_CONFIG_DESC
210and inspecting the
211.Fa wTotalLength
212field.
213.Pp
214.It Dv USB_GET_STRING_DESC (struct usb_string_desc)
215Get a string descriptor for the given language id and
216string index.
217.Bd -literal
218struct usb_string_desc {
219	int	string_index;
220	int	language_id;
221	usb_string_descriptor_t desc;
222};
223.Ed
224.Pp
225.It Dv USB_DO_REQUEST
226Send a USB request to the device on the control endpoint.
227Any data sent to/from the device is located at
228.Fa data .
229The size of the transferred data is determined from the
230.Fa request .
231The
232.Fa addr
233field is ignored in this call.
234.Bd -literal
235struct usb_ctl_request {
236	int	addr;
237	usb_device_request_t request;
238	void	*data;
239};
240.Ed
241This is a dangerous operation in that it can perform arbitrary operations
242on the device.  Some of the most dangerous (e.g., changing the device
243address) are not allowed.
244.Pp
245.It Dv USB_GET_DEVICEINFO (struct usb_device_info)
246Get an information summary for the device.  This call will not
247issue any USB transactions.
248.El
249.Pp
250Note that there are two different ways of addressing configurations, interfaces,
251alternatives, and endpoints: by index or by number.
252The index is the ordinal number (starting from 0) of the descriptor
253as presented by the device.  The number is the respective number of
254the entity as found in its descriptor.  Enumeration of descriptors
255use the index, getting and setting typically uses numbers.
256.Pp
257Example:
258All endpoints (except the control endpoint) for the current configuration
259can be found by iterating the
260.Fa interface_index
261from 0 to
262.Fa config_desc->bNumInterface-1
263and for each of these iterating the
264.Fa endpoint_index
265from 0 to
266.Fa interface_desc->bNumEndpoints .
267The
268.Fa config_index
269should set to
270.Dv USB_CURRENT_CONFIG_INDEX
271and
272.Fa alt_index
273should be set to
274.Dv USB_CURRENT_ALT_INDEX .
275.Sh SEE ALSO
276.Xr usb 4
277.Sh HISTORY
278The
279.Nm
280driver
281appeared in
282.Ox 2.6 .
283.Sh BUGS
284The driver is not yet finished; there is no access to isochronous endpoints.
285