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31.Dd $Mdocdate: July 10 2010 $
32.Dt UHID 4
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm uhid
36.Nd USB generic HID support
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.Cd "uhid* at uhidev?"
39.Sh DESCRIPTION
40The
41.Nm
42driver provides support for all HID (Human Interface Device) interfaces
43in USB devices that do not have a special driver.
44.Pp
45The device handles the following
46.Xr ioctl 2
47calls:
48.Bl -tag -width indent
49.It Dv USB_GET_REPORT_ID (int)
50Get the report identifier used by this HID report.
51.It Dv USB_GET_REPORT_DESC (struct usb_ctl_report_desc)
52Get the HID report descriptor.
53Using this descriptor the exact layout and meaning of data to/from
54the device can be found.
55The report descriptor is delivered without any processing.
56.Bd -literal
57struct usb_ctl_report_desc {
58    int     ucrd_size;
59    u_char  ucrd_data[1024];	/* filled data size will vary */
60};
61.Ed
62.It Dv USB_SET_IMMED (int)
63Sets the device in a mode where each
64.Xr read 2
65will return the current value of the input report.
66Normally a
67.Xr read 2
68will only return the data that the device reports on its
69interrupt pipe.
70This call may fail if the device does not support this feature.
71.It Dv USB_GET_REPORT (struct usb_ctl_report)
72Get a report from the device without waiting for data on
73the interrupt pipe.
74The
75.Fa report
76field indicates which report is requested.
77It should be
78.Dv UHID_INPUT_REPORT ,
79.Dv UHID_OUTPUT_REPORT ,
80or
81.Dv UHID_FEATURE_REPORT .
82This call may fail if the device does not support this feature.
83.Bd -literal
84struct usb_ctl_report {
85	int	ucr_report;
86	u_char	ucr_data[1024];	/* used data size will vary */
87};
88.Ed
89.It Dv USB_SET_REPORT (struct usb_ctl_report)
90Set a report in the device.
91The
92.Dv report
93field indicates which report is to be set.
94It should be
95.Dv UHID_INPUT_REPORT ,
96.Dv UHID_OUTPUT_REPORT ,
97or
98.Dv UHID_FEATURE_REPORT .
99This call may fail if the device does not support this feature.
100.El
101.Pp
102Use
103.Xr read 2
104to get data from the device.
105Data should be read in chunks of the size prescribed by the report descriptor.
106.Pp
107Use
108.Xr write 2
109send data to the device.
110Data should be written in chunks of the size prescribed by the report
111descriptor.
112.Sh SEE ALSO
113.Xr usbhidctl 1 ,
114.Xr usbhid 3 ,
115.Xr intro 4 ,
116.Xr uhidev 4 ,
117.Xr usb 4
118.Sh HISTORY
119The
120.Nm
121driver
122appeared in
123.Ox 2.6 .
124