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31.Dd $Mdocdate: July 12 2014 $
32.Dt USB 4
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm usb
36.Nd introduction to Universal Serial Bus support
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.Cd "# zaurus specific"
39.Cd "ohci0   at pxaip?"
40.Cd "# all architectures"
41.Cd "ehci*   at cardbus?"
42.Cd "ohci*   at cardbus?"
43.Cd "uhci*   at cardbus?"
44.Cd "ehci*   at pci?"
45.Cd "ohci*   at pci?"
46.Cd "uhci*   at pci?"
47.Cd "xhci*   at pci?"
48.Cd "usb*    at ehci? flags 0x00"
49.Cd "usb*    at ohci? flags 0x00"
50.Cd "usb*    at uhci? flags 0x00"
51.Cd "usb*    at xhci? flags 0x00"
52.Cd "uhub*   at usb?"
53.Cd "uhub*   at uhub?"
54.Pp
55.Cd option	USBVERBOSE
56.Pp
57.Fd "#include <dev/usb/usb.h>"
58.Fd "#include <dev/usb/usbhid.h>"
59.Sh DESCRIPTION
60.Ox
61provides machine-independent bus support and drivers for Universal Serial Bus
62.Pq Tn USB
63devices.
64.Pp
65The
66.Ox
67.Nm
68driver has three layers (like
69.Xr scsi 4
70and
71.Xr pcmcia 4 ) :
72the controller, the bus, and the device layer.
73The controller attaches to a physical bus (like
74.Xr pci 4
75or
76.Xr cardbus 4 ) .
77The
78.Tn USB
79bus attaches to the controller and the root hub attaches to the
80.Tn USB
81bus.
82Devices, which may include further hubs, attach to the root hub.
83The attachment forms the same tree structure as the physical
84.Tn USB
85device tree.
86For each
87.Tn USB
88device there may be additional drivers attached to it.
89.Pp
90The
91.Cm uhub
92driver controls
93.Tn USB
94hubs and must always be present since there is at least one root hub in any
95.Tn USB
96system.
97.Pp
98The
99.Cm flags
100are used to specify if the devices on the
101.Tn USB
102bus should be probed
103early in the boot process.
104If the
105.Cm flags
106are specified with a value of 1, the
107.Tn USB
108bus will be probed when the
109.Tn USB
110host device is attached instead of waiting
111until kernel processes start running.
112.Pp
113.Ox
114provides support for the following devices.
115Note that not all architectures support all devices.
116.Ss Storage devices
117.Bl -tag -width 12n -offset ind -compact
118.It Xr umass 4
119.Tn USB
120Mass Storage Devices, e.g., external disk drives
121.El
122.Ss Wired network interfaces
123.Bl -tag -width 12n -offset ind -compact
124.It Xr aue 4
125ADMtek AN986/ADM8511 Pegasus family 10/100 USB Ethernet device
126.It Xr axe 4
127ASIX Electronics AX88172/AX88178/AX88772 10/100/Gigabit USB Ethernet device
128.It Xr axen 4
129ASIX Electronics AX88179 10/100/Gigabit USB Ethernet device
130.It Xr cdce 4
131USB Communication Device Class Ethernet device
132.It Xr cue 4
133CATC USB-EL1201A USB Ethernet device
134.It Xr kue 4
135Kawasaki LSI KL5KUSB101B USB Ethernet device
136.It Xr mos 4
137MosChip MCS7730/7830/7832 10/100 USB Ethernet device
138.It Xr smsc 4
139SMSC LAN95xx 10/100 USB Ethernet device
140.It Xr udav 4
141Davicom DM9601 10/100 USB Ethernet device
142.It Xr url 4
143Realtek RTL8150L 10/100 USB Ethernet device
144.It Xr urndis 4
145USB Remote NDIS Ethernet device
146.El
147.Ss Wireless network interfaces
148.Bl -tag -width 12n -offset ind -compact
149.It Xr athn 4
150Atheros IEEE 802.11a/g/n wireless network device
151.It Xr atu 4
152Atmel AT76C50x IEEE 802.11b wireless network device
153.It Xr otus 4
154Atheros USB IEEE 802.11a/g/n wireless network device
155.It Xr rsu 4
156Realtek RTL8188SU/RTL8192SU USB IEEE 802.11b/g/n wireless network device
157.It Xr rum 4
158Ralink Technology USB IEEE 802.11a/b/g wireless network device
159.It Xr run 4
160Ralink Technology USB IEEE 802.11a/g/n wireless network device
161.It Xr uath 4
162Atheros USB IEEE 802.11a/b/g wireless network device
163.It Xr upgt 4
164Conexant/Intersil PrismGT SoftMAC USB IEEE 802.11b/g wireless network device
165.It Xr ural 4
166Ralink Technology USB IEEE 802.11b/g wireless network device
167.It Xr urtw 4
168Realtek RTL8187L/RTL8187B USB IEEE 802.11b/g wireless network device
169.It Xr urtwn 4
170Realtek RTL8188CU/RTL8192CU USB IEEE 802.11b/g/n wireless network device
171.It Xr wi 4
172Intersil PRISM 2-3 IEEE 802.11b wireless network device
173.It Xr zyd 4
174ZyDAS ZD1211/ZD1211B USB IEEE 802.11b/g wireless network device
175.El
176.Ss Serial and parallel interfaces
177.Bl -tag -width 12n -offset ind -compact
178.It Xr moscom 4
179MosChip Semiconductor MCS7703 based USB serial adapter
180.It Xr uark 4
181Arkmicro Technologies ARK3116 based USB serial adapter
182.It Xr ubsa 4
183Belkin USB serial adapter
184.It Xr uchcom 4
185WinChipHead CH341/340 based USB serial adapter
186.It Xr ucom 4
187USB tty support
188.It Xr ucycom 4
189Cypress microcontroller based USB serial adapter
190.It Xr uftdi 4
191FTDI USB serial adapter
192.It Xr uipaq 4
193iPAQ USB units
194.It Xr ulpt 4
195USB printer support
196.It Xr umct 4
197MCT USB-RS232 USB serial adapter
198.It Xr umodem 4
199USB modem support
200.It Xr umsm 4
201Qualcomm MSM modem device
202.It Xr uplcom 4
203Prolific PL-2303 USB serial adapter
204.It Xr uscom 4
205simple USB serial adapters
206.It Xr uslcom 4
207Silicon Laboratories CP210x based USB serial adapter
208.It Xr uticom 4
209Texas Instruments TUSB3410 USB serial adapter
210.It Xr uvisor 4
211USB Handspring Visor
212.It Xr uvscom 4
213SUNTAC Slipper U VS-10U USB serial adapter
214.El
215.Ss Audio devices
216.Bl -tag -width 12n -offset ind -compact
217.It Xr uaudio 4
218USB audio devices
219.It Xr umidi 4
220USB MIDI devices
221.It Xr urio 4
222Diamond Multimedia Rio MP3 players
223.El
224.Ss Video devices
225.Bl -tag -width 12n -offset ind -compact
226.It Xr udl 4
227DisplayLink DL-120 / DL-160 USB display devices
228.It Xr uvideo 4
229USB video devices
230.El
231.Ss Time receiver devices
232.Bl -tag -width 12n -offset ind -compact
233.It Xr udcf 4
234Gude ADS Expert mouseCLOCK USB timedelta sensor
235.It Xr umbg 4
236Meinberg Funkuhren USB5131 timedelta sensor
237.El
238.Ss Radio receiver devices
239.Bl -tag -width 12n -offset ind -compact
240.It Xr udsbr 4
241D-Link DSB-R100 USB radio device
242.El
243.Ss Human Interface Devices
244.Bl -tag -width 12n -offset ind -compact
245.It Xr ubcmtp 4
246Broadcom trackpad mouse
247.It Xr uhid 4
248Generic driver for Human Interface Devices
249.It Xr uhidev 4
250Base driver for all Human Interface Devices
251.It Xr ukbd 4
252.Tn USB
253keyboards that follow the boot protocol
254.It Xr ums 4
255.Tn USB
256HID mouse, touchscreen and digitiser devices
257.It Xr uoaklux 4
258Toradex OAK USB illuminance sensor
259.It Xr uoakrh 4
260Toradex OAK USB temperature and relative humidity sensor
261.It Xr uoakv 4
262Toradex OAK USB +/-10V 8channel ADC interface
263.It Xr upd 4
264USB Power Devices sensor
265.It Xr uthum 4
266TEMPer HID thermometer and hygrometer
267.It Xr utpms 4
268Apple touchpad mouse
269.It Xr utrh 4
270USBRH temperature and humidity sensor
271.El
272.Ss Miscellaneous devices
273.Bl -tag -width 12n -offset ind -compact
274.It Xr uberry 4
275Research In Motion Blackberry
276.It Xr ugen 4
277USB generic device support
278.It Xr ugl 4
279Genesys Logic based host-to-host adapters
280.It Xr ugold 4
281TEMPer gold HID thermometer
282.It Xr uow 4
283Maxim/Dallas DS2490 USB 1-Wire adapter
284.It Xr upl 4
285Prolific based host-to-host adapters
286.It Xr usps 4
287USPS composite AC power and temperature sensor
288.It Xr uts 4
289USB touchscreen support
290.El
291.Sh INTRODUCTION TO USB
292There are different versions of the
293.Tn USB
294which provide different speeds.
295.Tn USB
2963 can operate up to 5.0Gb/s.
297.Tn USB
2982 operates at 480Mb/s, while
299.Tn USB
300versions 1 and 1.1 operate at 12 Mb/s and 1.5 Mb/s for low speed devices.
301Each
302.Tn USB
303has a host controller that is the master of the bus;
304all other devices on the bus only speak when spoken to.
305.Pp
306There can be up to 127 devices (apart from the host controller)
307on a bus, each with its own address.
308The addresses are assigned
309dynamically by the host when each device is attached to the bus.
310.Pp
311Within each device there can be up to 16 endpoints.
312Each endpoint
313is individually addressed and the addresses are static.
314Each of these endpoints will communicate in one of four different modes:
315control, isochronous, bulk, or interrupt.
316A device always has at least one endpoint.
317This is a control endpoint at address 0
318and is used to give commands to the device and extract basic data,
319such as descriptors, from the device.
320Each endpoint, except the control endpoint, is unidirectional.
321.Pp
322The endpoints in a device are grouped into interfaces.
323An interface is a logical unit within a device; e.g.,
324a compound device with both a keyboard and a trackball would present
325one interface for each.
326An interface can sometimes be set into different modes,
327called alternate settings, which affects how it operates.
328Different alternate settings can have different endpoints
329within it.
330.Pp
331A device may operate in different configurations.
332Depending on the
333configuration the device may present different sets of endpoints
334and interfaces.
335.Pp
336Each device located on a hub has several
337.Xr config 8
338locators:
339.Pp
340.Bl -tag -width configuration -compact
341.It Cd port
342Number of the port on closest upstream hub.
343.It Cd configuration
344Configuration the device must be in for this driver to attach.
345This locator does not set the configuration; it is iterated by the bus
346enumeration.
347.It Cd interface
348Interface number within a device that an interface driver attaches to.
349.It Cd vendor
35016-bit vendor ID of the device.
351.It Cd product
35216-bit product ID of the device.
353.It Cd release
35416-bit release (revision) number of the device.
355.El
356.Pp
357The first locator can be used to pin down a particular device
358according to its physical position in the device tree.
359The last three locators can be used to pin down a particular
360device according to what device it actually is.
361.Pp
362The bus enumeration of the
363.Tn USB
364bus proceeds in several steps:
365.Bl -enum
366.It
367Any device-specific driver can attach to the device.
368.It
369If none is found, any device class specific driver can attach.
370.It
371If none is found, all configurations are iterated over.
372For each configuration all the interfaces are iterated over and interface
373drivers can attach.
374If any interface driver attached in a certain
375configuration, the iteration over configurations is stopped.
376.It
377If still no drivers have been found, the generic
378.Tn USB
379driver can attach.
380.El
381.Sh USB CONTROLLER INTERFACE
382Use the following to get access to the
383.Tn USB
384specific structures and defines:
385.Bd -literal -offset indent
386#include <dev/usb/usb.h>
387.Ed
388.Pp
389The
390.Pa /dev/usbN
391device can be opened and a few operations can be performed on it.
392The
393.Xr poll 2
394system call will say that I/O is possible on the controller device when a
395.Tn USB
396device has been connected or disconnected to the bus.
397.Pp
398The following
399.Xr ioctl 2
400commands are supported on the controller device:
401.Bl -tag -width xxxxxx
402.\" .It Dv USB_DISCOVER
403.\" This command will cause a complete bus discovery to be initiated.
404.\" If any devices attached or detached from the bus they will be
405.\" processed during this command.
406.\" This is the only way that new devices are found on the bus.
407.It Dv USB_DEVICEINFO (struct usb_device_info *)
408This command can be used to retrieve some information about a device
409on the bus.
410The
411.Va udi_addr
412field should be filled before the call and the other fields will
413be filled by information about the device on that address.
414Should no such device exist, an error is reported.
415.Bd -literal
416#define USB_MAX_DEVNAMES 4
417#define USB_MAX_DEVNAMELEN 16
418struct usb_device_info {
419	u_int8_t	udi_bus;
420	u_int8_t	udi_addr;	/* device address */
421	char		udi_product[USB_MAX_STRING_LEN];
422	char		udi_vendor[USB_MAX_STRING_LEN];
423	char		udi_release[8];
424	u_int16_t	udi_productNo;
425	u_int16_t	udi_vendorNo;
426	u_int16_t	udi_releaseNo;
427	u_int8_t	udi_class;
428	u_int8_t	udi_subclass;
429	u_int8_t	udi_protocol;
430	u_int8_t	udi_config;
431	u_int8_t	udi_speed;
432#define USB_SPEED_LOW  1
433#define USB_SPEED_FULL 2
434#define USB_SPEED_HIGH 3
435	int		udi_power;	/* power consumption */
436	int		udi_nports;
437	char		udi_devnames[USB_MAX_DEVNAMES]
438			    [USB_MAX_DEVNAMELEN];
439	u_int8_t	udi_ports[16];	/* hub only */
440#define USB_PORT_ENABLED 0xff
441#define USB_PORT_SUSPENDED 0xfe
442#define USB_PORT_POWERED 0xfd
443#define USB_PORT_DISABLED 0xfc
444	char		udi_serial[USB_MAX_STRING_LEN];
445};
446.Ed
447.Pp
448The
449.Va udi_bus
450field contains the device unit number of the device.
451.Pp
452The
453.Va udi_product ,
454.Va udi_vendor ,
455and
456.Va udi_release
457fields contain self-explanatory descriptions of the device.
458The
459.Va udi_productNo ,
460.Va udi_vendorNo ,
461and
462.Va udi_releaseNo
463fields contain numeric identifiers for the device.
464.Pp
465The
466.Va udi_class
467and
468.Va udi_subclass
469fields contain the device class and subclass.
470.Pp
471The
472.Va udi_config
473field shows the current configuration of the device.
474.Pp
475The
476.Va udi_protocol
477field contains the device protocol as given from the device.
478.Pp
479The
480.Va udi_speed
481field
482contains the speed of the device.
483.Pp
484The
485.Va udi_power
486field shows the power consumption in milli-amps drawn at 5 volts
487or is zero if the device is self powered.
488.Pp
489The
490.Va udi_devnames
491field contains the names and instance numbers of the device drivers
492for the devices attached to this device.
493.Pp
494If the device is a hub, the
495.Va udi_nports
496field is non-zero and the
497.Va udi_ports
498field contains the addresses of the connected devices.
499If no device is connected to a port, one of the
500.Dv USB_PORT_*
501values indicates its status.
502.It Dv USB_DEVICESTATS (struct usb_device_stats *)
503This command retrieves statistics about the controller.
504.Bd -unfilled
505struct usb_device_stats {
506	u_long	uds_requests[4];
507};
508.Ed
509.Pp
510The
511.Va uds_requests
512field is indexed by the transfer kind, i.e.\&
513.Dv UE_* ,
514and indicates how many transfers of each kind have been completed
515by the controller.
516.It Dv USB_DEVICE_GET_DDESC (struct usb_device_ddesc *)
517This command can be used to retrieve the device descriptor
518of a device on the bus.
519The
520.Va udd_addr
521field needs to be filled with the bus device address:
522.Bd -literal
523struct usb_device_ddesc {
524	u_int8_t	udd_bus;
525	u_int8_t	udd_addr;	/* device address */
526	usb_device_descriptor_t udd_desc;
527};
528.Ed
529.Pp
530The
531.Va udc_bus
532field contains the device unit number.
533.Pp
534The
535.Va udd_desc
536field contains the device descriptor structure.
537.It Dv USB_DEVICE_GET_CDESC (struct usb_device_cdesc *)
538This command can be used to retrieve the configuration descriptor for the
539given configuration of a device on the bus.
540The
541.Va udi_addr
542field needs to be filled with the bus device address.
543The
544.Va udc_config_index
545field needs to be filled with the configuration index for the
546relevant configuration descriptor.
547For convenience the current configuration can be specified by
548.Dv USB_CURRENT_CONFIG_INDEX :
549.Bd -literal
550struct usb_device_cdesc {
551	u_int8_t	udc_bus;
552	u_int8_t	udc_addr;	/* device address */
553	int		udc_config_index;
554	usb_config_descriptor_t udc_desc;
555};
556.Ed
557.Pp
558The
559.Va udc_bus
560field contains the device unit number.
561.Pp
562The
563.Va udc_desc
564field contains the configuration descriptor structure.
565.It Dv USB_DEVICE_GET_FDESC (struct usb_device_fdesc *)
566This command can be used to retrieve all descriptors for the
567given configuration of a device on the bus.
568The
569.Va udf_addr
570field needs to be filled with the bus device address.
571The
572.Va udf_config_index
573field needs to be filled with the configuration index for the
574relevant configuration descriptor.
575For convenience the current configuration can be specified by
576.Dv USB_CURRENT_CONFIG_INDEX .
577The
578.Va udf_data
579field needs to point to a memory area of the size given in the
580.Va udf_size
581field.
582The proper size can be determined by first issuing a
583.Dv USB_DEVICE_GET_CDESC
584command and inspecting the
585.Va wTotalLength
586field:
587.Bd -literal
588struct usb_device_fdesc {
589	u_int8_t	 udf_bus;
590	u_int8_t	 udf_addr;	/* device address */
591	int		 udf_config_index;
592	u_int		 udf_size;
593	u_char		*udf_data;
594};
595.Ed
596.Pp
597The
598.Va udf_bus
599field contains the device unit number.
600.Pp
601The
602.Va udf_data
603field contains all descriptors.
604.It Dv USB_REQUEST (struct usb_ctl_request *)
605This command can be used to execute arbitrary requests on the control pipe.
606This is
607.Em DANGEROUS
608and should be used with great care since it
609can destroy the bus integrity.
610.Pp
611The
612.Vt usb_ctl_request
613structure has the following definition:
614.Bd -literal
615typedef struct {
616        uByte           bmRequestType;
617        uByte           bRequest;
618        uWord           wValue;
619        uWord           wIndex;
620        uWord           wLength;
621} __packed usb_device_request_t;
622
623struct usb_ctl_request {
624	int	ucr_addr;
625	usb_device_request_t ucr_request;
626	void	*ucr_data;
627	int	ucr_flags;
628#define USBD_SHORT_XFER_OK 0x04	/* allow short reads */
629	int	ucr_actlen;	/* actual length transferred */
630};
631.Ed
632.Pp
633The
634.Va ucr_addr
635field identifies the device on which to perform the request.
636The
637.Va ucr_request
638field identifies parameters of the request, such as length and type.
639The
640.Va ucr_data
641field contains the location where data will be read from or written to.
642The
643.Va ucr_flags
644field specifies options for the request, and the
645.Va ucr_actlen
646field contains the actual length transferred as the result of the request.
647.El
648.Pp
649The include file
650.Aq Pa dev/usb/usb.h
651contains definitions for the types used by the various
652.Xr ioctl 2
653calls.
654The naming convention of the fields for the various
655.Tn USB
656descriptors exactly follows the naming in the
657.Tn USB
658specification.
659Byte sized fields can be accessed directly, but word (16-bit)
660sized fields must be accessed by the
661.Fn UGETW field
662and
663.Fn USETW field value
664macros and double word (32-bit) sized fields must be accessed by the
665.Fn UGETDW field
666and
667.Fn USETDW field value
668macros to handle byte order and alignment properly.
669.Pp
670The include file
671.Aq Pa dev/usb/usbhid.h
672similarly contains the definitions for
673Human Interface Devices
674.Pq Tn HID .
675.Sh SEE ALSO
676.Xr usbhidaction 1 ,
677.Xr usbhidctl 1 ,
678.Xr ioctl 2 ,
679.Xr ehci 4 ,
680.Xr ohci 4 ,
681.Xr uhci 4 ,
682.Xr xhci 4 ,
683.Xr config 8 ,
684.Xr usbdevs 8
685.Pp
686The
687.Tn USB
688specifications can be found at
689.Lk http://www.usb.org/developers/docs/
690.Sh HISTORY
691The
692.Nm
693driver
694appeared in
695.Ox 2.6 .
696