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31.Dd $Mdocdate: October 30 2017 $
32.Dt USB 4
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm usb ,
36.Nm uhub
37.Nd introduction to Universal Serial Bus support
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.Cd "# octeon specific"
40.Cd "dwctwo0 at iobus? irq 56"
41.Cd "# all architectures"
42.Cd "ehci*   at cardbus?"
43.Cd "ohci*   at cardbus?"
44.Cd "uhci*   at cardbus?"
45.Cd "ehci*   at pci?"
46.Cd "ohci*   at pci?"
47.Cd "uhci*   at pci?"
48.Cd "xhci*   at pci?"
49.Cd "usb*    at dwctwo?"
50.Cd "usb*    at ehci? flags 0x00"
51.Cd "usb*    at ohci? flags 0x00"
52.Cd "usb*    at uhci? flags 0x00"
53.Cd "usb*    at xhci? flags 0x00"
54.Cd "uhub*   at usb?"
55.Cd "uhub*   at uhub?"
56.Pp
57.Cd option	USBVERBOSE
58.Pp
59.In dev/usb/usb.h
60.In dev/usb/usbhid.h
61.Sh DESCRIPTION
62.Ox
63provides machine-independent bus support and drivers for Universal
64Serial Bus (USB) devices.
65.Pp
66The
67.Ox
68.Nm
69driver has three layers (like
70.Xr scsi 4
71and
72.Xr pcmcia 4 ) :
73the controller, the bus, and the device layer.
74The controller attaches to a physical bus (like
75.Xr pci 4
76or
77.Xr cardbus 4 ) .
78The USB bus attaches to the controller and the root hub attaches
79to the USB bus.
80Devices, which may include further hubs, attach to the root hub.
81The attachment forms the same tree structure as the physical USB
82device tree.
83For each USB device there may be additional drivers attached to it.
84.Pp
85The
86.Cm uhub
87driver controls USB hubs and must always be present since there is
88at least one root hub in any USB system.
89.Pp
90The
91.Cm flags
92are used to specify if the devices on the USB bus should be probed
93early in the boot process.
94If the
95.Cm flags
96are specified with a value of 1, the USB bus will be probed when
97the USB host device is attached instead of waiting until kernel
98processes start running.
99.Pp
100.Ox
101provides support for the following devices.
102Note that not all architectures support all devices.
103.Ss Storage devices
104.Bl -tag -width 12n -offset ind -compact
105.It Xr umass 4
106USB Mass Storage Devices, e.g., external disk drives
107.El
108.Ss Wired network interfaces
109.Bl -tag -width 12n -offset ind -compact
110.It Xr aue 4
111ADMtek AN986/ADM8511 Pegasus family 10/100 USB Ethernet device
112.It Xr axe 4
113ASIX Electronics AX88172/AX88178/AX88772 10/100/Gigabit USB Ethernet device
114.It Xr axen 4
115ASIX Electronics AX88179 10/100/Gigabit USB Ethernet device
116.It Xr cdce 4
117USB Communication Device Class Ethernet device
118.It Xr cue 4
119CATC USB-EL1201A USB Ethernet device
120.It Xr kue 4
121Kawasaki LSI KL5KUSB101B USB Ethernet device
122.It Xr mos 4
123MosChip MCS7730/7830/7832 10/100 USB Ethernet device
124.It Xr smsc 4
125SMSC LAN95xx 10/100 USB Ethernet device
126.It Xr udav 4
127Davicom DM9601 10/100 USB Ethernet device
128.It Xr ure 4
129RealTek RTL8152/RTL8153 10/100/Gigabit USB Ethernet device
130.It Xr url 4
131Realtek RTL8150L 10/100 USB Ethernet device
132.It Xr urndis 4
133USB Remote NDIS Ethernet device
134.El
135.Ss Wireless network interfaces
136.Bl -tag -width 12n -offset ind -compact
137.It Xr athn 4
138Atheros IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n wireless network device
139.It Xr atu 4
140Atmel AT76C50x IEEE 802.11b wireless network device
141.It Xr bwfm 4
142Broadcom and Cypress wireless network device
143.It Xr otus 4
144Atheros USB IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n wireless network device
145.It Xr rsu 4
146Realtek RTL8188SU/RTL8192SU USB IEEE 802.11b/g/n wireless network device
147.It Xr rum 4
148Ralink Technology/MediaTek USB IEEE 802.11a/b/g wireless network device
149.It Xr run 4
150Ralink Technology/MediaTek USB IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n wireless network device
151.It Xr uath 4
152Atheros USB IEEE 802.11a/b/g wireless network device
153.It Xr upgt 4
154Conexant/Intersil PrismGT SoftMAC USB IEEE 802.11b/g wireless network device
155.It Xr ural 4
156Ralink Technology/MediaTek USB IEEE 802.11b/g wireless network device
157.It Xr urtw 4
158Realtek RTL8187L/RTL8187B USB IEEE 802.11b/g wireless network device
159.It Xr urtwn 4
160Realtek RTL8188CU/RTL8188EU/RTL8192CU USB IEEE 802.11b/g/n wireless network device
161.It Xr wi 4
162Intersil PRISM 2-3 IEEE 802.11b wireless network device
163.It Xr zyd 4
164ZyDAS ZD1211/ZD1211B USB IEEE 802.11b/g wireless network device
165.El
166.Ss Serial and parallel interfaces
167.Bl -tag -width 12n -offset ind -compact
168.It Xr moscom 4
169MosChip Semiconductor MCS7703 based USB serial adapter
170.It Xr uark 4
171Arkmicro Technologies ARK3116 based USB serial adapter
172.It Xr ubsa 4
173Belkin USB serial adapter
174.It Xr uchcom 4
175WinChipHead CH341/340 based USB serial adapter
176.It Xr ucom 4
177USB tty support
178.It Xr ucycom 4
179Cypress microcontroller based USB serial adapter
180.It Xr uftdi 4
181FTDI USB serial adapter
182.It Xr uipaq 4
183iPAQ USB units
184.It Xr ulpt 4
185USB printer support
186.It Xr umcs 4
187MosChip Semiconductor based USB multiport serial adapter
188.It Xr umct 4
189MCT USB-RS232 USB serial adapter
190.It Xr umodem 4
191USB modem support
192.It Xr umsm 4
193Qualcomm MSM modem device
194.It Xr uplcom 4
195Prolific PL-2303 USB serial adapter
196.It Xr uscom 4
197simple USB serial adapters
198.It Xr uslcom 4
199Silicon Laboratories CP210x based USB serial adapter
200.It Xr uslhcom 4
201Silicon Laboratories CP2110 based USB serial adapter
202.It Xr uticom 4
203Texas Instruments TUSB3410 USB serial adapter
204.It Xr uvisor 4
205USB Handspring Visor
206.It Xr uvscom 4
207SUNTAC Slipper U VS-10U USB serial adapter
208.El
209.Ss Audio devices
210.Bl -tag -width 12n -offset ind -compact
211.It Xr uaudio 4
212USB audio devices
213.It Xr umidi 4
214USB MIDI devices
215.El
216.Ss Video devices
217.Bl -tag -width 12n -offset ind -compact
218.It Xr udl 4
219DisplayLink DL-120 / DL-160 USB display devices
220.It Xr utvfu 4
221USB Fushicai USBTV007 audio/video capture device
222.It Xr uvideo 4
223USB video devices
224.El
225.Ss Time receiver devices
226.Bl -tag -width 12n -offset ind -compact
227.It Xr udcf 4
228Gude ADS Expert mouseCLOCK USB timedelta sensor
229.It Xr umbg 4
230Meinberg Funkuhren USB5131 timedelta sensor
231.El
232.Ss Radio receiver devices
233.Bl -tag -width 12n -offset ind -compact
234.It Xr udsbr 4
235D-Link DSB-R100 USB radio device
236.El
237.Ss Human Interface Devices
238.Bl -tag -width 12n -offset ind -compact
239.It Xr ubcmtp 4
240Broadcom trackpad mouse
241.It Xr uhid 4
242Generic driver for Human Interface Devices
243.It Xr uhidev 4
244Base driver for all Human Interface Devices
245.It Xr ukbd 4
246USB keyboards that follow the boot protocol
247.It Xr ums 4
248USB HID mouse, touchscreen and digitiser devices
249.It Xr uoaklux 4
250Toradex OAK USB illuminance sensor
251.It Xr uoakrh 4
252Toradex OAK USB temperature and relative humidity sensor
253.It Xr uoakv 4
254Toradex OAK USB +/-10V 8channel ADC interface
255.It Xr upd 4
256USB Power Devices sensor
257.It Xr uthum 4
258TEMPer HID thermometer and hygrometer
259.It Xr utpms 4
260Apple touchpad mouse
261.It Xr utrh 4
262USBRH temperature and humidity sensor
263.It Xr utwitch 4
264YUREX USB twitch/jiggle of knee sensor
265.It Xr uwacom 4
266Wacom USB tablets
267.El
268.Ss WAN network devices
269.Bl -tag -width 12n -offset ind -compact
270.It Xr umb 4
271USB Mobile Broadband Interface Model (MBIM)
272.El
273.Ss Miscellaneous devices
274.Bl -tag -width 12n -offset ind -compact
275.It Xr uberry 4
276Research In Motion BlackBerry
277.It Xr ugen 4
278USB generic device support
279.It Xr ugl 4
280Genesys Logic based host-to-host adapters
281.It Xr ugold 4
282TEMPer gold HID thermometer and hygrometer
283.It Xr uonerng 4
284Moonbase Otago OneRNG TRNG
285.It Xr uow 4
286Maxim/Dallas DS2490 USB 1-Wire adapter
287.It Xr upl 4
288Prolific based host-to-host adapters
289.It Xr urng 4
290USB Random Number Generator devices
291.It Xr usps 4
292USPS composite AC power and temperature sensor
293.It Xr uts 4
294USB touchscreen support
295.El
296.Sh INTRODUCTION TO USB
297There are different versions of the USB
298which provide different speeds.
299USB 3 can operate up to 5.0Gb/s.
300USB 2 operates at 480Mb/s, while USB versions 1 and 1.1 operate at
30112 Mb/s and 1.5 Mb/s for low speed devices.
302Each USB has a host controller that is the master of the bus;
303all other devices on the bus only speak when spoken to.
304.Pp
305There can be up to 127 devices (apart from the host controller)
306on a bus, each with its own address.
307The addresses are assigned
308dynamically by the host when each device is attached to the bus.
309.Pp
310Within each device there can be up to 16 endpoints.
311Each endpoint
312is individually addressed and the addresses are static.
313Each of these endpoints will communicate in one of four different modes:
314control, isochronous, bulk, or interrupt.
315A device always has at least one endpoint.
316This is a control endpoint at address 0
317and is used to give commands to the device and extract basic data,
318such as descriptors, from the device.
319Each endpoint, except the control endpoint, is unidirectional.
320.Pp
321The endpoints in a device are grouped into interfaces.
322An interface is a logical unit within a device; e.g.,
323a compound device with both a keyboard and a trackball would present
324one interface for each.
325An interface can sometimes be set into different modes,
326called alternate settings, which affects how it operates.
327Different alternate settings can have different endpoints
328within it.
329.Pp
330A device may operate in different configurations.
331Depending on the
332configuration the device may present different sets of endpoints
333and interfaces.
334.Pp
335Each device located on a hub has several
336.Xr config 8
337locators:
338.Pp
339.Bl -tag -width configuration -compact
340.It Cd port
341Number of the port on closest upstream hub.
342.It Cd configuration
343Configuration the device must be in for this driver to attach.
344This locator does not set the configuration; it is iterated by the bus
345enumeration.
346.It Cd interface
347Interface number within a device that an interface driver attaches to.
348.It Cd vendor
34916-bit vendor ID of the device.
350.It Cd product
35116-bit product ID of the device.
352.It Cd release
35316-bit release (revision) number of the device.
354.El
355.Pp
356The first locator can be used to pin down a particular device
357according to its physical position in the device tree.
358The last three locators can be used to pin down a particular
359device according to what device it actually is.
360.Pp
361The bus enumeration of the USB bus proceeds in several steps:
362.Bl -enum
363.It
364Any device-specific driver can attach to the device.
365.It
366If none is found, any device class specific driver can attach.
367.It
368If none is found, all configurations are iterated over.
369For each configuration all the interfaces are iterated over and interface
370drivers can attach.
371If any interface driver attached in a certain
372configuration, the iteration over configurations is stopped.
373.It
374If still no drivers have been found, the generic USB driver can attach.
375.El
376.Sh USB CONTROLLER INTERFACE
377Use the following to get access to the USB specific structures
378and defines:
379.Bd -literal -offset indent
380#include <dev/usb/usb.h>
381.Ed
382.Pp
383The
384.Pa /dev/usbN
385device can be opened and a few operations can be performed on it.
386The
387.Xr poll 2
388system call will say that I/O is possible on the controller device
389when a USB device has been connected or disconnected to the bus.
390.Pp
391The following
392.Xr ioctl 2
393commands are supported on the controller device:
394.Bl -tag -width xxxxxx
395.It Dv USB_DEVICEINFO Fa "struct usb_device_info"
396This command can be used to retrieve some information about a device
397on the bus.
398The
399.Va udi_addr
400field should be filled before the call and the other fields will
401be filled by information about the device on that address.
402Should no such device exist, an error is reported.
403.Bd -literal
404#define USB_MAX_DEVNAMES 4
405#define USB_MAX_DEVNAMELEN 16
406struct usb_device_info {
407	u_int8_t	udi_bus;
408	u_int8_t	udi_addr;	/* device address */
409	char		udi_product[USB_MAX_STRING_LEN];
410	char		udi_vendor[USB_MAX_STRING_LEN];
411	char		udi_release[8];
412	u_int16_t	udi_productNo;
413	u_int16_t	udi_vendorNo;
414	u_int16_t	udi_releaseNo;
415	u_int8_t	udi_class;
416	u_int8_t	udi_subclass;
417	u_int8_t	udi_protocol;
418	u_int8_t	udi_config;
419	u_int8_t	udi_speed;
420#define USB_SPEED_LOW  1
421#define USB_SPEED_FULL 2
422#define USB_SPEED_HIGH 3
423	int		udi_power;	/* power consumption */
424	int		udi_nports;
425	char		udi_devnames[USB_MAX_DEVNAMES]
426			    [USB_MAX_DEVNAMELEN];
427	u_int8_t	udi_ports[16];	/* hub only */
428#define USB_PORT_ENABLED 0xff
429#define USB_PORT_SUSPENDED 0xfe
430#define USB_PORT_POWERED 0xfd
431#define USB_PORT_DISABLED 0xfc
432	char		udi_serial[USB_MAX_STRING_LEN];
433};
434.Ed
435.Pp
436The
437.Va udi_bus
438field contains the device unit number of the device.
439.Pp
440The
441.Va udi_product ,
442.Va udi_vendor ,
443and
444.Va udi_release
445fields contain self-explanatory descriptions of the device.
446The
447.Va udi_productNo ,
448.Va udi_vendorNo ,
449and
450.Va udi_releaseNo
451fields contain numeric identifiers for the device.
452.Pp
453The
454.Va udi_class
455and
456.Va udi_subclass
457fields contain the device class and subclass.
458.Pp
459The
460.Va udi_config
461field shows the current configuration of the device.
462.Pp
463The
464.Va udi_protocol
465field contains the device protocol as given from the device.
466.Pp
467The
468.Va udi_speed
469field
470contains the speed of the device.
471.Pp
472The
473.Va udi_power
474field shows the power consumption in milli-amps drawn at 5 volts
475or is zero if the device is self powered.
476.Pp
477The
478.Va udi_devnames
479field contains the names and instance numbers of the device drivers
480for the devices attached to this device.
481.Pp
482If the device is a hub, the
483.Va udi_nports
484field is non-zero and the
485.Va udi_ports
486field contains the addresses of the connected devices.
487If no device is connected to a port, one of the
488.Dv USB_PORT_*
489values indicates its status.
490.It Dv USB_DEVICESTATS Fa "struct usb_device_stats"
491This command retrieves statistics about the controller.
492.Bd -unfilled
493struct usb_device_stats {
494	u_long	uds_requests[4];
495};
496.Ed
497.Pp
498The
499.Va uds_requests
500field is indexed by the transfer kind, i.e.\&
501.Dv UE_* ,
502and indicates how many transfers of each kind have been completed
503by the controller.
504.It Dv USB_DEVICE_GET_DDESC Fa "struct usb_device_ddesc"
505This command can be used to retrieve the device descriptor
506of a device on the bus.
507The
508.Va udd_addr
509field needs to be filled with the bus device address:
510.Bd -literal
511struct usb_device_ddesc {
512	u_int8_t	udd_bus;
513	u_int8_t	udd_addr;	/* device address */
514	usb_device_descriptor_t udd_desc;
515};
516.Ed
517.Pp
518The
519.Va udd_bus
520field contains the device unit number.
521.Pp
522The
523.Va udd_desc
524field contains the device descriptor structure.
525.It Dv USB_DEVICE_GET_CDESC Fa "struct usb_device_cdesc"
526This command can be used to retrieve the configuration descriptor for the
527given configuration of a device on the bus.
528The
529.Va udc_addr
530field needs to be filled with the bus device address.
531The
532.Va udc_config_index
533field needs to be filled with the configuration index for the
534relevant configuration descriptor.
535For convenience the current configuration can be specified by
536.Dv USB_CURRENT_CONFIG_INDEX :
537.Bd -literal
538struct usb_device_cdesc {
539	u_int8_t	udc_bus;
540	u_int8_t	udc_addr;	/* device address */
541	int		udc_config_index;
542	usb_config_descriptor_t udc_desc;
543};
544.Ed
545.Pp
546The
547.Va udc_bus
548field contains the device unit number.
549.Pp
550The
551.Va udc_desc
552field contains the configuration descriptor structure.
553.It Dv USB_DEVICE_GET_FDESC Fa "struct usb_device_fdesc"
554This command can be used to retrieve all descriptors for the
555given configuration of a device on the bus.
556The
557.Va udf_addr
558field needs to be filled with the bus device address.
559The
560.Va udf_config_index
561field needs to be filled with the configuration index for the
562relevant configuration descriptor.
563For convenience the current configuration can be specified by
564.Dv USB_CURRENT_CONFIG_INDEX .
565The
566.Va udf_data
567field needs to point to a memory area of the size given in the
568.Va udf_size
569field.
570The proper size can be determined by first issuing a
571.Dv USB_DEVICE_GET_CDESC
572command and inspecting the
573.Va wTotalLength
574field:
575.Bd -literal
576struct usb_device_fdesc {
577	u_int8_t	 udf_bus;
578	u_int8_t	 udf_addr;	/* device address */
579	int		 udf_config_index;
580	u_int		 udf_size;
581	u_char		*udf_data;
582};
583.Ed
584.Pp
585The
586.Va udf_bus
587field contains the device unit number.
588.Pp
589The
590.Va udf_data
591field contains all descriptors.
592.It Dv USB_REQUEST Fa "struct usb_ctl_request"
593This command can be used to execute arbitrary requests on the control pipe.
594This is
595.Em DANGEROUS
596and should be used with great care since it
597can destroy the bus integrity.
598.Pp
599The
600.Vt usb_ctl_request
601structure has the following definition:
602.Bd -literal
603typedef struct {
604        uByte           bmRequestType;
605        uByte           bRequest;
606        uWord           wValue;
607        uWord           wIndex;
608        uWord           wLength;
609} __packed usb_device_request_t;
610
611struct usb_ctl_request {
612	int	ucr_addr;
613	usb_device_request_t ucr_request;
614	void	*ucr_data;
615	int	ucr_flags;
616#define USBD_SHORT_XFER_OK 0x04	/* allow short reads */
617	int	ucr_actlen;	/* actual length transferred */
618};
619.Ed
620.Pp
621The
622.Va ucr_addr
623field identifies the device on which to perform the request.
624The
625.Va ucr_request
626field identifies parameters of the request, such as length and type.
627The
628.Va ucr_data
629field contains the location where data will be read from or written to.
630The
631.Va ucr_flags
632field specifies options for the request, and the
633.Va ucr_actlen
634field contains the actual length transferred as the result of the request.
635.El
636.Pp
637The include file
638.In dev/usb/usb.h
639contains definitions for the types used by the various
640.Xr ioctl 2
641calls.
642The naming convention of the fields for the various USB descriptors
643exactly follows the naming in the USB specification.
644Byte sized fields can be accessed directly, but word (16-bit)
645sized fields must be accessed by the
646.Fn UGETW field
647and
648.Fn USETW field value
649macros and double word (32-bit) sized fields must be accessed by the
650.Fn UGETDW field
651and
652.Fn USETDW field value
653macros to handle byte order and alignment properly.
654.Pp
655The include file
656.In dev/usb/usbhid.h
657similarly contains the definitions for
658Human Interface Devices (HID).
659.Sh SEE ALSO
660.Xr usbhidaction 1 ,
661.Xr usbhidctl 1 ,
662.Xr ioctl 2 ,
663.Xr dwctwo 4 ,
664.Xr ehci 4 ,
665.Xr ohci 4 ,
666.Xr uhci 4 ,
667.Xr xhci 4 ,
668.Xr config 8 ,
669.Xr usbdevs 8
670.Pp
671The USB specifications can be found at
672.Lk http://www.usb.org/developers/docs/
673.Sh HISTORY
674The
675.Nm
676driver
677appeared in
678.Ox 2.6 .
679