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39.Dd November 22, 2006
40.Dt UGEN 4
41.Os
42.Sh NAME
43.Nm ugen
44.Nd USB generic device support
45.Sh SYNOPSIS
46To compile this driver into the kernel,
47place the following line in your
48kernel configuration file:
49.Bd -ragged -offset indent
50.Cd "device ugen"
51.Ed
52.Pp
53Alternatively, to load the driver as a
54module at boot time, place the following line in
55.Xr loader.conf 5 :
56.Bd -literal -offset indent
57ugen_load="YES"
58.Ed
59.Sh DESCRIPTION
60The
61.Nm
62driver provides support for all USB devices that do not have
63a special driver.
64It supports access to all parts of the device,
65but not in a way that is as convenient as a special purpose driver.
66.Pp
67There can be up to 127 USB devices connected to a USB bus.
68Each USB device can have up to 16 endpoints.
69Each of these endpoints
70will communicate in one of four different modes: control, isochronous,
71bulk, or interrupt.
72Each of the endpoints will have a different
73device node.
74The four least significant bits in the minor device
75number determines which endpoint the device accesses and the rest
76of the bits determines which USB device.
77.Pp
78If an endpoint address is used both for input and output the device
79can be opened for both read or write.
80.Pp
81To find out what endpoints that exist there are a series of
82.Xr ioctl 2
83operation on the control endpoint that returns the USB descriptors
84of the device, configurations, interfaces, and endpoints.
85.Pp
86The control transfer mode can only happen on the control endpoint
87which is always endpoint 0.
88The control endpoint accepts request
89and may respond with an answer to such request.
90Control request
91are issued by
92.Xr ioctl 2
93calls.
94.\" .Pp
95.\" The isochronous transfer mode can be in or out depending on the
96.\" endpoint.
97.\" To perform I/O on an isochronous endpoint
98.\" .Xr read 2
99.\" and
100.\" .Xr write 2
101.\" should be used.
102.\" Before any I/O operations can take place the transfer rate in
103.\" bytes/second has to be set.
104.\" This is done with
105.\" .Xr ioctl 2
106.\" .Dv USB_SET_ISO_RATE .
107.\" Performing this call sets up a buffer corresponding to
108.\" about 1 second of data.
109.Pp
110The bulk transfer mode can be in or out depending on the
111endpoint.
112To perform I/O on a bulk endpoint
113.Xr read 2
114and
115.Xr write 2
116should be used.
117All I/O operations on a bulk endpoint are unbuffered.
118.Pp
119The interrupt transfer mode can be in or out depending on the
120endpoint.
121To perform I/O on an interrupt endpoint
122.Xr read 2
123and
124.Xr write 2
125should be used.
126A moderate amount of buffering is done
127by the driver.
128.Pp
129All endpoints handle the following
130.Xr ioctl 2
131calls:
132.Bl -tag -width indent
133.It Dv USB_SET_SHORT_XFER Pq Vt int
134Allow short read transfer.
135Normally a transfer from the device
136which is shorter than the request specified is reported as an
137error.
138.It Dv USB_SET_TIMEOUT Pq Vt int
139Set the timeout on the device operations, the time is specified
140in milliseconds.
141The value 0 is used to indicate that there is
142no timeout.
143.El
144.Pp
145The control endpoint (endpoint 0) handles the following
146.Xr ioctl 2
147calls:
148.Bl -tag -width indent
149.It Dv USB_GET_CONFIG Pq Vt int
150Get the device configuration number.
151.It Dv USB_SET_CONFIG Pq Vt int
152Set the device into the given configuration number.
153.Pp
154This operation can only be performed when the control endpoint
155is the sole open endpoint.
156.It Dv USB_GET_ALTINTERFACE Pq Vt "struct usb_alt_interface"
157Get the alternative setting number for the interface with the given
158index.
159The
160.Va uai_config_index
161is ignored in this call.
162.Bd -literal
163struct usb_alt_interface {
164	int	uai_config_index;
165	int	uai_interface_index;
166	int	uai_alt_no;
167};
168.Ed
169.It Dv USB_SET_ALTINTERFACE Pq Vt "struct usb_alt_interface"
170Set the alternative setting to the given number in the interface with the
171given index.
172The
173.Va uai_config_index
174is ignored in this call.
175.Pp
176This operation can only be performed when no endpoints for the interface
177are open.
178.It Dv USB_GET_NO_ALT Pq Vt "struct usb_alt_interface"
179Return the number of different alternate settings in the
180.Va uai_alt_no
181field.
182.It Dv USB_GET_DEVICE_DESC Pq Vt usb_device_descriptor_t
183Return the device descriptor.
184.It Dv USB_GET_CONFIG_DESC Pq Vt "struct usb_config_desc"
185Return the descriptor for the configuration with the given index.
186For convenience the current configuration can be specified by
187.Dv USB_CURRENT_CONFIG_INDEX .
188.Bd -literal
189struct usb_config_desc {
190	int	ucd_config_index;
191	usb_config_descriptor_t ucd_desc;
192};
193.Ed
194.It Dv USB_GET_INTERFACE_DESC Pq Vt "struct usb_interface_desc"
195Return the interface descriptor for an interface specified by its
196configuration index, interface index, and alternative index.
197For convenience the current alternative can be specified by
198.Dv USB_CURRENT_ALT_INDEX .
199.Bd -literal
200struct usb_interface_desc {
201	int	uid_config_index;
202	int	uid_interface_index;
203	int	uid_alt_index;
204	usb_interface_descriptor_t uid_desc;
205};
206.Ed
207.It Dv USB_GET_ENDPOINT_DESC Pq Vt "struct usb_endpoint_desc"
208Return the endpoint descriptor for the endpoint specified by its
209configuration index, interface index, alternative index, and
210endpoint index.
211.Bd -literal
212struct usb_endpoint_desc {
213	int	ued_config_index;
214	int	ued_interface_index;
215	int	ued_alt_index;
216	int	ued_endpoint_index;
217	usb_endpoint_descriptor_t ued_desc;
218};
219.Ed
220.It Dv USB_GET_FULL_DESC Pq Vt "struct usb_full_desc"
221Return all the descriptors for the given configuration.
222.Bd -literal
223struct usb_full_desc {
224	int	ufd_config_index;
225	u_int	ufd_size;
226	u_char	*ufd_data;
227};
228.Ed
229The
230.Va ufd_data
231field should point to a memory area of the size given in the
232.Va ufd_size
233field.
234The proper size can be determined by first issuing a
235.Dv USB_GET_CONFIG_DESC
236and inspecting the
237.Va wTotalLength
238field.
239.It Dv USB_GET_STRING_DESC Pq Vt "struct usb_string_desc"
240Get a string descriptor for the given language ID and
241string index.
242.Bd -literal
243struct usb_string_desc {
244	int	usd_string_index;
245	int	usd_language_id;
246	usb_string_descriptor_t usd_desc;
247};
248.Ed
249.It Dv USB_DO_REQUEST Pq Vt "struct usb_ctl_request"
250Send a USB request to the device on the control endpoint.
251Any data sent to/from the device is located at
252.Va ucr_data .
253The size of the transferred data is determined from the
254.Va ucr_request .
255The
256.Va ucr_addr
257field is ignored in this call.
258The
259.Va ucr_flags
260field can be used to flag that the request is allowed to
261be shorter than the requested size, and the
262.Va ucr_actlen
263will contain the actual size on completion.
264.Bd -literal
265struct usb_ctl_request {
266	int	ucr_addr;
267	usb_device_request_t ucr_request;
268	void	*ucr_data;
269	int	ucr_flags;
270#define USBD_SHORT_XFER_OK	0x04	/* allow short reads */
271	int	ucr_actlen;		/* actual length transferred */
272};
273.Ed
274This is a dangerous operation in that it can perform arbitrary operations
275on the device.
276Some of the most dangerous (e.g., changing the device
277address) are not allowed.
278.It Dv USB_GET_DEVICEINFO Pq Vt "struct usb_device_info"
279Get an information summary for the device.
280This call will not
281issue any USB transactions.
282.El
283.Pp
284Note that there are two different ways of addressing configurations, interfaces,
285alternatives, and endpoints: by index or by number.
286The index is the ordinal number (starting from 0) of the descriptor
287as presented by the device.
288The number is the respective number of
289the entity as found in its descriptor.
290Enumeration of descriptors
291use the index, getting and setting typically uses numbers.
292.Pp
293Example:
294all endpoints (except the control endpoint) for the current configuration
295can be found by iterating the
296.Va interface_index
297from 0 to
298.Va config_desc->bNumInterface Ns \-1
299and for each of these iterating the
300.Va endpoint_index
301from 0 to
302.Va interface_desc->bNumEndpoints .
303The
304.Va config_index
305should set to
306.Dv USB_CURRENT_CONFIG_INDEX
307and
308.Va alt_index
309should be set to
310.Dv USB_CURRENT_ALT_INDEX .
311.Sh FILES
312.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /dev/ugen Ns Ar N Ns Pa \&. Ns Ar EE" -compact
313.It Pa /dev/ugen Ns Ar N Ns Pa \&. Ns Ar EE
314Endpoint
315.Ar EE
316of device
317.Ar N .
318.El
319.Sh SEE ALSO
320.Xr usb 4
321.Sh HISTORY
322The
323.Nm
324driver
325appeared in
326.Nx 1.4 .
327.\" .Sh BUGS
328.\" The driver is not yet finished; there is no access to isochronous endpoints.
329