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30.Dd Oct 31, 2020
31.Dt UHID 4
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm uhid
35.Nd USB generic HID support
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37To compile this driver into the kernel,
38place the following line in your
39kernel configuration file:
40.Bd -ragged -offset indent
41.Cd "device uhid"
42.Cd "device hid"
43.Cd "device usb"
44.Ed
45.Pp
46Alternatively, to load the driver as a
47module at boot time, place the following line in
48.Xr loader.conf 5 :
49.Bd -literal -offset indent
50uhid_load="YES"
51.Ed
52.Sh DESCRIPTION
53The
54.Nm
55driver provides support for all HID (Human Interface Device) interfaces
56in USB devices that do not have a special driver.
57.Pp
58The device handles the following
59.Xr ioctl 2
60calls:
61.Bl -tag -width indent
62.It Dv USB_GET_REPORT_ID Pq Vt int
63Get the report identifier used by this HID report.
64.It Dv USB_GET_REPORT_DESC Pq Vt "struct usb_gen_descriptor"
65Get the HID report descriptor.
66Copies a maximum of
67.Va ugd_maxlen
68bytes of the report descriptor data into the memory
69specified by
70.Va ugd_data .
71Upon return
72.Va ugd_actlen
73is set to the number of bytes copied.
74Using
75this descriptor the exact layout and meaning of data to/from
76the device can be found.
77The report descriptor is delivered
78without any processing.
79.Bd -literal
80struct usb_gen_descriptor {
81	void   *ugd_data;
82	uint16_t ugd_maxlen;
83	uint16_t ugd_actlen;
84	uint8_t	ugd_report_type;
85	...
86};
87.Ed
88.It Dv USB_SET_IMMED Pq Vt int
89Sets the device in a mode where each
90.Xr read 2
91will return the current value of the input report.
92Normally
93a
94.Xr read 2
95will only return the data that the device reports on its
96interrupt pipe.
97This call may fail if the device does not support
98this feature.
99.It Dv USB_GET_REPORT Pq Vt "struct usb_gen_descriptor"
100Get a report from the device without waiting for data on
101the interrupt pipe.
102Copies a maximum of
103.Va ugd_maxlen
104bytes of the report data into the memory specified by
105.Va ugd_data .
106Upon return
107.Va ugd_actlen
108is set to the number of bytes copied.
109The
110.Va ugd_report_type
111field indicates which report is requested.
112It should be
113.Dv UHID_INPUT_REPORT ,
114.Dv UHID_OUTPUT_REPORT ,
115or
116.Dv UHID_FEATURE_REPORT .
117This call may fail if the device does not support this feature.
118.It Dv USB_SET_REPORT Pq Vt "struct usb_gen_descriptor"
119Set a report in the device.
120The
121.Va ugd_report_type
122field indicates which report is to be set.
123It should be
124.Dv UHID_INPUT_REPORT ,
125.Dv UHID_OUTPUT_REPORT ,
126or
127.Dv UHID_FEATURE_REPORT .
128The value of the report is specified by the
129.Va ugd_data
130and the
131.Va ugd_maxlen
132fields.
133This call may fail if the device does not support this feature.
134.It Dv USB_GET_DEVICEINFO Pq Vt "struct usb_device_info"
135Returns information about the device, like USB vendor ID and USB product ID.
136This call will not issue any USB transactions.
137Also refer to
138.Xr ugen 4 .
139.El
140.Pp
141Use
142.Xr read 2
143to get data from the device.
144Data should be read in chunks of the
145size prescribed by the report descriptor.
146.Pp
147Use
148.Xr write 2
149to send data to the device.
150Data should be written in chunks of the
151size prescribed by the report descriptor.
152.Sh SYSCTL VARIABLES
153The following variables are available as both
154.Xr sysctl 8
155variables and
156.Xr loader 8
157tunables:
158.Bl -tag -width indent
159.It Va hw.usb.uhid.debug
160Debug output level, where 0 is debugging disabled and larger values increase
161debug message verbosity.
162Default is 0.
163.El
164.Sh FILES
165.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /dev/uhid?"
166.It Pa /dev/uhid?
167.El
168.Sh SEE ALSO
169.Xr usbhidctl 1 ,
170.Xr usb 4
171.Sh HISTORY
172The
173.Nm
174driver
175appeared in
176.Nx 1.4 .
177This manual page was adopted from
178.Nx
179by
180.An Tom Rhodes Aq Mt trhodes@FreeBSD.org
181in April 2002.
182