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39.Dd November 22, 2006
40.Dt UHID 4
41.Os
42.Sh NAME
43.Nm uhid
44.Nd USB generic HID 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 uhid"
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
57uhid_load="YES"
58.Ed
59.Sh DESCRIPTION
60The
61.Nm
62driver provides support for all HID (Human Interface Device) interfaces
63in USB devices that do not have a special driver.
64.Pp
65The device handles the following
66.Xr ioctl 2
67calls:
68.Bl -tag -width indent
69.It Dv USB_GET_REPORT_ID Pq Vt int
70Get the report identifier used by this HID report.
71.It Dv USB_GET_REPORT_DESC Pq Vt "struct usb_ctl_report_desc"
72Get the HID report descriptor.
73Using
74this descriptor the exact layout and meaning of data to/from
75the device can be found.
76The report descriptor is delivered
77without any processing.
78.Bd -literal
79struct usb_ctl_report_desc {
80    int     ucrd_size;
81    u_char  ucrd_data[1024];	/* filled data size will vary */
82};
83.Ed
84.It Dv USB_SET_IMMED Pq Vt int
85Sets the device in a mode where each
86.Xr read 2
87will return the current value of the input report.
88Normally
89a
90.Xr read 2
91will only return the data that the device reports on its
92interrupt pipe.
93This call may fail if the device does not support
94this feature.
95.It Dv USB_GET_REPORT Pq Vt "struct usb_ctl_report"
96Get a report from the device without waiting for data on
97the interrupt pipe.
98The
99.Va report
100field indicates which report is requested.
101It should be
102.Dv UHID_INPUT_REPORT ,
103.Dv UHID_OUTPUT_REPORT ,
104or
105.Dv UHID_FEATURE_REPORT .
106This call may fail if the device does not support this feature.
107.Bd -literal
108struct usb_ctl_report {
109	int ucr_report;
110	u_char	ucr_data[1024];	/* used data size will vary */
111};
112.Ed
113.It Dv USB_SET_REPORT Pq Vt "struct usb_ctl_report"
114Set a report in the device.
115The
116.Va report
117field indicates which report is to be set.
118It should be
119.Dv UHID_INPUT_REPORT ,
120.Dv UHID_OUTPUT_REPORT ,
121or
122.Dv UHID_FEATURE_REPORT .
123This call may fail if the device does not support this feature.
124.El
125.Pp
126Use
127.Xr read 2
128to get data from the device.
129Data should be read in chunks of the
130size prescribed by the report descriptor.
131.Pp
132Use
133.Xr write 2
134to send data to the device.
135Data should be written in chunks of the
136size prescribed by the report descriptor.
137.Sh FILES
138.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /dev/uhid?"
139.It Pa /dev/uhid?
140.El
141.Sh SEE ALSO
142.Xr usbhidctl 1 ,
143.Xr usb 4
144.Sh HISTORY
145The
146.Nm
147driver
148appeared in
149.Nx 1.4 .
150This manual page was adopted from
151.Nx
152by
153.An Tom Rhodes Aq trhodes@FreeBSD.org
154in April 2002.
155