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32.Dd July 1, 2018
33.Dt UHID 4
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm uhid
37.Nd USB generic HID support
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39To compile this driver into the kernel,
40place the following line in your
41kernel configuration file:
42.Bd -ragged -offset indent
43.Cd "device uhid"
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.El
135.Pp
136Use
137.Xr read 2
138to get data from the device.
139Data should be read in chunks of the
140size prescribed by the report descriptor.
141.Pp
142Use
143.Xr write 2
144to send data to the device.
145Data should be written in chunks of the
146size prescribed by the report descriptor.
147.Sh SYSCTL VARIABLES
148The following variables are available as both
149.Xr sysctl 8
150variables and
151.Xr loader 8
152tunables:
153.Bl -tag -width indent
154.It Va hw.usb.uhid.debug
155Debug output level, where 0 is debugging disabled and larger values increase
156debug message verbosity.
157Default is 0.
158.El
159.Sh FILES
160.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /dev/uhid?"
161.It Pa /dev/uhid?
162.El
163.Sh SEE ALSO
164.Xr usbhidctl 1 ,
165.Xr usb 4
166.Sh HISTORY
167The
168.Nm
169driver
170appeared in
171.Nx 1.4 .
172This manual page was adopted from
173.Nx
174by
175.An Tom Rhodes Aq Mt trhodes@FreeBSD.org
176in April 2002.
177