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32.Dd August 3, 2017
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_ctl_report_desc"
65Get the HID report descriptor.
66Using
67this descriptor the exact layout and meaning of data to/from
68the device can be found.
69The report descriptor is delivered
70without any processing.
71.Bd -literal
72struct usb_ctl_report_desc {
73    int     ucrd_size;
74    u_char  ucrd_data[1024];	/* filled data size will vary */
75};
76.Ed
77.It Dv USB_SET_IMMED Pq Vt int
78Sets the device in a mode where each
79.Xr read 2
80will return the current value of the input report.
81Normally
82a
83.Xr read 2
84will only return the data that the device reports on its
85interrupt pipe.
86This call may fail if the device does not support
87this feature.
88.It Dv USB_GET_REPORT Pq Vt "struct usb_ctl_report"
89Get a report from the device without waiting for data on
90the interrupt pipe.
91The
92.Va report
93field indicates which report is requested.
94It should be
95.Dv UHID_INPUT_REPORT ,
96.Dv UHID_OUTPUT_REPORT ,
97or
98.Dv UHID_FEATURE_REPORT .
99This call may fail if the device does not support this feature.
100.Bd -literal
101struct usb_ctl_report {
102	int ucr_report;
103	u_char	ucr_data[1024];	/* used data size will vary */
104};
105.Ed
106.It Dv USB_SET_REPORT Pq Vt "struct usb_ctl_report"
107Set a report in the device.
108The
109.Va report
110field indicates which report is to be set.
111It should be
112.Dv UHID_INPUT_REPORT ,
113.Dv UHID_OUTPUT_REPORT ,
114or
115.Dv UHID_FEATURE_REPORT .
116This call may fail if the device does not support this feature.
117.El
118.Pp
119Use
120.Xr read 2
121to get data from the device.
122Data should be read in chunks of the
123size prescribed by the report descriptor.
124.Pp
125Use
126.Xr write 2
127to send data to the device.
128Data should be written in chunks of the
129size prescribed by the report descriptor.
130.Sh MIB Variables
131The
132.Nm
133driver exposes the following variables in the
134.Va hw.usb.uhid
135branch of the
136.Xr sysctl 3
137MIB:
138.Bl -tag -width ".Va debug"
139.It Va debug
140Debug output level, where 0 is debugging disabled and larger values increase
141debug message verbosity.
142Default is 0.
143.Sh FILES
144.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /dev/uhid?"
145.It Pa /dev/uhid?
146.El
147.Sh SEE ALSO
148.Xr usbhidctl 1 ,
149.Xr usb 4
150.Sh HISTORY
151The
152.Nm
153driver
154appeared in
155.Nx 1.4 .
156This manual page was adopted from
157.Nx
158by
159.An Tom Rhodes Aq Mt trhodes@FreeBSD.org
160in April 2002.
161