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27.Dd September 7, 2020
28.Dt USB 4
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm usb
32.Nd Universal Serial Bus
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34To compile this driver into the kernel,
35place the following line in your
36kernel configuration file:
37.Bd -ragged -offset indent
38.Cd "device usb"
39.Ed
40.Pp
41Alternatively, to load the driver as a
42module at boot time, place the following line in
43.Xr loader.conf 5 :
44.Bd -literal -offset indent
45usb_load="YES"
46.Ed
47.Sh USERLAND PROGRAMMING
48USB functions can be accessed from userland through the libusb library.
49See
50.Xr libusb 3
51for more information.
52.Sh DESCRIPTION
53.Fx
54provides machine-independent bus support and drivers for
55USB devices in host and device side mode.
56.Pp
57The
58.Nm
59driver has three layers:
60.Bl -tag -width 6n -offset indent
61.It USB Controller (Bus)
62.It USB Device
63.It USB Driver
64.El
65.Pp
66The controller attaches to a physical bus
67like
68.Xr pci 4 .
69The USB bus attaches to the controller, and the root hub attaches
70to the controller.
71Any devices attached to the bus will attach to the root hub
72or another hub attached to the USB bus.
73.Pp
74The
75.Nm uhub
76device will always be present as it is needed for the root hub.
77.Sh INTRODUCTION TO USB
78The USB is a system where external devices can be connected to a PC.
79The most common USB speeds are:
80.Bl -tag -width 6n -offset indent
81.It Low Speed (1.5 MBit/sec)
82.It Full Speed (12 MBit/sec)
83.It High Speed (480 MBit/sec)
84.It SuperSpeed (5 GBit/sec)
85.El
86.Pp
87Each USB has a USB controller that is the master of the bus.
88The physical communication is simplex which means the host controller only
89communicates with one USB device at a time.
90.Pp
91There can be up to 127 devices connected to an USB HUB tree.
92The addresses are assigned dynamically by the host when each device is
93attached to the bus.
94.Pp
95Within each device there can be up to 16 endpoints.
96Each endpoint is individually addressed and the addresses are static.
97Each of these endpoints will communicate in one of four different modes:
98.Em control , isochronous , bulk ,
99or
100.Em interrupt .
101A device always has at least one endpoint.
102This endpoint has address 0 and is a control endpoint and is used to give
103commands to and extract basic data, such as descriptors, from the device.
104Each endpoint, except the control endpoint, is unidirectional.
105.Pp
106The endpoints in a device are grouped into interfaces.
107An interface is a logical unit within a device, e.g., a compound device with
108both a keyboard and a trackball, would present one interface for each.
109An interface can sometimes be set into different modes, called alternate
110settings, which affects how it operates.
111Different alternate settings can have different endpoints within it.
112.Pp
113A device may operate in different configurations.
114Depending on the configuration, the device may present different sets of
115endpoints and interfaces.
116.Pp
117The bus enumeration of the USB bus proceeds in several steps:
118.Bl -enum
119.It
120Any interface specific driver can attach to the device.
121.It
122If none is found, generic interface class drivers can attach.
123.El
124.Sh SYSCTL VARIABLES
125The following variables are available as both
126.Xr sysctl 8
127variables and
128.Xr loader 8
129tunables:
130.Bl -tag -width indent
131.It Va hw.usb.debug
132Debug output level, where 0 is debugging disabled and larger values increase
133debug message verbosity.
134Default is 0.
135.El
136.Sh SEE ALSO
137The USB specifications can be found at:
138.Pp
139.D1 Pa https://www.usb.org/documents
140.Pp
141.Xr libusb 3 ,
142.Xr aue 4 ,
143.Xr axe 4 ,
144.Xr axge 4 ,
145.Xr cue 4 ,
146.Xr ehci 4 ,
147.Xr kue 4 ,
148.Xr mos 4 ,
149.Xr ohci 4 ,
150.Xr pci 4 ,
151.Xr rue 4 ,
152.Xr ucom 4 ,
153.Xr udav 4 ,
154.Xr uhci 4 ,
155.Xr uhid 4 ,
156.Xr ukbd 4 ,
157.Xr ulpt 4 ,
158.Xr umass 4 ,
159.Xr ums 4 ,
160.Xr uplcom 4 ,
161.Xr urio 4 ,
162.Xr uvscom 4 ,
163.Xr xhci 4
164.Xr usbconfig 8 ,
165.Xr usbdi 9
166.Sh STANDARDS
167The
168.Nm
169module complies with the USB 3.0 standard.
170.Sh HISTORY
171The
172.Nm
173module has been inspired by the
174.Nx
175USB stack initially written by
176.An Lennart Augustsson .
177The
178.Nm
179module was written by
180.An Hans Petter Selasky Aq Mt hselasky@FreeBSD.org .
181