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30.Dd February 21, 1999
31.Dt USB 4
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm usb
35.Nd Universal Serial Bus
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.Cd "device usb"
38.Pp
39.In dev/usb/usb.h
40.In dev/usb/usbhid.h
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42.Fx
43provides machine-independent bus support and drivers for
44.Tn USB
45devices.
46.Pp
47The
48.Nm
49driver has three layers: the controller, the bus, and the
50device layer.
51The controller attaches to a physical bus
52(like
53.Xr pci 4 ) .
54The
55.Tn USB
56bus attaches to the controller, and the root hub attaches
57to the controller.
58Any devices attached to the bus will attach to the root hub
59or another hub attached to the
60.Tn USB
61bus.
62.Pp
63The
64.Nm uhub
65device will always be present as it is needed for the
66root hub.
67.Sh INTRODUCTION TO USB
68The
69.Tn USB
70is a 12 Mb/s serial bus (1.5 Mb/s for low speed devices).
71Each
72.Tn USB
73has a host controller that is the master of the bus;
74all other devices on the bus only speak when spoken to.
75.Pp
76There can be up to 127 devices (apart from the host controller)
77on a bus, each with its own address.
78The addresses are assigned
79dynamically by the host when each device is attached to the bus.
80.Pp
81Within each device there can be up to 16 endpoints.
82Each endpoint
83is individually addressed and the addresses are static.
84Each of these endpoints will communicate in one of four different modes:
85.Em control , isochronous , bulk ,
86or
87.Em interrupt .
88A device always has at least one endpoint.
89This endpoint has address 0 and is a control
90endpoint and is used to give commands to and extract basic data,
91such as descriptors, from the device.
92Each endpoint, except the control endpoint, is unidirectional.
93.Pp
94The endpoints in a device are grouped into interfaces.
95An interface is a logical unit within a device; e.g.\&
96a compound device with both a keyboard and a trackball would present
97one interface for each.
98An interface can sometimes be set into different modes,
99called alternate settings, which affects how it operates.
100Different alternate settings can have different endpoints
101within it.
102.Pp
103A device may operate in different configurations.
104Depending on the
105configuration, the device may present different sets of endpoints
106and interfaces.
107.\" .Pp
108.\" Each device located on a hub has several
109.\" .Xr config 8
110.\" locators:
111.\" .Bl -tag -compact -width xxxxxx
112.\" .It Cd port
113.\" this is the number of the port on the closest upstream hub.
114.\" .It Cd configuration
115.\" this is the configuration the device must be in for this driver to attach.
116.\" This locator does not set the configuration; it is iterated by the bus
117.\" enumeration.
118.\" .It Cd interface
119.\" this is the interface number within a device that an interface driver
120.\" attaches to.
121.\" .It Cd vendor
122.\" this is the 16 bit vendor id of the device.
123.\" .It Cd product
124.\" this is the 16 bit product id of the device.
125.\" .It Cd release
126.\" this is the 16 bit release (revision) number of the device.
127.\" .El
128.\" The first locator can be used to pin down a particular device
129.\" according to its physical position in the device tree.
130.\" The last three locators can be used to pin down a particular
131.\" device according to what device it actually is.
132.Pp
133The bus enumeration of the
134.Tn USB
135bus proceeds in several steps:
136.Bl -enum
137.It
138Any device specific driver can attach to the device.
139.It
140If none is found, any device class specific driver can attach.
141.It
142If none is found, all configurations are iterated over.
143For each configuration, all the interfaces are iterated over, and interface
144drivers can attach.
145If any interface driver attached in a certain
146configuration, the iteration over configurations is stopped.
147.It
148If still no drivers have been found, the generic
149.Tn USB
150driver can attach.
151.El
152.Sh USB CONTROLLER INTERFACE
153Use the following to get access to the
154.Tn USB
155specific structures and defines.
156.Pp
157.In dev/usb/usb.h
158.Pp
159The
160.Pa /dev/usb Ns Ar N
161can be opened and a few operations can be performed on it.
162The
163.Xr poll 2
164system call will say that I/O is possible on the controller device when a
165.Tn USB
166device has been connected or disconnected to the bus.
167.Pp
168The following
169.Xr ioctl 2
170commands are supported on the controller device:
171.Bl -tag -width xxxxxx
172.It Dv USB_DISCOVER
173This command will cause a complete bus discovery to be initiated.
174If any devices attached or detached from the bus they will be
175processed during this command.
176This is the only way that new devices are found on the bus.
177.It Dv USB_DEVICEINFO Vt "struct usb_device_info"
178This command can be used to retrieve some information about a device
179on the bus.
180The
181.Va addr
182field should be filled before the call and the other fields will
183be filled by information about the device on that address.
184Should no such device exist, an error is reported.
185.Bd -literal
186struct usb_device_info {
187        u_int8_t        bus;
188        u_int8_t        addr;
189        usb_event_cookie_t cookie;
190        char            product[USB_MAX_STRING_LEN];
191        char            vendor[USB_MAX_STRING_LEN];
192        char            release[8];
193        u_int16_t       productNo;
194        u_int16_t       vendorNo;
195        u_int16_t       releaseNo;
196        u_int8_t        class;
197        u_int8_t        subclass;
198        u_int8_t        protocol;
199        u_int8_t        config;
200        u_int8_t        lowspeed;
201        int             power;
202        int             nports;
203        char            devnames[USB_MAX_DEVNAMES][USB_MAX_DEVNAMELEN];
204        u_int8_t        ports[16];
205#define USB_PORT_ENABLED      0xff
206#define USB_PORT_SUSPENDED    0xfe
207#define USB_PORT_POWERED      0xfd
208#define USB_PORT_DISABLED     0xfc
209};
210.Ed
211.Pp
212.Va bus
213and
214.Va addr
215contain the topological information for the device.
216.Va devnames
217contains the device names of the connected drivers.
218For example, the
219third
220.Tn USB
221Zip drive connected will be
222.Li umass2 .
223The
224.Va product , vendor
225and
226.Va release
227fields contain self-explanatory descriptions of the device.
228.Va productNo , vendorNo , releaseNo , class , subclass
229and
230.Va protocol
231contain the corresponding values from the device descriptors.
232The
233.Va config
234field shows the current configuration of the device.
235.Pp
236.Va lowspeed
237indicates whether the device is a full speed (0) or low speed (1)
238device.
239The
240.Va power
241field shows the power consumption in milli-amps drawn at 5 volts,
242or zero if the device is self powered.
243.Pp
244If the device is a hub, the
245.Va nports
246field is non-zero, and the
247.Va ports
248field contains the addresses of the connected devices.
249If no device is connected to a port, one of the
250.Dv USB_PORT_*
251values indicates its status.
252.It Dv USB_DEVICESTATS Vt "struct usb_device_stats"
253This command retrieves statistics about the controller.
254.Bd -literal
255struct usb_device_stats {
256        u_long  requests[4];
257};
258.Ed
259.Pp
260The
261.Va requests
262field is indexed by the transfer kind, i.e.\&
263.Dv UE_* ,
264and indicates how many transfers of each kind that has been completed
265by the controller.
266.It Dv USB_REQUEST Vt "struct usb_ctl_request"
267This command can be used to execute arbitrary requests on the control pipe.
268This is
269.Em DANGEROUS
270and should be used with great care since it
271can destroy the bus integrity.
272.El
273.Pp
274The include file
275.Aq Pa dev/usb/usb.h
276contains definitions for the types used by the various
277.Xr ioctl 2
278calls.
279The naming convention of the fields for the various
280.Tn USB
281descriptors exactly follows the naming in the
282.Tn USB
283specification.
284Byte sized fields can be accessed directly, but word (16 bit)
285sized fields must be access by the
286.Fn UGETW field
287and
288.Fn USETW field value
289macros to handle byte order and alignment properly.
290.Pp
291The include file
292.Aq Pa dev/usb/usbhid.h
293similarly contains the definitions for
294Human Interface Devices
295.Pq Tn HID .
296.Sh USB EVENT INTERFACE
297All
298.Tn USB
299events are reported via the
300.Pa /dev/usb
301device.
302This devices can be opened for reading and each
303.Xr read 2
304will yield an event record (if something has happened).
305The
306.Xr poll 2
307system call can be used to determine if an event record is available
308for reading.
309.Pp
310The event record has the following definition:
311.Bd -literal
312struct usb_event {
313        int                                 ue_type;
314#define USB_EVENT_CTRLR_ATTACH 1
315#define USB_EVENT_CTRLR_DETACH 2
316#define USB_EVENT_DEVICE_ATTACH 3
317#define USB_EVENT_DEVICE_DETACH 4
318#define USB_EVENT_DRIVER_ATTACH 5
319#define USB_EVENT_DRIVER_DETACH 6
320        struct timespec                     ue_time;
321        union {
322                struct {
323                        int                 ue_bus;
324                } ue_ctrlr;
325                struct usb_device_info      ue_device;
326                struct {
327                        usb_event_cookie_t  ue_cookie;
328                        char                ue_devname[16];
329                } ue_driver;
330        } u;
331};
332.Ed
333The
334.Va ue_type
335field identifies the type of event that is described.
336The possible events are attach/detach of a host controller,
337a device, or a device driver.
338The union contains information
339pertinent to the different types of events.
340.Pp
341The
342.Va ue_bus
343contains the number of the
344.Tn USB
345bus for host controller events.
346.Pp
347The
348.Va ue_device
349record contains information about the device in a device event event.
350.Pp
351The
352.Va ue_cookie
353is an opaque value that uniquely determines which which
354device a device driver has been attached to (i.e., it equals
355the cookie value in the device that the driver attached to).
356.Pp
357The
358.Va ue_devname
359contains the name of the device (driver) as seen in, e.g.,
360kernel messages.
361.Pp
362Note that there is a separation between device and device
363driver events.
364A device event is generated when a physical
365.Tn USB
366device is attached or detached.
367A single
368.Tn USB
369device may
370have zero, one, or many device drivers associated with it.
371.Sh SEE ALSO
372The
373.Tn USB
374specifications can be found at:
375.Pp
376.D1 Pa http://www.usb.org/developers/docs.html
377.Pp
378.Xr aue 4 ,
379.Xr cue 4 ,
380.Xr kue 4 ,
381.Xr ohci 4 ,
382.Xr pci 4 ,
383.Xr ucom 4 ,
384.Xr ugen 4 ,
385.Xr uhci 4 ,
386.Xr uhid 4 ,
387.Xr ukbd 4 ,
388.Xr ulpt 4 ,
389.Xr umass 4 ,
390.Xr ums 4 ,
391.Xr uplcom 4 ,
392.Xr urio 4 ,
393.Xr uscanner 4 ,
394.Xr uvscom 4 ,
395.Xr usbd 8 ,
396.Xr usbdevs 8
397.Sh HISTORY
398The
399.Nm
400driver first appeared in
401.Fx 3.0 .
402.Sh AUTHORS
403The
404.Nm
405driver was written by
406.An Lennart Augustsson Aq augustss@carlstedt.se
407for the
408.Nx
409project.
410