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27.Dd August 3, 2017
28.Dt XHCI 4
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm xhci
32.Nd USB eXtensible Host Controller driver
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.Cd "device xhci"
35.Sh DESCRIPTION
36The
37.Nm
38driver provides support for the
39.Tn USB
40eXtensible Host Controller Interface,
41which allows use of
42.Tn USB
431.0, 2.0 and 3.0 devices on the same
44.Tn USB
45port.
46.Pp
47The
48.Tn XHCI
49controller supports
50.Tn USB
51connection speeds up to 5.0Gbps when using a USB 3.0 compliant device.
52.Sh HARDWARE
53The
54.Nm
55driver supports
56.Tn XHCI
57compatible controllers having PCI class 12 (serial bus),
58subclass 3 (USB) and programming interface 48 (XHCI).
59.Sh MIB Variables
60The
61.Nm
62driver exposes the following variables in the
63.Va hw.usb.xhci
64branch of the
65.Xr sysctl 3
66MIB:
67.Bl -tag -width ".Va debug"
68.It Va debug
69Debug output level, where 0 is debugging disabled and larger values increase
70debug message verbosity.
71Default is 0.
72.Sh SEE ALSO
73.Xr ehci 4 ,
74.Xr ohci 4 ,
75.Xr uhci 4 ,
76.Xr usb 4
77.Sh HISTORY
78The
79.Nm
80device driver first appeared in
81.Fx 8.2 .
82