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14.Dd January 10, 2020
15.Dt XHCI 4D
16.Os
17.Sh NAME
18.Nm xhci
19.Nd Extensible Host Controller Interface Driver
20.Sh SYNOPSIS
21.Sy usb@unit-address
22.Sh DESCRIPTION
23The
24.Nm
25driver supports PCI devices that implement versions 1.0 and 1.1 of the
26Extensible Host Controller Interface Specification.
27These devices provide support for USB 3.0, USB 2.x, and USB 1.x devices and is
28integrated into the broader illumos USB Architecture (USBA).
29.Pp
30The
31.Nm
32driver supports all four USB transfer types:
33.Sy bulk transfers ,
34.Sy control transfers ,
35.Sy interrupt transfers ,
36and
37.Sy isochronous transfers .
38.Pp
39Administrators do not interact with the
40.Nm
41driver directly.
42USB devices are managed with
43.Xr cfgadm 8 .
44See
45.Xr cfgadm_usb 8
46for more information on how to specifically manage USB devices and how
47they are laid out in the system.
48.Xr cfgadm 8
49is only used to manage devices at a USB level.
50For example, a USB NIC would still be managed with
51.Xr dladm 8
52at a networking level.
53.Pp
54On some x86 systems USB ports may be routed to either an instance of the
55.Nm
56driver or an instance of the
57.Xr ehci 4D
58driver.
59By default, all such ports are routed to the
60.Nm
61driver, allowing those devices to operate at USB 3.x speed by default.
62This is most common on Intel platforms and chipsets.
63While this is controlled with the
64.Sy xhci-reroute
65property discussed below, changing it may not be sufficient to change
66the behavior.
67The BIOS or ACPI data for many x86 systems may toggle this automatically.
68.Sh PROPERTIES
69The
70.Nm
71driver supports the following properties which may be tuned in the
72.Nm
73driver's
74.Xr driver.conf 5
75file.
76.Bl -tag -width Sy
77.It Sy xhci-reroute
78The
79.Sy xhci-reroute
80property determines whether or not USB ports are re-routed to the
81.Nm
82driver.
83The default behavior is to route such ports.
84To disable this, the property should be set to
85.Sy 0 .
86Any other value, or the lack of the property, cause the default behavior
87to take place.
88.El
89.Sh ARCHITECTURE
90The
91.Nm
92driver is only supported on
93.Sy x86
94systems at this time.
95.Sh FILES
96.Bl -tag -width Pa
97.It Pa /kernel/drv/amd64/xhci
98Device driver (x86)
99.It Pa /kernel/drv/xhci.conf
100Driver configuration file
101.El
102.Sh SEE ALSO
103.Xr ehci 4D ,
104.Xr usba 4D ,
105.Xr driver.conf 5 ,
106.Xr cfgadm 8 ,
107.Xr cfgadm_usb 8 ,
108.Xr dladm 8
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