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 HID 7D "Aug 21, 2009"
 NAME
hid - Human interface device (HID) class driver

 SYNOPSIS


keyboard@unit-address
mouse@unit-address
input@unit-address:consumer_control
#include <sys/hid.h>
int ioctl(int fildes, int command, ... /*arg*/);




 DESCRIPTION

The hid driver is a USBA (Solaris USB Architecture) compliant client
driver that supports the Human Interface Device Class (HID) 1.0
specification. The Human Interface Device (HID) class encompasses devices
controlled by humans to operate computer systems. Typical examples of HID
devices include keyboards, mice, trackballs, and joysticks. HID also covers
front-panel controls such as knobs, switches, and buttons. A USB device with
multiple interfaces may have one interface for audio and a HID interface to
define the buttons that control the audio.


The hid driver is general and primarily handles the USB functionality of
the device and generic HID functionality. For example, HID interfaces are
required to have an interrupt pipe for the device to send data packets, and the
hid driver opens the pipe to the interrupt endpoint and starts polling.
The hid driver is also responsible for managing the device through the
default control pipe. In addition to being a USB client driver, the hid
driver is also a STREAMS driver so that modules may be pushed on top of it.


The HID specification is flexible, and HID devices dynamically describe their
packets and other parameters through a HID report descriptor. The HID parser is
a misc module that parses the HID report descriptor and creates a database of
information about the device. The hid driver queries the HID parser to
find out the type and characteristics of the HID device. The HID specification
predefines packet formats for the boot protocol keyboard and mouse.

 IOCTLS
HIDIOCKMGDIRECT


This ioctl should only be addressed to a USB keyboard or mouse device. The
hid driver maintains two streams for each USB keyboard/mouse instance: an
internal one for the use of the kernel and an external one for the use of user
applications. This ioctl returns the information of which stream gets the input
for the moment.
arg must point to a variable of int type. Upon return, 0
means the internal stream gets the input, 1 means the external stream
gets the input.



HIDIOCKMSDIRECT


This ioctl should only be addressed to a USB keyboard or mouse device. The hid
driver maintains two streams for each USB keyboard/mouse instance: an internal
one for the use of the kernel and an external one for the use of user
applications. This ioctl sets which stream should get the input for the moment.
arg must point to a variable of int type. The argument 0
means the internal stream gets the input, 1 means the external stream
gets the input.




 FILES
/kernel/drv/hid


32-bit x86 ELF kernel hid module



/kernel/drv/amd64/hid


64-bit x86 ELF kernel hid module



/kernel/drv/sparcv9/hid


64-bit SPARC ELF kernel hid module



/kernel/misc/hidparser


32-bit x86 ELF kernel hidparser module



/kernel/misc/amd64/hidparser


64-bit x86 ELF kernel hidparser module



/kernel/misc/sparcv9/hidparser


64-bit SPARC ELF kernel hidparser module




 ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:






ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Architecture SPARC, x86, PCI-based systems



 SEE ALSO

cfgadm_usb(1M), attributes(5), usba(7D), virtualkm(7D)


Writing Device Drivers


STREAMS Programming Guide


Universal Serial Bus Specification 1.0 and 1.1


Device Class Definition for Human Interface Devices (HID) 1.1


System Administration Guide: Basic Administration


http://www.sun.com

 DIAGNOSTICS
hid_attach: Unsupported HID device.


The device requires a protocol not supported by the hid driver.



Parsing of hid descriptor failed.


The HID report descriptor cannot be parsed correctly. The device cannot be
supported by the hid driver.



Invalid report descriptor.


The HID report descriptor is invalid. The device cannot be supported by the hid
driver.





The following messages may be logged into the system log. They are formatted in
the following manner:

<device path><hid<instance number>): message...



hid_attach: Unsupported HID device.


The device cannot be supported by this version of the HID driver.



Parsing of HID descriptor failed.


The device cannot be supported by this version of the HID driver.



Invalid report descriptor.


The device cannot be supported by this version of the HID driver.




 NOTES

The hid driver currently supports only keyboard, mouse and audio HID control
devices.


Normally a mouse is not power managed and consquently, screen darkening can be
undone with a mouse movement. If power management of the mouse is required, add
the following line to hid.conf then reboot the system:

hid-mouse-pm-enable;





Modern mice that are power managed require a 'click' to wake up. Occasionally,
this may cause unexpected results.