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39.Dd July 12, 1998
40.Dt UHID 4
41.Os
42.Sh NAME
43.Nm uhid
44.Nd USB generic HID support
45.Sh SYNOPSIS
46.Cd "device uhid"
47.Sh DESCRIPTION
48The
49.Nm
50driver provides support for all HID (Human Interface Device) interfaces
51in USB devices that do not have a special driver.
52.Pp
53The device handles the following
54.Xr ioctl 2
55calls:
56.Pp
57.Bl -tag -width indent -compact
58.It Dv USB_GET_REPORT_ID (int)
59Get the report identifier used by this HID report.
60.It Dv USB_GET_REPORT_DESC (struct usb_ctl_report_desc)
61Get the HID report descriptor.  Using
62this descriptor the exact layout and meaning of data to/from
63the device can be found.  The report descriptor is delivered
64without any processing.
65.Bd -literal
66struct usb_ctl_report_desc {
67    int     size;
68    u_char  data[1024];	/* filled data size will vary */
69};
70.Ed
71.It Dv USB_SET_IMMED (int)
72Sets the device in a mode where each
73.Xr read 2
74will return the current value of the input report.  Normally
75a
76.Xr read 2
77will only return the data that the device reports on its
78interrupt pipe.  This call may fail if the device does not support
79this feature.
80.It Dv USB_GET_REPORT (struct usb_ctl_report)
81Get a report from the device without waiting for data on
82the interrupt pipe.  The
83.Fa report
84field indicates which report is requested.  It should be
85.Dv UHID_INPUT_REPORT ,
86.Dv UHID_OUTPUT_REPORT ,
87or
88.Dv UHID_FEATURE_REPORT .
89This call may fail if the device does not support this feature.
90.Bd -literal
91struct usb_ctl_report {
92	int report;
93	u_char	data[1024];	/* used data size will vary */
94};
95.Ed
96.It Dv USB_SET_REPORT (struct usb_ctl_report)
97Set a report in the device.  The
98.Fa report
99field indicates which report is to be set.  It should be
100.Dv UHID_INPUT_REPORT ,
101.Dv UHID_OUTPUT_REPORT ,
102or
103.Dv UHID_FEATURE_REPORT .
104This call may fail if the device does not support this feature.
105.El
106.Pp
107Use
108.Xr read 2
109to get data from the device.  Data should be read in chunks of the
110size prescribed by the report descriptor.
111.Pp
112Use
113.Xr write 2
114send data to the device.  Data should be written in chunks of the
115size prescribed by the report descriptor.
116.Sh FILES
117.Bl -tag -width Pa
118.It Pa /dev/uhid?
119.El
120.Sh SEE ALSO
121.Xr usbhidctl 1 ,
122.Xr uhidev 4 ,
123.Xr usb 4
124.Sh HISTORY
125The
126.Nm
127driver
128appeared in
129.Nx 1.4 .
130This manual page was adopted from
131.Nx
132by
133.An Tom Rhodes Aq trhodes@FreeBSD.org
134in April 2002.
135