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31.Dd $Mdocdate: May 7 2021 $
32.Dt USB 4
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm usb ,
36.Nm uhub
37.Nd introduction to Universal Serial Bus support
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.Cd "# octeon specific"
40.Cd "dwctwo0 at iobus? irq 56"
41.Cd "# all architectures"
42.Cd "ehci*   at cardbus?"
43.Cd "ohci*   at cardbus?"
44.Cd "uhci*   at cardbus?"
45.Cd "ehci*   at pci?"
46.Cd "ohci*   at pci?"
47.Cd "uhci*   at pci?"
48.Cd "xhci*   at pci?"
49.Cd "usb*    at dwctwo?"
50.Cd "usb*    at ehci? flags 0x00"
51.Cd "usb*    at ohci? flags 0x00"
52.Cd "usb*    at uhci? flags 0x00"
53.Cd "usb*    at xhci? flags 0x00"
54.Cd "uhub*   at usb?"
55.Cd "uhub*   at uhub?"
56.Pp
57.Cd option	USBVERBOSE
58.Pp
59.In dev/usb/usb.h
60.In dev/usb/usbhid.h
61.Sh DESCRIPTION
62.Ox
63provides machine-independent bus support and drivers for Universal
64Serial Bus (USB) devices.
65.Pp
66The
67.Ox
68.Nm
69driver has three layers (like
70.Xr scsi 4
71and
72.Xr pcmcia 4 ) :
73the controller, the bus, and the device layer.
74The controller attaches to a physical bus (like
75.Xr pci 4
76or
77.Xr cardbus 4 ) .
78The USB bus attaches to the controller and the root hub attaches
79to the USB bus.
80Devices, which may include further hubs, attach to the root hub.
81The attachment forms the same tree structure as the physical USB
82device tree.
83For each USB device there may be additional drivers attached to it.
84.Pp
85The
86.Cm uhub
87driver controls USB hubs and must always be present since there is
88at least one root hub in any USB system.
89.Pp
90The
91.Cm flags
92are used to specify if the devices on the USB bus should be probed
93early in the boot process.
94If the
95.Cm flags
96are specified with a value of 1, the USB bus will be probed when
97the USB host device is attached instead of waiting until kernel
98processes start running.
99.Pp
100.Ox
101provides support for the following devices.
102Note that not all architectures support all devices.
103.Ss Storage devices
104.Bl -tag -width 12n -offset ind -compact
105.It Xr umass 4
106USB Mass Storage Devices, e.g., external disk drives
107.El
108.Ss Wired network interfaces
109.Bl -tag -width 12n -offset ind -compact
110.It Xr aue 4
111ADMtek AN986/ADM8511 Pegasus family 10/100 USB Ethernet device
112.It Xr axe 4
113ASIX Electronics AX88172/AX88178/AX88772 10/100/Gigabit USB Ethernet device
114.It Xr axen 4
115ASIX Electronics AX88179 10/100/Gigabit USB Ethernet device
116.It Xr cdce 4
117USB Communication Device Class Ethernet device
118.It Xr cue 4
119CATC USB-EL1201A USB Ethernet device
120.It Xr kue 4
121Kawasaki LSI KL5KUSB101B USB Ethernet device
122.It Xr mos 4
123MosChip MCS7730/7830/7832 10/100 USB Ethernet device
124.It Xr mue 4
125Microchip LAN75xx/LAN78xx 10/100/Gigabit USB Ethernet device
126.It Xr smsc 4
127SMSC LAN95xx 10/100 USB Ethernet device
128.It Xr udav 4
129Davicom DM9601 10/100 USB Ethernet device
130.It Xr ure 4
131Realtek RTL8152/RTL8153/RTL8153B/RTL8156 10/100/Gigabit/2.5Gb USB Ethernet device
132.It Xr url 4
133Realtek RTL8150L 10/100 USB Ethernet device
134.It Xr urndis 4
135USB Remote NDIS Ethernet device
136.El
137.Ss Wireless network interfaces
138.Bl -tag -width 12n -offset ind -compact
139.It Xr athn 4
140Atheros IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n wireless network device
141.It Xr atu 4
142Atmel AT76C50x IEEE 802.11b wireless network device
143.It Xr bwfm 4
144Broadcom and Cypress IEEE 802.11a/ac/b/g/n wireless network device
145.It Xr otus 4
146Atheros USB IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n wireless network device
147.It Xr rsu 4
148Realtek RTL8188SU/RTL8192SU USB IEEE 802.11b/g/n wireless network device
149.It Xr rum 4
150Ralink Technology/MediaTek USB IEEE 802.11a/b/g wireless network device
151.It Xr run 4
152Ralink Technology/MediaTek USB IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n wireless network device
153.It Xr uath 4
154Atheros USB IEEE 802.11a/b/g wireless network device
155.It Xr upgt 4
156Conexant/Intersil PrismGT SoftMAC USB IEEE 802.11b/g wireless network device
157.It Xr ural 4
158Ralink Technology/MediaTek USB IEEE 802.11b/g wireless network device
159.It Xr urtw 4
160Realtek RTL8187L/RTL8187B USB IEEE 802.11b/g wireless network device
161.It Xr urtwn 4
162Realtek RTL8188CU/RTL8188EU/RTL8192CU/RTL8192EU USB IEEE 802.11b/g/n wireless
163network device
164.It Xr wi 4
165Intersil PRISM 2-3 IEEE 802.11b wireless network device
166.It Xr zyd 4
167ZyDAS ZD1211/ZD1211B USB IEEE 802.11b/g wireless network device
168.El
169.Ss Serial and parallel interfaces
170.Bl -tag -width 12n -offset ind -compact
171.It Xr moscom 4
172MosChip Semiconductor MCS7703 based USB serial adapter
173.It Xr uark 4
174Arkmicro Technologies ARK3116 based USB serial adapter
175.It Xr ubsa 4
176Belkin USB serial adapter
177.It Xr uchcom 4
178WinChipHead CH341/340 based USB serial adapter
179.It Xr ucom 4
180USB tty support
181.It Xr ucrcom 4
182Chromebook USB serial console
183.It Xr ucycom 4
184Cypress microcontroller based USB serial adapter
185.It Xr uftdi 4
186FTDI USB serial adapter
187.It Xr uipaq 4
188iPAQ USB units
189.It Xr ukspan 4
190Keyspan USB serial adapter
191.It Xr ulpt 4
192USB printer support
193.It Xr umcs 4
194MosChip Semiconductor based USB multiport serial adapter
195.It Xr umct 4
196MCT USB-RS232 USB serial adapter
197.It Xr umodem 4
198USB modem support
199.It Xr umsm 4
200Qualcomm MSM modem device
201.It Xr uplcom 4
202Prolific PL-2303 USB serial adapter
203.It Xr uscom 4
204simple USB serial adapters
205.It Xr uslcom 4
206Silicon Laboratories CP210x based USB serial adapter
207.It Xr uslhcom 4
208Silicon Laboratories CP2110 based USB serial adapter
209.It Xr uticom 4
210Texas Instruments TUSB3410 USB serial adapter
211.It Xr uvisor 4
212USB Handspring Visor
213.It Xr uvscom 4
214SUNTAC Slipper U VS-10U USB serial adapter
215.It Xr uxrcom 4
216Exar XR21V1410 USB serial adapter
217.El
218.Ss Audio devices
219.Bl -tag -width 12n -offset ind -compact
220.It Xr uaudio 4
221USB audio devices
222.It Xr umidi 4
223USB MIDI devices
224.El
225.Ss Video devices
226.Bl -tag -width 12n -offset ind -compact
227.It Xr udl 4
228DisplayLink DL-120 / DL-160 USB display devices
229.It Xr utvfu 4
230USB Fushicai USBTV007 audio/video capture device
231.It Xr uvideo 4
232USB video devices
233.El
234.Ss Time receiver devices
235.Bl -tag -width 12n -offset ind -compact
236.It Xr udcf 4
237Gude ADS Expert mouseCLOCK USB timedelta sensor
238.It Xr umbg 4
239Meinberg Funkuhren USB5131 timedelta sensor
240.El
241.Ss Radio receiver devices
242.Bl -tag -width 12n -offset ind -compact
243.It Xr udsbr 4
244D-Link DSB-R100 USB radio device
245.El
246.Ss Human Interface Devices
247.Bl -tag -width 12n -offset ind -compact
248.It Xr fido 4
249FIDO/U2F security keys
250.It Xr ubcmtp 4
251Broadcom trackpad mouse
252.It Xr ugold 4
253TEMPer gold HID thermometer and hygrometer
254.It Xr uhid 4
255Generic driver for Human Interface Devices
256.It Xr uhidev 4
257Base driver for all Human Interface Devices
258.It Xr uhidpp 4
259Logitech HID++ devices
260.It Xr ujoy 4
261USB joysticks/gamecontrollers
262.It Xr ukbd 4
263USB keyboards that follow the boot protocol
264.It Xr ums 4
265USB HID mouse, touchscreen and digitiser devices
266.It Xr umstc 4
267Microsoft Surface Type Cover keyboard
268.It Xr umt 4
269USB HID multitouch touchpad devices
270.It Xr uoaklux 4
271Toradex OAK USB illuminance sensor
272.It Xr uoakrh 4
273Toradex OAK USB temperature and relative humidity sensor
274.It Xr uoakv 4
275Toradex OAK USB +/-10V 8channel ADC interface
276.It Xr upd 4
277USB Power Devices sensor
278.It Xr uthum 4
279TEMPer HID thermometer and hygrometer
280.It Xr utpms 4
281Apple touchpad mouse
282.It Xr utrh 4
283USBRH temperature and humidity sensor
284.It Xr utwitch 4
285YUREX USB twitch/jiggle of knee sensor
286.It Xr uwacom 4
287Wacom USB tablets
288.El
289.Ss WAN network devices
290.Bl -tag -width 12n -offset ind -compact
291.It Xr umb 4
292USB Mobile Broadband Interface Model (MBIM)
293.El
294.Ss Miscellaneous devices
295.Bl -tag -width 12n -offset ind -compact
296.It Xr uberry 4
297Research In Motion BlackBerry
298.It Xr ugen 4
299USB generic device support
300.It Xr ugl 4
301Genesys Logic based host-to-host adapters
302.It Xr uonerng 4
303Moonbase Otago OneRNG TRNG
304.It Xr uow 4
305Maxim/Dallas DS2490 USB 1-Wire adapter
306.It Xr upl 4
307Prolific based host-to-host adapters
308.It Xr urng 4
309USB Random Number Generator devices
310.It Xr usps 4
311USPS composite AC power and temperature sensor
312.It Xr uts 4
313USB touchscreen support
314.El
315.Sh INTRODUCTION TO USB
316There are different versions of the USB
317which provide different speeds.
318USB 3 can operate up to 5.0Gb/s.
319USB 2 operates at 480Mb/s, while USB versions 1 and 1.1 operate at
32012 Mb/s and 1.5 Mb/s for low speed devices.
321Each USB has a host controller that is the master of the bus;
322all other devices on the bus only speak when spoken to.
323.Pp
324There can be up to 127 devices (apart from the host controller)
325on a bus, each with its own address.
326The addresses are assigned
327dynamically by the host when each device is attached to the bus.
328.Pp
329Within each device there can be up to 16 endpoints.
330Each endpoint
331is individually addressed and the addresses are static.
332Each of these endpoints will communicate in one of four different modes:
333control, isochronous, bulk, or interrupt.
334A device always has at least one endpoint.
335This is a control endpoint at address 0
336and is used to give commands to the device and extract basic data,
337such as descriptors, from the device.
338Each endpoint, except the control endpoint, is unidirectional.
339.Pp
340The endpoints in a device are grouped into interfaces.
341An interface is a logical unit within a device; e.g.,
342a compound device with both a keyboard and a trackball would present
343one interface for each.
344An interface can sometimes be set into different modes,
345called alternate settings, which affects how it operates.
346Different alternate settings can have different endpoints
347within it.
348.Pp
349A device may operate in different configurations.
350Depending on the
351configuration the device may present different sets of endpoints
352and interfaces.
353.Pp
354Each device located on a hub has several
355.Xr config 8
356locators:
357.Pp
358.Bl -tag -width configuration -compact
359.It Cd port
360Number of the port on closest upstream hub.
361.It Cd configuration
362Configuration the device must be in for this driver to attach.
363This locator does not set the configuration; it is iterated by the bus
364enumeration.
365.It Cd interface
366Interface number within a device that an interface driver attaches to.
367.It Cd vendor
36816-bit vendor ID of the device.
369.It Cd product
37016-bit product ID of the device.
371.It Cd release
37216-bit release (revision) number of the device.
373.El
374.Pp
375The first locator can be used to pin down a particular device
376according to its physical position in the device tree.
377The last three locators can be used to pin down a particular
378device according to what device it actually is.
379.Pp
380The bus enumeration of the USB bus proceeds in several steps:
381.Bl -enum
382.It
383Any device-specific driver can attach to the device.
384.It
385If none is found, any device class specific driver can attach.
386.It
387If none is found, all configurations are iterated over.
388For each configuration all the interfaces are iterated over and interface
389drivers can attach.
390If any interface driver attached in a certain
391configuration, the iteration over configurations is stopped.
392.It
393If still no drivers have been found, the generic USB driver can attach.
394.El
395.Sh USB CONTROLLER INTERFACE
396Use the following to get access to the USB specific structures
397and defines:
398.Bd -literal -offset indent
399#include <dev/usb/usb.h>
400.Ed
401.Pp
402The
403.Pa /dev/usbN
404device can be opened and a few operations can be performed on it.
405The following
406.Xr ioctl 2
407commands are supported on the controller device:
408.Bl -tag -width xxxxxx
409.It Dv USB_DEVICEINFO Fa "struct usb_device_info"
410This command can be used to retrieve some information about a device
411on the bus.
412The
413.Va udi_addr
414field should be filled before the call and the other fields will
415be filled by information about the device on that address.
416Should no such device exist, an error is reported.
417.Bd -literal
418#define USB_MAX_DEVNAMES 4
419#define USB_MAX_DEVNAMELEN 16
420struct usb_device_info {
421	u_int8_t	udi_bus;
422	u_int8_t	udi_addr;	/* device address */
423	char		udi_product[USB_MAX_STRING_LEN];
424	char		udi_vendor[USB_MAX_STRING_LEN];
425	char		udi_release[8];
426	u_int16_t	udi_productNo;
427	u_int16_t	udi_vendorNo;
428	u_int16_t	udi_releaseNo;
429	u_int8_t	udi_class;
430	u_int8_t	udi_subclass;
431	u_int8_t	udi_protocol;
432	u_int8_t	udi_config;
433	u_int8_t	udi_speed;
434#define USB_SPEED_LOW	1
435#define USB_SPEED_FULL	2
436#define USB_SPEED_HIGH	3
437#define USB_SPEED_SUPER	4
438	u_int8_t	udi_port;
439	int		udi_power;	/* power consumption */
440	int		udi_nports;
441	char		udi_devnames[USB_MAX_DEVNAMES]
442			    [USB_MAX_DEVNAMELEN];
443	u_int32_t	udi_ports[16];	/* hub only */
444	char		udi_serial[USB_MAX_STRING_LEN];
445};
446.Ed
447.Pp
448The
449.Va udi_bus
450field contains the device unit number of the device.
451.Pp
452The
453.Va udi_product ,
454.Va udi_vendor ,
455and
456.Va udi_release
457fields contain self-explanatory descriptions of the device.
458The
459.Va udi_productNo ,
460.Va udi_vendorNo ,
461and
462.Va udi_releaseNo
463fields contain numeric identifiers for the device.
464.Pp
465The
466.Va udi_class
467and
468.Va udi_subclass
469fields contain the device class and subclass.
470.Pp
471The
472.Va udi_config
473field shows the current configuration of the device.
474.Pp
475The
476.Va udi_protocol
477field contains the device protocol as given from the device.
478.Pp
479The
480.Va udi_speed
481field
482contains the speed of the device.
483.Pp
484The
485.Va udi_power
486field shows the power consumption in milli-amps drawn at 5 volts
487or is zero if the device is self powered.
488.Pp
489The
490.Va udi_devnames
491field contains the names and instance numbers of the device drivers
492for the devices attached to this device.
493.Pp
494If the device is a hub, the
495.Va udi_nports
496field is non-zero and the
497.Va udi_ports
498field contains the addresses of the connected devices.
499If no device is connected to a port, one of the
500.Dv USB_PORT_*
501values indicates its status.
502.It Dv USB_DEVICESTATS Fa "struct usb_device_stats"
503This command retrieves statistics about the controller.
504.Bd -unfilled
505struct usb_device_stats {
506	u_long	uds_requests[4];
507};
508.Ed
509.Pp
510The
511.Va uds_requests
512field is indexed by the transfer kind, i.e.\&
513.Dv UE_* ,
514and indicates how many transfers of each kind have been completed
515by the controller.
516.It Dv USB_DEVICE_GET_DDESC Fa "struct usb_device_ddesc"
517This command can be used to retrieve the device descriptor
518of a device on the bus.
519The
520.Va udd_addr
521field needs to be filled with the bus device address:
522.Bd -literal
523struct usb_device_ddesc {
524	u_int8_t	udd_bus;
525	u_int8_t	udd_addr;	/* device address */
526	usb_device_descriptor_t udd_desc;
527};
528.Ed
529.Pp
530The
531.Va udd_bus
532field contains the device unit number.
533.Pp
534The
535.Va udd_desc
536field contains the device descriptor structure.
537.It Dv USB_DEVICE_GET_CDESC Fa "struct usb_device_cdesc"
538This command can be used to retrieve the configuration descriptor for the
539given configuration of a device on the bus.
540The
541.Va udc_addr
542field needs to be filled with the bus device address.
543The
544.Va udc_config_index
545field needs to be filled with the configuration index for the
546relevant configuration descriptor.
547For convenience the current configuration can be specified by
548.Dv USB_CURRENT_CONFIG_INDEX :
549.Bd -literal
550struct usb_device_cdesc {
551	u_int8_t	udc_bus;
552	u_int8_t	udc_addr;	/* device address */
553	int		udc_config_index;
554	usb_config_descriptor_t udc_desc;
555};
556.Ed
557.Pp
558The
559.Va udc_bus
560field contains the device unit number.
561.Pp
562The
563.Va udc_desc
564field contains the configuration descriptor structure.
565.It Dv USB_DEVICE_GET_FDESC Fa "struct usb_device_fdesc"
566This command can be used to retrieve all descriptors for the
567given configuration of a device on the bus.
568The
569.Va udf_addr
570field needs to be filled with the bus device address.
571The
572.Va udf_config_index
573field needs to be filled with the configuration index for the
574relevant configuration descriptor.
575For convenience the current configuration can be specified by
576.Dv USB_CURRENT_CONFIG_INDEX .
577The
578.Va udf_data
579field needs to point to a memory area of the size given in the
580.Va udf_size
581field.
582The proper size can be determined by first issuing a
583.Dv USB_DEVICE_GET_CDESC
584command and inspecting the
585.Va wTotalLength
586field:
587.Bd -literal
588struct usb_device_fdesc {
589	u_int8_t	 udf_bus;
590	u_int8_t	 udf_addr;	/* device address */
591	int		 udf_config_index;
592	u_int		 udf_size;
593	u_char		*udf_data;
594};
595.Ed
596.Pp
597The
598.Va udf_bus
599field contains the device unit number.
600.Pp
601The
602.Va udf_data
603field contains all descriptors.
604.It Dv USB_REQUEST Fa "struct usb_ctl_request"
605This command can be used to execute arbitrary requests on the control pipe.
606This is
607.Em DANGEROUS
608and should be used with great care since it
609can destroy the bus integrity.
610.Pp
611The
612.Vt usb_ctl_request
613structure has the following definition:
614.Bd -literal
615typedef struct {
616        uByte           bmRequestType;
617        uByte           bRequest;
618        uWord           wValue;
619        uWord           wIndex;
620        uWord           wLength;
621} __packed usb_device_request_t;
622
623struct usb_ctl_request {
624	int	ucr_addr;
625	usb_device_request_t ucr_request;
626	void	*ucr_data;
627	int	ucr_flags;
628#define USBD_SHORT_XFER_OK 0x04	/* allow short reads */
629	int	ucr_actlen;	/* actual length transferred */
630};
631.Ed
632.Pp
633The
634.Va ucr_addr
635field identifies the device on which to perform the request.
636The
637.Va ucr_request
638field identifies parameters of the request, such as length and type.
639The
640.Va ucr_data
641field contains the location where data will be read from or written to.
642The
643.Va ucr_flags
644field specifies options for the request, and the
645.Va ucr_actlen
646field contains the actual length transferred as the result of the request.
647.El
648.Pp
649The include file
650.In dev/usb/usb.h
651contains definitions for the types used by the various
652.Xr ioctl 2
653calls.
654The naming convention of the fields for the various USB descriptors
655exactly follows the naming in the USB specification.
656Byte sized fields can be accessed directly, but word (16-bit)
657sized fields must be accessed by the
658.Fn UGETW field
659and
660.Fn USETW field value
661macros and double word (32-bit) sized fields must be accessed by the
662.Fn UGETDW field
663and
664.Fn USETDW field value
665macros to handle byte order and alignment properly.
666.Pp
667The include file
668.In dev/usb/usbhid.h
669similarly contains the definitions for
670Human Interface Devices (HID).
671.Sh SEE ALSO
672.Xr usbhidaction 1 ,
673.Xr usbhidctl 1 ,
674.Xr ioctl 2 ,
675.Xr dwctwo 4 ,
676.Xr ehci 4 ,
677.Xr ohci 4 ,
678.Xr uhci 4 ,
679.Xr xhci 4 ,
680.Xr config 8 ,
681.Xr usbdevs 8
682.Pp
683The USB specifications can be found at:
684.Lk https://www.usb.org/documents
685.Sh HISTORY
686The
687.Nm
688driver
689appeared in
690.Ox 2.6 .
691