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31.Dd $Mdocdate: June 1 2020 $
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 uhid 4
253Generic driver for Human Interface Devices
254.It Xr uhidev 4
255Base driver for all Human Interface Devices
256.It Xr ukbd 4
257USB keyboards that follow the boot protocol
258.It Xr ums 4
259USB HID mouse, touchscreen and digitiser devices
260.It Xr umstc 4
261Microsoft Surface Type Cover keyboard
262.It Xr umt 4
263USB HID multitouch touchpad devices
264.It Xr uoaklux 4
265Toradex OAK USB illuminance sensor
266.It Xr uoakrh 4
267Toradex OAK USB temperature and relative humidity sensor
268.It Xr uoakv 4
269Toradex OAK USB +/-10V 8channel ADC interface
270.It Xr upd 4
271USB Power Devices sensor
272.It Xr uthum 4
273TEMPer HID thermometer and hygrometer
274.It Xr utpms 4
275Apple touchpad mouse
276.It Xr utrh 4
277USBRH temperature and humidity sensor
278.It Xr utwitch 4
279YUREX USB twitch/jiggle of knee sensor
280.It Xr uwacom 4
281Wacom USB tablets
282.El
283.Ss WAN network devices
284.Bl -tag -width 12n -offset ind -compact
285.It Xr umb 4
286USB Mobile Broadband Interface Model (MBIM)
287.El
288.Ss Miscellaneous devices
289.Bl -tag -width 12n -offset ind -compact
290.It Xr uberry 4
291Research In Motion BlackBerry
292.It Xr ugen 4
293USB generic device support
294.It Xr ugl 4
295Genesys Logic based host-to-host adapters
296.It Xr ugold 4
297TEMPer gold HID thermometer and hygrometer
298.It Xr uonerng 4
299Moonbase Otago OneRNG TRNG
300.It Xr uow 4
301Maxim/Dallas DS2490 USB 1-Wire adapter
302.It Xr upl 4
303Prolific based host-to-host adapters
304.It Xr urng 4
305USB Random Number Generator devices
306.It Xr usps 4
307USPS composite AC power and temperature sensor
308.It Xr uts 4
309USB touchscreen support
310.El
311.Sh INTRODUCTION TO USB
312There are different versions of the USB
313which provide different speeds.
314USB 3 can operate up to 5.0Gb/s.
315USB 2 operates at 480Mb/s, while USB versions 1 and 1.1 operate at
31612 Mb/s and 1.5 Mb/s for low speed devices.
317Each USB has a host controller that is the master of the bus;
318all other devices on the bus only speak when spoken to.
319.Pp
320There can be up to 127 devices (apart from the host controller)
321on a bus, each with its own address.
322The addresses are assigned
323dynamically by the host when each device is attached to the bus.
324.Pp
325Within each device there can be up to 16 endpoints.
326Each endpoint
327is individually addressed and the addresses are static.
328Each of these endpoints will communicate in one of four different modes:
329control, isochronous, bulk, or interrupt.
330A device always has at least one endpoint.
331This is a control endpoint at address 0
332and is used to give commands to the device and extract basic data,
333such as descriptors, from the device.
334Each endpoint, except the control endpoint, is unidirectional.
335.Pp
336The endpoints in a device are grouped into interfaces.
337An interface is a logical unit within a device; e.g.,
338a compound device with both a keyboard and a trackball would present
339one interface for each.
340An interface can sometimes be set into different modes,
341called alternate settings, which affects how it operates.
342Different alternate settings can have different endpoints
343within it.
344.Pp
345A device may operate in different configurations.
346Depending on the
347configuration the device may present different sets of endpoints
348and interfaces.
349.Pp
350Each device located on a hub has several
351.Xr config 8
352locators:
353.Pp
354.Bl -tag -width configuration -compact
355.It Cd port
356Number of the port on closest upstream hub.
357.It Cd configuration
358Configuration the device must be in for this driver to attach.
359This locator does not set the configuration; it is iterated by the bus
360enumeration.
361.It Cd interface
362Interface number within a device that an interface driver attaches to.
363.It Cd vendor
36416-bit vendor ID of the device.
365.It Cd product
36616-bit product ID of the device.
367.It Cd release
36816-bit release (revision) number of the device.
369.El
370.Pp
371The first locator can be used to pin down a particular device
372according to its physical position in the device tree.
373The last three locators can be used to pin down a particular
374device according to what device it actually is.
375.Pp
376The bus enumeration of the USB bus proceeds in several steps:
377.Bl -enum
378.It
379Any device-specific driver can attach to the device.
380.It
381If none is found, any device class specific driver can attach.
382.It
383If none is found, all configurations are iterated over.
384For each configuration all the interfaces are iterated over and interface
385drivers can attach.
386If any interface driver attached in a certain
387configuration, the iteration over configurations is stopped.
388.It
389If still no drivers have been found, the generic USB driver can attach.
390.El
391.Sh USB CONTROLLER INTERFACE
392Use the following to get access to the USB specific structures
393and defines:
394.Bd -literal -offset indent
395#include <dev/usb/usb.h>
396.Ed
397.Pp
398The
399.Pa /dev/usbN
400device can be opened and a few operations can be performed on it.
401The following
402.Xr ioctl 2
403commands are supported on the controller device:
404.Bl -tag -width xxxxxx
405.It Dv USB_DEVICEINFO Fa "struct usb_device_info"
406This command can be used to retrieve some information about a device
407on the bus.
408The
409.Va udi_addr
410field should be filled before the call and the other fields will
411be filled by information about the device on that address.
412Should no such device exist, an error is reported.
413.Bd -literal
414#define USB_MAX_DEVNAMES 4
415#define USB_MAX_DEVNAMELEN 16
416struct usb_device_info {
417	u_int8_t	udi_bus;
418	u_int8_t	udi_addr;	/* device address */
419	char		udi_product[USB_MAX_STRING_LEN];
420	char		udi_vendor[USB_MAX_STRING_LEN];
421	char		udi_release[8];
422	u_int16_t	udi_productNo;
423	u_int16_t	udi_vendorNo;
424	u_int16_t	udi_releaseNo;
425	u_int8_t	udi_class;
426	u_int8_t	udi_subclass;
427	u_int8_t	udi_protocol;
428	u_int8_t	udi_config;
429	u_int8_t	udi_speed;
430#define USB_SPEED_LOW  1
431#define USB_SPEED_FULL 2
432#define USB_SPEED_HIGH 3
433	int		udi_power;	/* power consumption */
434	int		udi_nports;
435	char		udi_devnames[USB_MAX_DEVNAMES]
436			    [USB_MAX_DEVNAMELEN];
437	u_int8_t	udi_ports[16];	/* hub only */
438#define USB_PORT_ENABLED 0xff
439#define USB_PORT_SUSPENDED 0xfe
440#define USB_PORT_POWERED 0xfd
441#define USB_PORT_DISABLED 0xfc
442	char		udi_serial[USB_MAX_STRING_LEN];
443};
444.Ed
445.Pp
446The
447.Va udi_bus
448field contains the device unit number of the device.
449.Pp
450The
451.Va udi_product ,
452.Va udi_vendor ,
453and
454.Va udi_release
455fields contain self-explanatory descriptions of the device.
456The
457.Va udi_productNo ,
458.Va udi_vendorNo ,
459and
460.Va udi_releaseNo
461fields contain numeric identifiers for the device.
462.Pp
463The
464.Va udi_class
465and
466.Va udi_subclass
467fields contain the device class and subclass.
468.Pp
469The
470.Va udi_config
471field shows the current configuration of the device.
472.Pp
473The
474.Va udi_protocol
475field contains the device protocol as given from the device.
476.Pp
477The
478.Va udi_speed
479field
480contains the speed of the device.
481.Pp
482The
483.Va udi_power
484field shows the power consumption in milli-amps drawn at 5 volts
485or is zero if the device is self powered.
486.Pp
487The
488.Va udi_devnames
489field contains the names and instance numbers of the device drivers
490for the devices attached to this device.
491.Pp
492If the device is a hub, the
493.Va udi_nports
494field is non-zero and the
495.Va udi_ports
496field contains the addresses of the connected devices.
497If no device is connected to a port, one of the
498.Dv USB_PORT_*
499values indicates its status.
500.It Dv USB_DEVICESTATS Fa "struct usb_device_stats"
501This command retrieves statistics about the controller.
502.Bd -unfilled
503struct usb_device_stats {
504	u_long	uds_requests[4];
505};
506.Ed
507.Pp
508The
509.Va uds_requests
510field is indexed by the transfer kind, i.e.\&
511.Dv UE_* ,
512and indicates how many transfers of each kind have been completed
513by the controller.
514.It Dv USB_DEVICE_GET_DDESC Fa "struct usb_device_ddesc"
515This command can be used to retrieve the device descriptor
516of a device on the bus.
517The
518.Va udd_addr
519field needs to be filled with the bus device address:
520.Bd -literal
521struct usb_device_ddesc {
522	u_int8_t	udd_bus;
523	u_int8_t	udd_addr;	/* device address */
524	usb_device_descriptor_t udd_desc;
525};
526.Ed
527.Pp
528The
529.Va udd_bus
530field contains the device unit number.
531.Pp
532The
533.Va udd_desc
534field contains the device descriptor structure.
535.It Dv USB_DEVICE_GET_CDESC Fa "struct usb_device_cdesc"
536This command can be used to retrieve the configuration descriptor for the
537given configuration of a device on the bus.
538The
539.Va udc_addr
540field needs to be filled with the bus device address.
541The
542.Va udc_config_index
543field needs to be filled with the configuration index for the
544relevant configuration descriptor.
545For convenience the current configuration can be specified by
546.Dv USB_CURRENT_CONFIG_INDEX :
547.Bd -literal
548struct usb_device_cdesc {
549	u_int8_t	udc_bus;
550	u_int8_t	udc_addr;	/* device address */
551	int		udc_config_index;
552	usb_config_descriptor_t udc_desc;
553};
554.Ed
555.Pp
556The
557.Va udc_bus
558field contains the device unit number.
559.Pp
560The
561.Va udc_desc
562field contains the configuration descriptor structure.
563.It Dv USB_DEVICE_GET_FDESC Fa "struct usb_device_fdesc"
564This command can be used to retrieve all descriptors for the
565given configuration of a device on the bus.
566The
567.Va udf_addr
568field needs to be filled with the bus device address.
569The
570.Va udf_config_index
571field needs to be filled with the configuration index for the
572relevant configuration descriptor.
573For convenience the current configuration can be specified by
574.Dv USB_CURRENT_CONFIG_INDEX .
575The
576.Va udf_data
577field needs to point to a memory area of the size given in the
578.Va udf_size
579field.
580The proper size can be determined by first issuing a
581.Dv USB_DEVICE_GET_CDESC
582command and inspecting the
583.Va wTotalLength
584field:
585.Bd -literal
586struct usb_device_fdesc {
587	u_int8_t	 udf_bus;
588	u_int8_t	 udf_addr;	/* device address */
589	int		 udf_config_index;
590	u_int		 udf_size;
591	u_char		*udf_data;
592};
593.Ed
594.Pp
595The
596.Va udf_bus
597field contains the device unit number.
598.Pp
599The
600.Va udf_data
601field contains all descriptors.
602.It Dv USB_REQUEST Fa "struct usb_ctl_request"
603This command can be used to execute arbitrary requests on the control pipe.
604This is
605.Em DANGEROUS
606and should be used with great care since it
607can destroy the bus integrity.
608.Pp
609The
610.Vt usb_ctl_request
611structure has the following definition:
612.Bd -literal
613typedef struct {
614        uByte           bmRequestType;
615        uByte           bRequest;
616        uWord           wValue;
617        uWord           wIndex;
618        uWord           wLength;
619} __packed usb_device_request_t;
620
621struct usb_ctl_request {
622	int	ucr_addr;
623	usb_device_request_t ucr_request;
624	void	*ucr_data;
625	int	ucr_flags;
626#define USBD_SHORT_XFER_OK 0x04	/* allow short reads */
627	int	ucr_actlen;	/* actual length transferred */
628};
629.Ed
630.Pp
631The
632.Va ucr_addr
633field identifies the device on which to perform the request.
634The
635.Va ucr_request
636field identifies parameters of the request, such as length and type.
637The
638.Va ucr_data
639field contains the location where data will be read from or written to.
640The
641.Va ucr_flags
642field specifies options for the request, and the
643.Va ucr_actlen
644field contains the actual length transferred as the result of the request.
645.El
646.Pp
647The include file
648.In dev/usb/usb.h
649contains definitions for the types used by the various
650.Xr ioctl 2
651calls.
652The naming convention of the fields for the various USB descriptors
653exactly follows the naming in the USB specification.
654Byte sized fields can be accessed directly, but word (16-bit)
655sized fields must be accessed by the
656.Fn UGETW field
657and
658.Fn USETW field value
659macros and double word (32-bit) sized fields must be accessed by the
660.Fn UGETDW field
661and
662.Fn USETDW field value
663macros to handle byte order and alignment properly.
664.Pp
665The include file
666.In dev/usb/usbhid.h
667similarly contains the definitions for
668Human Interface Devices (HID).
669.Sh SEE ALSO
670.Xr usbhidaction 1 ,
671.Xr usbhidctl 1 ,
672.Xr ioctl 2 ,
673.Xr dwctwo 4 ,
674.Xr ehci 4 ,
675.Xr ohci 4 ,
676.Xr uhci 4 ,
677.Xr xhci 4 ,
678.Xr config 8 ,
679.Xr usbdevs 8
680.Pp
681The USB specifications can be found at:
682.Lk https://www.usb.org/documents
683.Sh HISTORY
684The
685.Nm
686driver
687appeared in
688.Ox 2.6 .
689