USBCONFIG(8) BSD System Manager's Manual USBCONFIG(8)NAME
usbconfig -- configure the USB subsystem
SYNOPSIS
usbconfig [-u unit] [-a addr] [cmds...]
usbconfig [-d [ugen]<unit>.<addr>] [cmds...]
DESCRIPTION
The usbconfig utility is used to configure and dump information about the USB subsystem.
The options are as follows:
-u unit Limit device range to USB devices connected to the given USBUS unit.
-a addr Limit device range to the given USB device index. Should only be used in conjunction with the unit argument.
-d [ugen]<unit>.<addr>
Limit device range to USB devices connected to the given unit and address. The unit and address coordinates may be prefixed by the
lowercased word "ugen".
-h Show help and available commands.
When called without options, usbconfig prints a list of all available USB devices.
EXAMPLES
Show information about the device on USB bus 1 at address 2:
usbconfig -u 1 -a 2 dump_info
Dump HID descriptor for device on USB bus 1 at address 2:
usbconfig -u 1 -a 2 do_request 0x81 0x06 0x2200 0 0x100
Dump string descriptor at index Z for device on USB bus 1 at address 2:
usbconfig -u 1 -a 2 dump_string Z
Dump current configuration descriptor for device on USB bus 1 at address 2:
usbconfig -u 1 -a 2 dump_curr_config_desc
Dump device descriptor for device on USB bus 1 at address 2:
usbconfig -u 1 -a 2 dump_device_desc
Program the device on USB bus 1 at address 2 to suspend, resume, power off, go into power save, or power on:
usbconfig -u 1 -a 2 suspend
usbconfig -u 1 -a 2 resume
usbconfig -u 1 -a 2 power_off
usbconfig -u 1 -a 2 power_save
usbconfig -u 1 -a 2 power_on
Display a list of available quirk names:
usbconfig dump_quirk_names
See usb_quirk(4) for more information on quirks.
SEE ALSO usb(4), usb_quirk(4)BSD January 6, 2010 BSD
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USB(4) BSD Kernel Interfaces Manual USB(4)NAME
usb -- Universal Serial Bus
SYNOPSIS
To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following line in your kernel configuration file:
device usb
Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5):
usb_load="YES"
USERLAND PROGRAMMING
USB functions can be accessed from userland through the libusb library. See libusb(3) for more information.
DESCRIPTION
FreeBSD provides machine-independent bus support and drivers for USB devices in host and device side mode.
The usb driver has three layers:
USB Controller (Bus)
USB Device
USB Driver
The controller attaches to a physical bus like pci(4). The USB bus attaches to the controller, and the root hub attaches to the controller.
Any devices attached to the bus will attach to the root hub or another hub attached to the USB bus.
The uhub device will always be present as it is needed for the root hub.
INTRODUCTION TO USB
The USB is a system where external devices can be connected to a PC. The most common USB speeds are:
Low Speed (1.5MBit/sec)
Full Speed (12MBit/sec)
High Speed (480MBit/sec)
Each USB has a USB controller that is the master of the bus. The physical communication is simplex which means the host controller only com-
municates with one USB device at a time.
There can be up to 127 devices connected to an USB HUB tree. The addresses are assigned dynamically by the host when each device is attached
to the bus.
Within each device there can be up to 16 endpoints. Each endpoint is individually addressed and the addresses are static. Each of these
endpoints will communicate in one of four different modes: control, isochronous, bulk, or interrupt. A device always has at least one end-
point. This endpoint has address 0 and is a control endpoint and is used to give commands to and extract basic data, such as descriptors,
from the device. Each endpoint, except the control endpoint, is unidirectional.
The endpoints in a device are grouped into interfaces. An interface is a logical unit within a device; e.g. a compound device with both a
keyboard and a trackball would present one interface for each. An interface can sometimes be set into different modes, called alternate set-
tings, which affects how it operates. Different alternate settings can have different endpoints within it.
A device may operate in different configurations. Depending on the configuration, the device may present different sets of endpoints and
interfaces.
The bus enumeration of the USB bus proceeds in several steps:
1. Any interface specific driver can attach to the device.
2. If none is found, generic interface class drivers can attach.
SEE ALSO
The USB specifications can be found at:
http://www.usb.org/developers/docs/
libusb(3), usbdi(4), aue(4), axe(4), cue(4), ehci(4), kue(4), ohci(4), pci(4), rue(4), ucom(4), udav(4), uhci(4), uhid(4), ukbd(4), ulpt(4),
umass(4), ums(4), uplcom(4), urio(4), uvscom(4), usbconfig(8)STANDARDS
The usb module complies with the USB 2.0 standard.
HISTORY
The usb module has been inspired by the NetBSD USB stack initially written by Lennart Augustsson. The usb module was written by Hans Petter
Selasky <hselasky@freebsd.org>.
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