path: root/sys/man/4/usb

.TH USB 4
.SH NAME
audio,
ccid,
disk,
ether,
kb,
print,
probe,
serial,
usbeject,
usbfat:
\- Universal Serial Bus device drivers
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B usb/kb
[
.B -dkm
] [
.B -a
.I accel
] [
.I dev ...
]
.PP
.B usb/disk
[
.B -Dd
] [
.B -m
.I mnt
] [
.B -s
.I srv
] [
.I dev ...
]
.PP
.B usbfat:
[
.I disk ...
]
.PP
.B usbeject
[
.I disk ...
]
.PP
.B usb/audio
[
.B -dpV
] [
.B -m
.I mnt
] [
.B -s
.I srv
] [
.B -v
.I vol
] [
.I dev
]
.PP
.B usb/ether
[
.B -Dd
] [
.B -m
.I mnt
] [
.B -s
.I srv
] [
.I dev ...
]
.PP
.B usb/serial
[
.B -Dd
] [
.B -m
.I mnt
] [
.B -s
.I srv
] [
.I dev ...
]
.PP
.B usb/print
[
.B -d
] [
.I dev ...
]
.PP
.B usb/ccid
[
.B -d
]
.ig
.PP
.B usb/ibuddy
[
.B -Dd
] [
.B -m
.I mnt
] [
.B -s
.I srv
] [
.I dev ...
]
..
.B usb/probe
.SH DESCRIPTION
These programs drive USB devices of specific classes via
.IR usb (3).
Usually they are started by
.IR usbd (4)
upon attachment of the device to the bus.
Less often, users start them manually, depending on
.IR usbd (4)'s
configuration.
Usually,
.I kb
and
.I disk
are started by
.I usbd
and other programs are started by hand.
.PP
Without arguments, the drivers handle all the devices (of
the appropriate USB class) found on the bus.
To make a driver handle only certain devices, supply as arguments
the paths for the directories of the devices
(actually of their zero endpoints).
.PP
Drivers that provide file systems accept options
.B -s
and
.B -m
to instruct them to post a 9P connection at
.IR srv (3)
with the given name and/or to mount themselves at
.IR mnt .
When embedded into
.IR usbd
these options may not be used.
In this case,
the file tree supplied by the device driver is
available through the file system provided by
.IR usbd ,
usually mounted at
.B /dev
and reachable through the 9P connection posted at
.BR /srv/usb .
.PP
Options
.B -d
and
.B -D
present on most drivers trigger debug diagnostics and
file system debugging diagnostics.
Repeating any one of these may increase verbosity.
.PP
To help locate devices of interest,
.I probe
lists all the USB devices available,
including those with no driver started.
.SS Keyboards and mice
.I Kb
supports USB keyboards and mice either as separate USB devices
or as a single combined USB device.
Scan codes from the keyboard are sent to
.B /dev/kbin
to let the kernel process them.
Mouse events are sent to
.B /dev/mousein
in the same way.
.PP
The following options are understood:
.TF -k
.TP
.B \-a
Accelerate the mouse to level
.I n
(similar to the kernel mouse driver acceleration).
.TP
.B \-k
Serve just the keyboard (and not the mouse).
.TP
.B \-m
Serve just the mouse (and not the keyboard).
.SS Disks
.I Disk
configures and manages USB mass storage devices. It
provides a file system (usually seen at
.BR /dev )
that includes one directory per storage device, named
.BI sdU N . M
in correspondence with the usb device number and the storage
unit number (or LUN).
For example, LUN number 2 on
.B /dev/usb/ep3.0
can be accessed through
.BR /dev/sdU3.2 .
.PP
The storage device directory contains the usual files
served by
.IR sd (3):
.BR data ,
.BR raw ,
and
.BR ctl .
.PP
The
.B ctl
file supplies the device
geometry when read.
.PP
The script
.B usbfat:
mounts the FAT file systems in the DOS partitions of the named
.IR disk s;
if none, it mounts those file systems found at
.BR /dev/sdU*.*/data .
When more than one partition is found, a suffix is appended to
the disk name to identify the partition number.
The script
.B usbeject
undoes the effect. If no argument is given, it unmounts all USB
disks. An argument
.BI sdU N
unmounts all partitions from disk with USB target
.IR N .
.ig
An argument
.BI sdU N . M
or
.BI sdU N . M . P
.\" TODO: fill in missing words
..
.SS Printers
.I Print
provides a single file can be written to print on a USB printer.
Options are similar to those of
.IR disk .
The file is also bound at
.B /dev/lp
as is customary.
.SS Ethernet adapters
.I Ether
provides a file interface similar to that of
.IR ether (3)
for each USB Ethernet adapter found.
The name of an Ethernet device is
.BI etherU N
where
.I N
is the device name.
When started manually, the file interface is mounted at
.B /net
as is customary.
.
.SS Serial and JTAG ports
.I Serial
provides a file system (usually mounted at
.BR /dev )
that includes one directory per USB serial port, named
.BI eiaU N
or
.BI eiaU N . M.
In this directory there are two files,
.BR eiaU ,
similar to
.BI eia N
in
.IR uart (3),
and
.BR eiaUctl ,
which admits writes in the same format as
.BI eia N ctl
in
.IR uart (3).
Reading from
.B eiaUctl
gives the serial port's settings in the same format as
.BI eia N status
in
.IR uart (3).
Options are similar to those of
.IR disk .
.PP
JTAG ports are similar
but the files are named
.B jtag
and
.BR jtagctl .
.
.SS Audio devices
.I Usbaudio
configures and manages a USB audio device.
It implements a file system,
normally mounted on
.BI /dev ,
but this can be changed with
.BR \-m ,
containing files
.BR volume ,
.BR audioctl ,
.BR audio ,
and
.BR audioin .
The names
.B volume
and
.B audio
maintain backward compatibility with the Soundblaster driver.
.PP
The
.B \-V
option (verbose)
causes
.I audio
to print information about the device on startup.
The
.B \-s
option specifies a name for a file descriptor to be posted in
.BR /srv .
The
.B \-v
options sets initial
.IR volume .
.PP
Reading
.B volume
or
.B audioctl
yields the device's settings.
The data format of
.B volume
is compatible with the Soundblaster and produces output in this
format:
.IP
.EX
audio out 65
treb out 0
bass out 0
speed out 44100
.EE
.PP
This file can be written using the same syntax.
The keyword
.L out
may be omitted.
Settings are given as percentages of the range,
except for speed which is in Hz.
.PP
The file
.B audioctl
provides more information, using up to 6 columns of 12 characters each.
From left to right, the fields are:
.IR "control name" ,
.I in
or
.IR out ,
.IR "current value" ,
.IR "minimum value" ,
.IR maximum ,
and
.IR resolution .
There are 3, 5, or 6 columns present.
Maxima and resolution are omitted when they are not available or not applicable.
The resolution for
.I speed
is reported as 1 (one) if the sampling frequency is continuously variable.
It is absent if it is settable at a fixed number of discrete values only.
.PP
When all values from
.B audioctl
have been read, a zero-length buffer is returned
(the usual end-of-file indication).
A new
.I read
will then block until one of the settings changes,
then report its new value.
.PP
The file
.B audioctl
can be written like
.BR volume .
.PP
Audio data is written to
.B audio
and read from
.BR audioin .
The data format is little-endian,
samples ordered primarily by time and
secondarily by channel.
Samples occupy the minimum integral number of bytes.
Read and write operations of arbitrary size are allowed.
.
.SS Ccid
.I Ccid
discovers and configures SIM or SAM cards using the CCID standard.
It provides a file system (usually mounted at
.BR /dev )
that includes three files,
.BI ctl ,
.B raw
and
.BI rpc .
Reading from
.B ctl
a description of the smartcard reader capabilities is printed.
.B raw
is just intended for debugging.
Reads and writes to the
raw file send and receive raw CCID packets.
Smart cards identify themselves by giving out an ATR,
an array of characters describing the card uniquely.
Users of the driver write the ATR to the
.B rpc
file and are blocked until a card with that ATR is seen.
From then on they can do ICC RPCs using whatever
language the smart card speaks. A small write cancels
an outstanding RPC.
.PP
The driver takes care of powering the card adequately, based
on its ATR, and tunnelling the RPCs through the USB device.
Only slot 0 is supported.
.PP
When the smartcard disappears,
all reads and write fail until the file is reopened and
a new ATR is written to it.
.
.ig
.SS Ibuddy
.PP
Ibuddy supports a USB I-buddy toy, a little winged-demon.
The driver provides one directory per attached toy with a single
.BR ctl
file to control the device.
Directories are named
.BR ibuddyN ,
being
.I N
the corresponding usb device number.
When read, the
.BR ctl
file provides the state of the device in this form:
.IP
.EX
hips right|left
wings open|close
red on|off
green on|off
blue on|off
heart on|off
.EE
.PP
Each line describes the status of one feature.
.IR  Red ,
.IR  blue ,
and
.IR  green
are the different leds in the head of
the toy.
.IR  Heart
represents the red led in the chest of
the toy.
.IR  Wings
represents the status of the wings, which
can be closed or open.
.IR  Hips
represents the orientation
of the toy (left or right, from the figure's point of view).
.PP
Lines can be written to the
.BR ctl
file to command the device.
Multiple lines (six at most) can be written
at once, with one action per line.
..
.SH SOURCE
.B /sys/src/cmd/usb
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IR kbin (3),
.IR mouse (3),
.IR sd (3),
.IR uart (3),
.IR usb (3),
.IR usbd (4),
.IR partfs (8)
.SH BUGS
The various device drivers are generic USB drivers and
may work only for certain devices on each class.
.PP
USB ATA storage devices are not supported.
.PP
The Ethernet device works only for certain ASIX-based cards and for CDC devices.
Both the Ethernet and printer drivers have not
been tested and it is likely they will fail.
.PP
The serial driver works only for the Prolific chip and Ftdi,
and control of the
.B dcd
and
.B dsr
signals and some of the extra features are unimplemented.
For Ftdi, only the Sheevaplug and Guruplug have been tried.
There is support for the EHCI debug port, but it loses bytes.