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Devices usba(7D)
NAME
usba, usb - Solaris USB Architecture (USBA)
DESCRIPTION
USB provides a low-cost means for attaching peripheral dev-
ices, including mass-storage devices, keyboards, mice, and
printers, to a system. For complete information on the USB
architecture, visit the USB website at http://www.usb.org.
USBA supports 126 hot-pluggable USB devices per USB bus. The
maximum data transfer rate is 1.5 Mbits (low speed USB 1.x)
or 12 Mbits (full speed USB 1.x) or 480 MBits (high speed
USB 2.0) Mbits per second (Mbps).
USBA adheres to the Universal Serial Bus 2.0 specification
and provides a transport layer abstraction to USB client
drivers.
For information on how to write USB client drivers, see
Writing Device Drivers. For the latest information on writ-
ing USB drivers, visit
http://developers.sun.com/solaris/developer/support/driver/usb.html.
For a complete list of USBA interfaces, see Intro(9F) and
Intro(9S).
Devices without a driver may have a libusb(3LIB) applica-
tion. For more information, see
/usr/sfw/share/doc/libusb/libusb.txt.
FILES
Listed below are drivers and modules which either utilize or
are utilized by USBA. Drivers in /kernel/drv are 32 bit
drivers (x86 only). Drivers in /kernel/drv/sparcv9 or
/kernel/drv/amd64 are 64 bit drivers.
Client Driver Function/Device
kernel/drv/[sparcv9|amd64/]hid HID class
kernel/drv/[sparcv9|amd64/]hubd hub class
kernel/drv/[sparcv9|amd64/]hwahc HWA Host Controller class
kernel/drv/[sparcv9|amd64/]hwarc HWA Radio Controller class
kernel/drv/[sparcv9|amd64/]scsa2usb mass storage class
kernel/drv/[sparcv9|amd64/]usbprn printer class
kernel/drv/[sparcv9|amd64/]usb_as audio streaming class
kernel/drv/[sparcv9|amd64/]usb_ac audio control class
kernel/drv/[sparcv9|amd64/]usbvc video class
kernel/drv/[sparcv9|amd64/]usb_mid multi-interface device
kernel/drv/[sparcv9|amd64/]usb_ia interface-association driver
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kernel/drv/[sparcv9|amd64/]usbser_edge Edgeport USB to serial port
kernel/drv/[sparcv9|amd64/]usbsksp Keyspan USB to serial port
kernel/drv/[sparcv9|amd64/]usbsprl pl2303 USB to serial port
kernel/drv/[sparcv9|amd64/]usbsacm CDC ACM class to serial port
kernel/drv/[sparcv9|amd64/]ugen generic USB driver
kernel/drv/[sparcv9|amd64/]wusb_ca WUSB Cable Association class
kernel/drv/[sparcv9|amd64/]ohci open host controller driver
kernel/drv/[sparcv9|amd64/]uhci universal host controller driver
kernel/drv/[sparcv9|amd64/]ehci enhanced host controller driver
Client Streams Modules Function/Device
/kernel/strmod/[sparcv9|amd64]usbkbm Keyboad
/kernel/strmod/[sparcv9|amd64]usbms Mouse
/kernel/strmod/[sparcv9|amd64]usb_ah Audio HID
Host Controller Interface Drivers Device
/kernel/drv/[sparcv9|amd64]ehci Enhanced HCI
/kernel/drv/[sparcv9|amd64]ohci Open HCI
/kernel/drv/[sparcv|amd64/]uhci Univeral HCI
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for a description of the following attri-
butes:
____________________________________________________________
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
|_____________________________|_____________________________|
| Architecture | PCI-based systems |
|_____________________________|_____________________________|
| Availability | driver/usb, driver/usbu |
|_____________________________|_____________________________|
SEE ALSO
cfgadm_usb(1M), libusb(3LIB), attributes(5), ehci(7D),
hid(7D), hubd(7D), ohci(7D), scsa2usb(7D), uhci(7D),
usb_ac(7D), usb_as(7D), usb_ia(7D), usb_mid(7D), usbprn(7D),
usbsacm(7D), usbser_edge(7D), usbsksp(7D), usbsprl(7D),
usbvc(7D), ugen(7D), virtualkm(7D). Intro(9F), Intro(9S)
Writing Device Drivers
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Universal Serial Bus Specification 2.0.
Interface Association Descriptor Engineering Change Notice
(ECN)
System Administration Guide: Basic Administration
http://www.sun.com
NOTES
Booting from USB mass-storage devices is not supported on
SPARC, but is supported on X86.
DIAGNOSTICS
The messages described below may appear on the system con-
sole as well as being logged. All messages are formatted in
the following manner:
WARNING: Error message...
No driver found for device (interface
node name=)
The installed Solaris software does not contain a sup-
ported driver for this hardware. is the inter-
face number. is either the device path name or
the device name.
Draining callbacks timed out!
An internal error occured. Please reboot your system.
If this problem persists, contact your system vendor.
The following messages may be logged into the system log.
They are formatted in the following manner:
): message...
Incorrect USB driver version for .
Driver is incompatible with USBA framework.
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