DESCRIPTION
The
libusb
library contains interfaces for directly managing a usb de-
vice. The current implementation supports v1.0 of the libusb API.
LIBRARY INITIALISATION AND DEINITIALISATION
const
struct
libusb
_
version
*
libusb
_
get
_
version
(
void
) This function re-
turns version information about LibUSB.
int
libusb
_
init
(
libusb
_
context
**ctx
) This function initialises libusb.
It must be called at the beginning of the program, before other libusb
routines are used. This function returns 0 on success or LIBUSB_ERROR on
failure.
void
libusb
_
exit
(
libusb
_
context
*ctx
) Deinitialise libusb. Must be
called at the end of the application. Other libusb routines may not be
called after this function.
int
libusb
_
has
_
capability
(
uint32
_
t
capability
) This function checks the
runtime capabilities of
libusb
. This function will return non-zero if
the given
capability
is supported, 0 if it is not supported. The valid
values for
capability
are:
LIBUSB
_
CAP
_
HAS
_
CAPABILITY
libusb
supports
libusb
_
has
_
capability
().
LIBUSB
_
CAP
_
HAS
_
HOTPLUG
libusb
supports hotplug notifications.
LIBUSB
_
CAP
_
HAS
_
HID
_
ACCESS
libusb
can access HID devices without requiring user
intervention.
LIBUSB
_
CAP
_
SUPPORTS
_
DETACH
_
KERNEL
_
DRIVER
libusb
supports detaching of the default USB driver
with
libusb
_
detach
_
kernel
_
driver
().
const
char
*
libusb
_
strerror
(
int
code
) Get the ASCII representation of
the error given by the
code
argument. This function does not return
NULL.
const
char
*
libusb
_
error
_
name
(
int
code
) Get the ASCII representation of
the error enum given by the
code
argument. This function does not return
NULL.
void
libusb
_
set
_
debug
(
libusb
_
context
*ctx
,
int
level
) Set the debug level
to
level
.
ssize
_
t
libusb
_
get
_
device
_
list
(
libusb
_
context
*ctx
,
libusb
_
device
***list
) Populate
list
with the list of usb devices available, adding a
reference to each device in the list. All the list entries created by
this function must have their reference counter decremented when you are
done with them, and the list itself must be freed. This function returns
the number of devices in the list or a LIBUSB_ERROR code.
void
libusb
_
free
_
device
_
list
(
libusb
_
device
**list
,
int
unref
_
devices
)
Free the list of devices discovered by libusb_get_device_list. If
unref
_
device
is set to 1 all devices in the list have their reference
counter decremented once.
uint8
_
t
libusb
_
get
_
bus
_
number
(
libusb
_
device
*dev
) Returns the number of
the bus contained by the device
dev
.
uint8
_
t
libusb
_
get
_
port
_
number
(
libusb
_
device
*dev
) Returns the port num-
ber which the device given by
dev
is attached to.
int
libusb
_
get
_
port
_
numbers
(
libusb
_
device
*dev
,
uint8
_
t
*buf
,
uint8
_
t
bufsize
) Stores, in the buffer
buf
of size
bufsize
, the list of all port
numbers from root for the device
dev
.
int
libusb
_
get
_
port
_
path
(
libusb
_
context
*ctx
,
libusb
_
device
*dev
,
uint8
_
t
*buf
,
uint8
_
t
bufsize
) Deprecated function equivalent to
libusb_get_port_numbers.
uint8
_
t
libusb
_
get
_
device
_
address
(
libusb
_
device
*dev
) Returns the de-
vice_address contained by the device
dev
.
enum
libusb
_
speed
libusb
_
get
_
device
_
speed
(
libusb
_
device
*dev
) Returns the
wire speed at which the device is connected. See the LIBUSB_SPEED_XXX
enums for more information. LIBUSB_SPEED_UNKNOWN is returned in case of
unknown wire speed.
int
libusb
_
get
_
max
_
packet
_
size
(
libusb
_
device
*dev
,
unsigned
char
endpoint
) Returns the wMaxPacketSize value on success, LIBUSB_ER-
ROR_NOT_FOUND if the endpoint does not exist and LIBUSB_ERROR_OTHERS on
other failure.
int
libusb
_
get
_
max
_
iso
_
packet
_
size
(
libusb
_
device
*dev
,
unsigned
char
endpoint
) Returns the packet size multiplied by the packet multiplier on
success, LIBUSB_ERROR_NOT_FOUND if the endpoint does not exist and
LIBUSB_ERROR_OTHERS on other failure.
libusb
_
device
*
libusb
_
ref
_
device
(
libusb
_
device
*dev
) Increment the ref-
erence counter of the device
dev
.
void
libusb
_
unref
_
device
(
libusb
_
device
*dev
) Decrement the reference
counter of the device
dev
.
int
libusb
_
open
(
libusb
_
device
*dev
,
libusb
_
device
_
handle
**devh
) Open a
device and obtain a device_handle. Returns 0 on success, LIBUSB_ER-
ROR_NO_MEM on memory allocation problems, LIBUSB_ERROR_ACCESS on permis-
sions problems, LIBUSB_ERROR_NO_DEVICE if the device has been discon-
nected and a LIBUSB_ERROR code on other errors.
libusb
_
device
_
handle
*
libusb
_
open
_
device
_
with
_
vid
_
pid
(
libusb
_
context
*ctx
,
uint16
_
t
vid
,
uint16
_
t
pid
) A convenience function to open a device
by vendor and product IDs
vid
and
pid
. Returns NULL on error.
void
libusb
_
close
(
libusb
_
device
_
handle
*devh
) Close a device handle.
libusb
_
device
*
libusb
_
get
_
device
(
libusb
_
device
_
handle
*devh
) Get the de-
vice contained by devh. Returns NULL on error.
int
libusb
_
get
_
configuration
(
libusb
_
device
_
handle
*devh
,
int
*config
) Re-
turns the value of the current configuration. Returns 0 on success,
LIBUSB_ERROR_NO_DEVICE if the device has been disconnected and a
LIBUSB_ERROR code on error.
int
libusb
_
set
_
configuration
(
libusb
_
device
_
handle
*devh
,
int
config
) Set
the active configuration to
config
for the device contained by
devh
.
This function returns 0 on success, LIBUSB_ERROR_NOT_FOUND if the re-
quested configuration does not exist, LIBUSB_ERROR_BUSY if the interfaces
are currently claimed, LIBUSB_ERROR_NO_DEVICE if the device has been dis-
connected and a LIBUSB_ERROR code on failure.
int
libusb
_
claim
_
interface
(
libusb
_
device
_
handle
*devh
,
int
interface
_
number
) Claim an interface in a given libusb_handle
devh
. This
is a non-blocking function. It returns 0 on success, LIBUSB_ER-
ROR_NOT_FOUND if the requested interface does not exist, LIBUSB_ER-
ROR_BUSY if a program or driver has claimed the interface, LIBUSB_ER-
ROR_NO_DEVICE if the device has been disconnected and a LIBUSB_ERROR code
on failure.
int
libusb
_
release
_
interface
(
libusb
_
device
_
handle
*devh
,
int
interface
_
number
) This function releases an interface. All the claimed
interfaces on a device must be released before closing the device. Re-
turns 0 on success, LIBUSB_ERROR_NOT_FOUND if the interface was not
claimed, LIBUSB_ERROR_NO_DEVICE if the device has been disconnected and
LIBUSB_ERROR on failure.
int
libusb
_
set
_
interface
_
alt
_
setting
(
libusb
_
device
_
handle
*dev
,
int
interface
_
number
,
int
alternate
_
setting
) Activate an alternate setting
for an interface. Returns 0 on success, LIBUSB_ERROR_NOT_FOUND if the
interface was not claimed or the requested setting does not exist,
LIBUSB_ERROR_NO_DEVICE if the device has been disconnected and a
LIBUSB_ERROR code on failure.
int
libusb
_
clear
_
halt
(
libusb
_
device
_
handle
*devh
,
unsigned
char
endpoint
)
Clear an halt/stall for a endpoint. Returns 0 on success, LIBUSB_ER-
ROR_NOT_FOUND if the endpoint does not exist, LIBUSB_ERROR_NO_DEVICE if
the device has been disconnected and a LIBUSB_ERROR code on failure.
int
libusb
_
reset
_
device
(
libusb
_
device
_
handle
*devh
) Perform an USB port
reset for an usb device. Returns 0 on success, LIBUSB_ERROR_NOT_FOUND if
re-enumeration is required or if the device has been disconnected and a
LIBUSB_ERROR code on failure.
int
libusb
_
check
_
connected
(
libusb
_
device
_
handle
*devh
) Test if the USB
device is still connected. Returns 0 on success, LIBUSB_ERROR_NO_DEVICE
if it has been disconnected and a LIBUSB_ERROR code on failure.
int
libusb
_
kernel
_
driver
_
active
(
libusb
_
device
_
handle
*devh
,
int
interface
) Determine if a driver is active on a interface. Returns 0 if
no kernel driver is active and 1 if a kernel driver is active, LIBUSB_ER-
ROR_NO_DEVICE if the device has been disconnected and a LIBUSB_ERROR code
on failure.
int
libusb
_
get
_
driver
(
libusb
_
device
_
handle
*devh
,
int
interface
,
char
*name
,
int
namelen
) or
int
libusb
_
get
_
driver
_
np
(
libusb
_
device
_
handle
*devh
,
int
interface
,
char
*name
,
int
namelen
) Copy the name of the
driver attached to the given
device
and
interface
into the buffer
name
of
length
namelen
. Returns 0 on success, LIBUSB_ERROR_NOT_FOUND if no ker-
nel driver is attached to the given interface and LIBUSB_ERROR_IN-
VALID_PARAM if the interface does not exist. This function is non-porta-
ble. The buffer pointed to by
name
is only zero terminated on success.
int
libusb
_
detach
_
kernel
_
driver
(
libusb
_
device
_
handle
*devh
,
int
interface
) or
int
libusb
_
detach
_
kernel
_
driver
_
np
(
libusb
_
device
_
handle
*devh
,
int
interface
) Detach a kernel driver from an interface. This is
needed to claim an interface already claimed by a kernel driver. Returns
0 on success, LIBUSB_ERROR_NOT_FOUND if no kernel driver was active,
LIBUSB_ERROR_INVALID_PARAM if the interface does not exist, LIBUSB_ER-
ROR_NO_DEVICE if the device has been disconnected and a LIBUSB_ERROR code
on failure. This function is non-portable.
int
libusb
_
attach
_
kernel
_
driver
(
libusb
_
device
_
handle
*devh
,
int
interface
) Re-attach an interface kernel driver that was previously de-
tached. Returns 0 on success, LIBUSB_ERROR_INVALID_PARAM if the inter-
face does not exist, LIBUSB_ERROR_NO_DEVICE if the device has been dis-
connected, LIBUSB_ERROR_BUSY if the driver cannot be attached because the
interface is claimed by a program or driver and a LIBUSB_ERROR code on
failure.
int
libusb
_
set
_
auto
_
detach
_
kernel
_
driver
(
libusb
_
device
_
handle
*devh
,
int
enable
) This function enables automatic kernel interface driver detach
when an interface is claimed. When the interface is restored the kernel
driver is allowed to be re-attached. If the
enable
argument is non-zero
the feature is enabled. Else disabled. Returns 0 on success and a
LIBUSB_ERROR code on failure.
USB DESCRIPTORS
int
libusb
_
get
_
device
_
descriptor
(
libusb
_
device
*dev
,
libusb
_
device
_
descriptor
*desc
) Get the USB device descriptor for the de-
vice
dev
. This is a non-blocking function. Returns 0 on success and a
LIBUSB_ERROR code on failure.
int
libusb
_
get
_
active
_
config
_
descriptor
(
libusb
_
device
*dev
,
struct
libusb
_
config
_
descriptor
**config
) Get the USB configuration descriptor
for the active configuration. Returns 0 on success, LIBUSB_ER-
ROR_NOT_FOUND if the device is in an unconfigured state and a LIBUSB_ER-
ROR code on error.
int
libusb
_
get
_
config
_
descriptor
(
libusb
_
device
*dev
,
uint8
_
t
config
_
index
,
libusb
_
config
_
descriptor
**config
) Get a USB configuration
descriptor based on its index
idx
. Returns 0 on success, LIBUSB_ER-
ROR_NOT_FOUND if the configuration does not exist and a LIBUSB_ERROR code
on error.
int
libusb
_
get
_
config
_
descriptor
_
by
_
value
(
libusb
_
device
*dev
,
uint8
bConfigurationValue
,
libusb
_
config
_
descriptor
**config
) Get a USB config-
uration descriptor with a specific bConfigurationValue. This is a non-
blocking function which does not send a request through the device. Re-
turns 0 on success, LIBUSB_ERROR_NOT_FOUND if the configuration does not
exist and a LIBUSB_ERROR code on failure.
void
libusb
_
free
_
config
_
descriptor
(
libusb
_
config
_
descriptor
*config
) Free
a configuration descriptor.
int
libusb
_
get
_
string
_
descriptor
(
libusb
_
device
_
handle
*devh
,
uint8
_
t
desc
_
idx
,
uint16
_
t
langid
,
unsigned
char
*data
,
int
length
) Retrieve a
string descriptor in raw format. Returns the number of bytes actually
transferred on success or a negative LIBUSB_ERROR code on failure.
int
libusb
_
get
_
string
_
descriptor
_
ascii
(
libusb
_
device
_
handle
*devh
,
uint8
_
t
desc
_
idx
,
unsigned
char
*data
,
int
length
) Retrieve a string de-
scriptor in C style ASCII. Returns the positive number of bytes in the
resulting ASCII string on success and a LIBUSB_ERROR code on failure.
int
libusb
_
parse
_
ss
_
endpoint
_
comp
(
const
void
*buf
,
int
len
,
libusb
_
ss
_
endpoint
_
companion
_
descriptor
**ep
_
comp
) This function parses
the USB 3.0 endpoint companion descriptor in host endian format pointed
to by
buf
and having a length of
len
. Typically these arguments are the
extra and extra_length fields of the endpoint descriptor. On success the
pointer to resulting descriptor is stored at the location given by
ep
_
comp
. Returns zero on success and a LIBUSB_ERROR code on failure. On
success the parsed USB 3.0 endpoint companion descriptor must be freed
using the libusb_free_ss_endpoint_comp function.
void
libusb
_
free
_
ss
_
endpoint
_
comp
(
libusb
_
ss
_
endpoint
_
companion
_
descriptor
*ep
_
comp
) This function is NULL safe and frees a parsed USB 3.0 endpoint
companion descriptor given by
ep
_
comp
.
int
libusb
_
get
_
ss
_
endpoint
_
companion
_
descriptor
(
struct
libusb
_
context
*ctx
,
const
struct
libusb
_
endpoint
_
descriptor
*endpoint
,
struct
libusb
_
ss
_
endpoint
_
companion
_
descriptor
**ep
_
comp
) This function finds
and parses the USB 3.0 endpoint companion descriptor given by
endpoint
.
Returns zero on success and a LIBUSB_ERROR code on failure. On success
the parsed USB 3.0 endpoint companion descriptor must be freed using the
libusb_free_ss_endpoint_companion_descriptor function.
void
libusb
_
free
_
ss
_
endpoint
_
companion
_
descriptor
(
struct
libusb
_
ss
_
endpoint
_
companion
_
descriptor
*ep
_
comp
) This function is NULL
safe and frees a parsed USB 3.0 endpoint companion descriptor given by
ep
_
comp
.
int
libusb
_
get
_
bos
_
descriptor
(
libusb
_
device
_
handle
*handle
,
struct
libusb
_
bos
_
descriptor
**bos
) This function queries the USB device given
by
handle
and stores a pointer to a parsed BOS descriptor into
bos
. Re-
turns zero on success and a LIBUSB_ERROR code on failure. On success the
parsed BOS descriptor must be freed using the libusb_free_bos_descriptor
function.
int
libusb
_
parse
_
bos
_
descriptor
(
const
void
*buf
,
int
len
,
libusb
_
bos
_
descriptor
**bos
) This function parses a Binary Object Store,
BOS, descriptor into host endian format pointed to by
buf
and having a
length of
len
. On success the pointer to resulting descriptor is stored
at the location given by
bos
. Returns zero on success and a LIBUSB_ERROR
code on failure. On success the parsed BOS descriptor must be freed us-
ing the libusb_free_bos_descriptor function.
void
libusb
_
free
_
bos
_
descriptor
(
libusb
_
bos
_
descriptor
*bos
) This function
is NULL safe and frees a parsed BOS descriptor given by
bos
.
int
libusb
_
get
_
usb
_
2
_
0
_
extension
_
descriptor
(
struct
libusb
_
context
*ctx
,
struct
libusb
_
bos
_
dev
_
capability
_
descriptor
*dev
_
cap
,
struct
libusb
_
usb
_
2
_
0
_
extension
_
descriptor
**usb
_
2
_
0
_
extension
) This function
parses the USB 2.0 extension descriptor from the descriptor given by
dev
_
cap
and stores a pointer to the parsed descriptor into
usb
_
2
_
0
_
extension
. Returns zero on success and a LIBUSB_ERROR code on
failure. On success the parsed USB 2.0 extension descriptor must be
freed using the libusb_free_usb_2_0_extension_descriptor function.
void
libusb
_
free
_
usb
_
2
_
0
_
extension
_
descriptor
(
struct
libusb
_
usb
_
2
_
0
_
extension
_
descriptor
*usb
_
2
_
0
_
extension
) This function is
NULL safe and frees a parsed USB 2.0 extension descriptor given by
usb
_
2
_
0
_
extension
.
int
libusb
_
get
_
ss
_
usb
_
device
_
capability
_
descriptor
(
struct
libusb
_
context
*ctx
,
struct
libusb
_
bos
_
dev
_
capability
_
descriptor
*dev
_
cap
,
struct
libusb
_
ss
_
usb
_
device
_
capability
_
descriptor
**ss
_
usb
_
device
_
capability
)
This function parses the SuperSpeed device capability descriptor from the
descriptor given by
dev
_
cap
and stores a pointer to the parsed descriptor
into
ss
_
usb
_
device
_
capability
. Returns zero on success and a LIBUSB_ER-
ROR code on failure. On success the parsed SuperSpeed device capability
descriptor must be freed using the libusb_free_ss_usb_device_capabil-
ity_descriptor function.
void
libusb
_
free
_
ss
_
usb
_
device
_
capability
_
descriptor
(
struct
libusb
_
ss
_
usb
_
device
_
capability
_
descriptor
*ss
_
usb
_
device
_
capability
)
This function is NULL safe and frees a parsed SuperSpeed device capabil-
ity descriptor given by
ss
_
usb
_
device
_
capability
.
int
libusb
_
get
_
container
_
id
_
descriptor
(
struct
libusb
_
context
*ctx
,
struct
libusb
_
bos
_
dev
_
capability
_
descriptor
*dev
_
cap
,
struct
libusb
_
container
_
id
_
descriptor
**container
_
id
) This function parses the
container ID descriptor from the descriptor given by
dev
_
cap
and stores a
pointer to the parsed descriptor into
container
_
id
. Returns zero on suc-
cess and a LIBUSB_ERROR code on failure. On success the parsed container
ID descriptor must be freed using the libusb_free_container_id_descriptor
function.
void
libusb
_
free
_
container
_
id
_
descriptor
(
struct
libusb
_
container
_
id
_
descriptor
*container
_
id
) This function is NULL safe
and frees a parsed container ID descriptor given by
container
_
id
.
USB ASYNCHRONOUS I/O
struct
libusb
_
transfer
*
libusb
_
alloc
_
transfer
(
int
iso
_
packets
) Allocate
a transfer with the number of isochronous packet descriptors specified by
iso
_
packets
. Returns NULL on error.
void
libusb
_
free
_
transfer
(
struct
libusb
_
transfer
*tr
) Free a transfer.
int
libusb
_
submit
_
transfer
(
struct
libusb
_
transfer
*tr
) This function will
submit a transfer and returns immediately. Returns 0 on success,
LIBUSB_ERROR_NO_DEVICE if the device has been disconnected and a
LIBUSB_ERROR code on other failure.
int
libusb
_
cancel
_
transfer
(
struct
libusb
_
transfer
*tr
) This function
asynchronously cancels a transfer. Returns 0 on success and a LIBUSB_ER-
ROR code on failure.
USB SYNCHRONOUS I/O
int
libusb
_
control
_
transfer
(
libusb
_
device
_
handle
*devh
,
uint8
_
t
bmRequestType
,
uint8
_
t
bRequest
,
uint16
_
t
wValue
,
uint16
_
t
wIndex
,
unsigned
char
*data
,
uint16
_
t
wLength
,
unsigned
int
timeout
) Perform a
USB control transfer. Returns the actual number of bytes transferred on
success, in the range from and including zero up to and including
wLength
. On error a LIBUSB_ERROR code is returned, for example
LIBUSB_ERROR_TIMEOUT if the transfer timed out, LIBUSB_ERROR_PIPE if the
control request was not supported, LIBUSB_ERROR_NO_DEVICE if the device
has been disconnected and another LIBUSB_ERROR code on other failures.
The LIBUSB_ERROR codes are all negative.
int
libusb
_
bulk
_
transfer
(
struct
libusb
_
device
_
handle
*devh
,
unsigned
char
endpoint
,
unsigned
char
*data
,
int
length
,
int
*transferred
,
unsigned
int
timeout
) Perform an USB bulk transfer. A timeout value of zero means no
timeout. The timeout value is given in milliseconds. Returns 0 on suc-
cess, LIBUSB_ERROR_TIMEOUT if the transfer timed out, LIBUSB_ERROR_PIPE
if the control request was not supported, LIBUSB_ERROR_OVERFLOW if the
device offered more data, LIBUSB_ERROR_NO_DEVICE if the device has been
disconnected and a LIBUSB_ERROR code on other failure.
int
libusb
_
interrupt
_
transfer
(
struct
libusb
_
device
_
handle
*devh
,
unsigned
char
endpoint
,
unsigned
char
*data
,
int
length
,
int
*transferred
,
unsigned
int
timeout
) Perform an USB Interrupt transfer. A timeout value
of zero means no timeout. The timeout value is given in milliseconds.
Returns 0 on success, LIBUSB_ERROR_TIMEOUT if the transfer timed out,
LIBUSB_ERROR_PIPE if the control request was not supported, LIBUSB_ER-
ROR_OVERFLOW if the device offered more data, LIBUSB_ERROR_NO_DEVICE if
the device has been disconnected and a LIBUSB_ERROR code on other fail-
USB STREAMS SUPPORT
int
libusb
_
alloc
_
streams
(
libusb
_
device
_
handle
*dev
,
uint32
_
t
num
_
streams
,
unsigned
char
*endpoints
,
int
num
_
endpoints
) This function verifies that
the given number of streams using the given number of endpoints is al-
lowed and allocates the resources needed to use so-called USB streams.
Currently only a single stream per endpoint is supported to simplify the
internals of LibUSB. This function returns 0 on success or a LIBUSB_ER-
ROR code on failure.
int
libusb
_
free
_
streams
(
libusb
_
device
_
handle
*dev
,
unsigned
char
*endpoints
,
int
num
_
endpoints
) This function release resources needed for
streams usage. Returns 0 on success or a LIBUSB_ERROR code on failure.
void
libusb
_
transfer
_
set
_
stream
_
id
(
struct
libusb
_
transfer
*transfer
,
uint32
_
t
stream
_
id
) This function sets the stream ID for the given USB
transfer.
uint32
_
t
libusb
_
transfer
_
get
_
stream
_
id
(
struct
libusb
_
transfer
*transfer
)
This function returns the stream ID for the given USB transfer. If no
stream ID is used a value of zero is returned.
USB EVENTS
int
libusb
_
try
_
lock
_
events
(
libusb
_
context
*ctx
) Try to acquire the event
handling lock. Returns 0 if the lock was obtained and 1 if not.
void
libusb
_
lock
_
events
(
libusb
_
context
*ctx
) Acquire the event handling
lock. This function is blocking.
void
libusb
_
unlock
_
events
(
libusb
_
context
*ctx
) Release the event handling
lock. This will wake up any thread blocked on
libusb
_
wait
_
for
_
event
().
int
libusb
_
event
_
handling
_
ok
(
libusb
_
context
*ctx
) Determine if it still
OK for this thread to be doing event handling. Returns 1 if event han-
dling can start or continue. Returns 0 if this thread must give up the
events lock.
int
libusb
_
event
_
handler
_
active
(
libusb
_
context
*ctx
) Determine if an ac-
tive thread is handling events. Returns 1 if there is a thread handling
events and 0 if there are no threads currently handling events.
void
libusb
_
interrupt
_
event
_
handler
(
libusb
_
context
*ctx
) Causes the
libusb
_
handle
_
events
() familiy of functions to return to the caller one
time. The
libusb
_
handle
_
events
() functions may be called again after
calling this function.
void
libusb
_
lock
_
event
_
waiters
(
libusb
_
context
*ctx
) Acquire the
event_waiters lock. This lock is designed to be obtained in the situa-
tion where you want to be aware when events are completed, but some other
thread is event handling so calling
libusb
_
handle
_
events
() is not al-
lowed.
void
libusb
_
unlock
_
event
_
waiters
(
libusb
_
context
*ctx
) Release the
event_waiters lock.
int
libusb
_
wait
_
for
_
event
(
libusb
_
context
*ctx
,
struct
timeval
*tv
) Wait
for another thread to signal completion of an event. Must be called with
the event waiters lock held, see
libusb
_
lock
_
event
_
waiters
(). This will
block until the timeout expires or a transfer completes or a thread re-
leases the event handling lock through
libusb
_
unlock
_
events
(). Returns 0
after a transfer completes or another thread stops event handling, and 1
if the timeout expired.
int
libusb
_
handle
_
events
_
timeout
_
completed
(
libusb
_
context
*ctx
,
struct
timeval
*tv
,
int
*completed
) Handle any pending events by checking if
timeouts have expired and by checking the set of file descriptors for ac-
tivity. If the
completed
argument is not equal to NULL, this function
will loop until a transfer completion callback sets the variable pointed
to by the
completed
argument to non-zero. If the
tv
argument is not
equal to NULL, this function will return LIBUSB_ERROR_TIMEOUT after the
given timeout. Returns 0 on success, or a LIBUSB_ERROR code on failure
or timeout.
int
libusb
_
handle
_
events
_
completed
(
libusb
_
context
*ctx
,
int
*completed
)
Handle any pending events by checking the set of file descriptors for ac-
tivity. If the
completed
argument is not equal to NULL, this function
will loop until a transfer completion callback sets the variable pointed
to by the
completed
argument to non-zero. Returns 0 on success, or a
LIBUSB_ERROR code on failure.
int
libusb
_
handle
_
events
_
timeout
(
libusb
_
context
*ctx
,
struct
timeval
*tv
)
Handle any pending events by checking if timeouts have expired and by
checking the set of file descriptors for activity. Returns 0 on success,
or a LIBUSB_ERROR code on failure or timeout.
int
libusb
_
handle
_
events
(
libusb
_
context
*ctx
) Handle any pending events
in blocking mode with a sensible timeout. Returns 0 on success and a
LIBUSB_ERROR code on failure.
int
libusb
_
handle
_
events
_
locked
(
libusb
_
context
*ctx
,
struct
timeval
*tv
)
Handle any pending events by polling file descriptors, without checking
if another thread is already doing so. Must be called with the event
lock held.
int
libusb
_
get
_
next
_
timeout
(
libusb
_
context
*ctx
,
struct
timeval
*tv
) De-
termine the next internal timeout that libusb needs to handle. Returns 0
if there are no pending timeouts, 1 if a timeout was returned, or a
LIBUSB_ERROR code on failure or timeout.
void
libusb
_
set
_
pollfd
_
notifiers
(
libusb
_
context
*ctx
,
libusb
_
pollfd
_
added
_
cb
added
_
cb
,
libusb
_
pollfd
_
removed
_
cb
remove
_
cb
,
void
*user
_
data
) Register notification functions for file descriptor addi-
tions/removals. These functions will be invoked for every new or removed
file descriptor that libusb uses as an event source.
const
struct
libusb
_
pollfd
**
libusb
_
get
_
pollfds
(
libusb
_
context
*ctx
) Re-
trieve a list of file descriptors that should be polled by your main loop
as libusb event sources. Returns a NULL-terminated list on success or
NULL on failure.
int
libusb
_
hotplug
_
register
_
callback
(
libusb
_
context
*ctx
,
libusb
_
hotplug
_
event
events
,
libusb
_
hotplug
_
flag
flags
,
int
vendor
_
id
,
int
product
_
id
,
int
dev
_
class
,
libusb
_
hotplug
_
callback
_
fn
cb
_
fn
,
void
*user
_
data
,
libusb
_
hotplug
_
callback
_
handle
*handle
) This function regis-
ters a hotplug filter. The
events
argument select which events makes the
hotplug filter trigger. Available event values are LIBUSB_HOT-
PLUG_EVENT_DEVICE_ARRIVED and LIBUSB_HOTPLUG_EVENT_DEVICE_LEFT. One or
more events must be specified. The
vendor
_
id
,
product
_
id
and
dev
_
class
arguments can be set to LIBUSB_HOTPLUG_MATCH_ANY to match any value in
the USB device descriptor. Else the specified value is used for match-
ing. If the
flags
argument is set to LIBUSB_HOTPLUG_ENUMERATE, all cur-
rently attached and matching USB devices will be passed to the hotplug
filter, given by the
cb
_
fn
argument. Else the
flags
argument should be
set to LIBUSB_HOTPLUG_NO_FLAGS. This function returns 0 upon success or
a LIBUSB_ERROR code on failure.
int
libusb
_
hotplug
_
callback
_
fn
(
libusb
_
context
*ctx
,
libusb
_
device
*device
,
libusb
_
hotplug
_
event
event
,
void
*user
_
data
) The hotplug filter
function. If this function returns non-zero, the filter is removed.
Else the filter is kept and can receive more events. The
user
_
data
argu-
ment is the same as given when the filter was registered. The
event
ar-
gument can be either of LIBUSB_HOTPLUG_EVENT_DEVICE_ARRIVED or
LIBUSB_HOTPLUG_EVENT_DEVICE_LEFT.
void
libusb
_
hotplug
_
deregister
_
callback
(
libusb
_
context
*ctx
,
libusb
_
hotplug
_
callback
_
handle
handle
) This function unregisters a hot-
plug filter.
LIBUSB VERSION 0.1 COMPATIBILITY
The library is also compliant with LibUSB version 0.1.12.
usb
_
open
()
usb
_
close
()
usb
_
get
_
string
()
usb
_
get
_
string
_
simple
()
usb
_
get
_
descriptor
_
by
_
endpoint
()
usb
_
get
_
descriptor
()
usb
_
parse
_
descriptor
()
usb
_
parse
_
configuration
()
usb
_
destroy
_
configuration
()
usb
_
fetch
_
and
_
parse
_
descriptors
()
usb
_
bulk
_
write
()
usb
_
bulk
_
read
()
usb
_
interrupt
_
write
()
usb
_
interrupt
_
read
()
usb
_
control
_
msg
()
usb
_
set
_
configuration
()
usb
_
claim
_
interface
()
usb
_
release
_
interface
()
usb
_
set
_
altinterface
()
usb
_
resetep
()
usb
_
clear
_
halt
()
usb
_
reset
()
usb
_
strerror
()
usb
_
init
()
usb
_
set
_
debug
()
usb
_
find
_
busses
()
usb
_
find
_
devices
()
usb
_
device
()
usb
_
get
_
busses
()
usb
_
check
_
connected
()
usb
_
get
_
driver
_
np
()
usb
_
detach
_
kernel
_
driver
_
np
()
SEE ALSO
libusb20(3)
,
usb(4)
,
usbconfig(8)
,
usbdump(8)
https://libusb.info/
HISTORY
libusb
support first appeared in FreeBSD 8.0.
FreeBSD 13.0 October, 2, 2022 FreeBSD 13.0
NAME
|
LIBRARY
|
SYNOPSIS
|
DESCRIPTION
|
LIBRARY INITIALISATION AND DEINITIALISATION
|
USB DESCRIPTORS
|
USB ASYNCHRONOUS I/O
|
USB SYNCHRONOUS I/O
|
USB STREAMS SUPPORT
|
USB EVENTS
|
LIBUSB VERSION 0.1 COMPATIBILITY
|
SEE ALSO
|
HISTORY
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