/dev/usb/ven
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/dev/usb/ven is an IOS resource manager that is used to interact with USB devices. This device is implemented only in IOS57, 58 and 59 by the USB_VEN module, which is a thin wrapper around /dev/usb/usb. It replaces /dev/usb/oh0, which is repurposed as an internal USB backend in these versions.
VEN is often used by official games to communicate with USB cameras (such as Your Shape) and microphones (in the newer singing games). It is also used by libogc for USB2 support.
All buffers must be in MEM2 (addr > 0x10000000) and aligned to a 32-byte boundary. For all of the ioctlvs, the first buffer must be 64 bytes long.
Only IOS_OPEN, IOS_CLOSE, IOS_IOCTL and IOS_IOCTLV are valid commands. The other commands immediately return IPC_EINVAL (-4).
Handles
Up to 16 handles can be opened, each with their own device change hook. The handle ID is specified in the open request as the "mode". IPC_EINVAL will be returned if an ID that is in use is passed.
For devices with multiple interfaces, each interface is presented as a unique device with its own handle.
Ioctls
| Ioctl | Name | Input | Output | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | GetVersion | None |
32 bytes 0-4: version (0x50001) |
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| 1 | GetDeviceChange | None |
For each entry: 0-1: IPC request address >> 8 |
Set up a device insertion/removal callback. Returns the number of entries.
Note that this ioctl immediately returns on the first call. Behind the scenes, VEN keeps track of the device list (which can handle up to 32 devices) by issuing (async) ioctl 1 to /dev/usb/usb and updating its internal list on reply. |
| 2 | Shutdown | None | None | Releases the device change callback with 0 as return code. |
| 3 | GetDeviceInfo |
0x20 bytes 1-2: Device index (0-4 is considered as a whole as the device ID, but IOS only cares about these two values.) |
0xc0 bytes (memset to 0)
20-40: Device descriptor |
Get USB descriptors for a device. Behind the scenes, calls /dev/usb/usb ioctl 2 (input: internal ID, output: descriptors) and copies information to the output buffer and the internal device struct (must be called before a device can be used).
The descriptor structures match the ones used by libusb (with padding). |
| 4 | ? | 0x20 bytes
1-2: Device index |
None | ? (related to callbacks) [check] |
| 5 | ? | 0x20 bytes
1-2: Device index |
None | ? (related to callbacks) [check]
The caller handle must match a stored ID (?) May trigger change callbacks and reissue /dev/usb/usb ioctl 1 in some conditions. |
| 6 | AttachFinish | None | None | The caller handle must match a stored ID (?)
If it does, IPC_SUCCESS is returned, change callbacks are triggered and /dev/usb/usb ioctl 1 is issued. |
| 7 | SetAlternateSetting | 0x20 bytes
1-2: Device index |
None | Set the active alternate setting for a device.
Internally, this issues /dev/usb/usb ioctl 2 to get descriptors, loops over all endpoints and calls /dev/usb/usb ioctl 5 if |
| 8 | ? | 0x20 bytes
1-2: Device index |
None | calls /dev/usb/usb ioctl 3 |
| 0x10 | SuspendResume | 0x20 bytes
1-2: Device index |
None | Suspend or resume a device.
Calls /dev/usb/usb ioctl 4. If the call was successful, updates the internal device struct to reflect the state change. The new state must not be the same as the current one; otherwise IPC_EINVAL will be returned. |
| 0x11 | CancelEndpoint | 0x20 bytes
1-2: Device index |
None | calls /dev/usb/usb ioctl 0x10 |
| 0x12 (ioctlv) | CtrlTransfer | 1 in / 1 io or 2 in / 0 io | Submit a control transfer to a device.
calls USB backend (EHC or OHCI0) ioctl 0x11 | |
| 0x13 (ioctlv) | IntrTransfer | 1 in / 1 io or 2 in / 0 io | Submit an interrupt transfer to a device.
calls USB backend (EHC or OHCI0) ioctl 0x12 | |
| 0x14 (ioctlv) | IsoTransfer | 2 in / 2 io or 3 in / 1 io | Submit an isochronous transfer to a device.
calls USB backend (EHC or OHCI0) ioctl 0x13 | |
| 0x15 (ioctlv) | BulkTransfer | ? | Submit a bulk transfer to a device.
calls USB backend (EHC or OHCI0) ioctl 0x14 | |