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SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +====================================== +Introduction to HID report descriptors +====================================== + +This chapter is meant to give a broad overview of what HID report +descriptors are, and of how a casual (non-kernel) programmer can deal +with HID devices that are not working well with Linux. + +.. contents:: + :local: + :depth: 2 + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 2 + + hidreport-parsing + + +Introduction +============ + +HID stands for Human Interface Device, and can be whatever device you +are using to interact with a computer, be it a mouse, a touchpad, a +tablet, a microphone. + +Many HID devices work out the box, even if their hardware is different. +For example, mice can have any number of buttons; they may have a +wheel; movement sensitivity differs between different models, and so +on. Nonetheless, most of the time everything just works, without the +need to have specialized code in the kernel for every mouse model +developed since 1970. + +This is because modern HID devices do advertise their capabilities +through the *HID report descriptor*, a fixed set of bytes describing +exactly what *HID reports* may be sent between the device and the host +and the meaning of each individual bit in those reports. For example, +a HID Report Descriptor may specify that "in a report with ID 3 the +bits from 8 to 15 is the delta x coordinate of a mouse". + +The HID report itself then merely carries the actual data values +without any extra meta information. Note that HID reports may be sent +from the device ("Input Reports", i.e. input events), to the device +("Output Reports" to e.g. change LEDs) or used for device configuration +("Feature reports"). A device may support one or more HID reports. + +The HID subsystem is in charge of parsing the HID report descriptors, +and converts HID events into normal input device interfaces (see +Documentation/hid/hid-transport.rst). Devices may misbehave because the +HID report descriptor provided by the device is wrong, or because it +needs to be dealt with in a special way, or because some special +device or interaction mode is not handled by the default code. + +The format of HID report descriptors is described by two documents, +available from the `USB Implementers Forum <https://www.usb.org/>`_ +`HID web page <https://www.usb.org/hid>`_ address: + + * the `HID USB Device Class Definition + <https://www.usb.org/document-library/device-class-definition-hid-111>`_ (HID Spec from now on) + * the `HID Usage Tables <https://usb.org/document-library/hid-usage-tables-14>`_ (HUT from now on) + +The HID subsystem can deal with different transport drivers +(USB, I2C, Bluetooth, etc.). See Documentation/hid/hid-transport.rst. + +Parsing HID report descriptors +============================== + +The current list of HID devices can be found at ``/sys/bus/hid/devices/``. +For each device, say ``/sys/bus/hid/devices/0003\:093A\:2510.0002/``, +one can read the corresponding report descriptor:: + + $ hexdump -C /sys/bus/hid/devices/0003\:093A\:2510.0002/report_descriptor + 00000000 05 01 09 02 a1 01 09 01 a1 00 05 09 19 01 29 03 |..............).| + 00000010 15 00 25 01 75 01 95 03 81 02 75 05 95 01 81 01 |..%.u.....u.....| + 00000020 05 01 09 30 09 31 09 38 15 81 25 7f 75 08 95 03 |...0.1.8..%.u...| + 00000030 81 06 c0 c0 |....| + 00000034 + +Optional: the HID report descriptor can be read also by +directly accessing the hidraw driver [#hidraw]_. + +The basic structure of HID report descriptors is defined in the HID +spec, while HUT "defines constants that can be interpreted by an +application to identify the purpose and meaning of a data field in a +HID report". Each entry is defined by at least two bytes, where the +first one defines what type of value is following and is described in +the HID spec, while the second one carries the actual value and is +described in the HUT. + +HID report descriptors can, in principle, be painstakingly parsed by +hand, byte by byte. + +A short introduction on how to do this is sketched in +Documentation/hid/hidreport-parsing.rst; you only need to understand it +if you need to patch HID report descriptors. + +In practice you should not parse HID report descriptors by hand; rather, +you should use an existing parser. Among all the available ones + + * the online `USB Descriptor and Request Parser + <http://eleccelerator.com/usbdescreqparser/>`_; + * `hidrdd <https://github.com/abend0c1/hidrdd>`_, + that provides very detailed and somewhat verbose descriptions + (verbosity can be useful if you are not familiar with HID report + descriptors); + * `hid-tools <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libevdev/hid-tools>`_, + a complete utility set that allows, among other things, + to record and replay the raw HID reports and to debug + and replay HID devices. + It is being actively developed by the Linux HID subsystem maintainers. + +Parsing the mouse HID report descriptor with `hid-tools +<https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libevdev/hid-tools>`_ leads to +(explanations interposed):: + + $ ./hid-decode /sys/bus/hid/devices/0003\:093A\:2510.0002/report_descriptor + # device 0:0 + # 0x05, 0x01, // Usage Page (Generic Desktop) 0 + # 0x09, 0x02, // Usage (Mouse) 2 + # 0xa1, 0x01, // Collection (Application) 4 + # 0x09, 0x01, // Usage (Pointer) 6 + # 0xa1, 0x00, // Collection (Physical) 8 + # 0x05, 0x09, // Usage Page (Button) 10 + +what follows is a button :: + + # 0x19, 0x01, // Usage Minimum (1) 12 + # 0x29, 0x03, // Usage Maximum (3) 14 + +first button is button number 1, last button is button number 3 :: + + # 0x15, 0x00, // Logical Minimum (0) 16 + # 0x25, 0x01, // Logical Maximum (1) 18 + +each button can send values from 0 up to including 1 +(i.e. they are binary buttons) :: + + # 0x75, 0x01, // Report Size (1) 20 + +each button is sent as exactly one bit :: + + # 0x95, 0x03, // Report Count (3) 22 + +and there are three of those bits (matching the three buttons) :: + + # 0x81, 0x02, // Input (Data,Var,Abs) 24 + +it's actual Data (not constant padding), they represent +a single variable (Var) and their values are Absolute (not relative); +See HID spec Sec. 6.2.2.5 "Input, Output, and Feature Items" :: + + # 0x75, 0x05, // Report Size (5) 26 + +five additional padding bits, needed to reach a byte :: + + # 0x95, 0x01, // Report Count (1) 28 + +those five bits are repeated only once :: + + # 0x81, 0x01, // Input (Cnst,Arr,Abs) 30 + +and take Constant (Cnst) values i.e. they can be ignored. :: + + # 0x05, 0x01, // Usage Page (Generic Desktop) 32 + # 0x09, 0x30, // Usage (X) 34 + # 0x09, 0x31, // Usage (Y) 36 + # 0x09, 0x38, // Usage (Wheel) 38 + +The mouse has also two physical positions (Usage (X), Usage (Y)) +and a wheel (Usage (Wheel)) :: + + # 0x15, 0x81, // Logical Minimum (-127) 40 + # 0x25, 0x7f, // Logical Maximum (127) 42 + +each of them can send values ranging from -127 up to including 127 :: + + # 0x75, 0x08, // Report Size (8) 44 + +which is represented by eight bits :: + + # 0x95, 0x03, // Report Count (3) 46 + +and there are three of those eight bits, matching X, Y and Wheel. :: + + # 0x81, 0x06, // Input (Data,Var,Rel) 48 + +This time the data values are Relative (Rel), i.e. they represent +the change from the previously sent report (event) :: + + # 0xc0, // End Collection 50 + # 0xc0, // End Collection 51 + # + R: 52 05 01 09 02 a1 01 09 01 a1 00 05 09 19 01 29 03 15 00 25 01 75 01 95 03 81 02 75 05 95 01 81 01 05 01 09 30 09 31 09 38 15 81 25 7f 75 08 95 03 81 06 c0 c0 + N: device 0:0 + I: 3 0001 0001 + + +This Report Descriptor tells us that the mouse input will be +transmitted using four bytes: the first one for the buttons (three +bits used, five for padding), the last three for the mouse X, Y and +wheel changes, respectively. + +Indeed, for any event, the mouse will send a *report* of four bytes. +We can check the values sent by resorting e.g. to the `hid-recorder` +tool, from `hid-tools <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libevdev/hid-tools>`_: +The sequence of bytes sent by clicking and releasing button 1, then button 2, then button 3 is:: + + $ sudo ./hid-recorder /dev/hidraw1 + + .... + output of hid-decode + .... + + # Button: 1 0 0 | # | X: 0 | Y: 0 | Wheel: 0 + E: 000000.000000 4 01 00 00 00 + # Button: 0 0 0 | # | X: 0 | Y: 0 | Wheel: 0 + E: 000000.183949 4 00 00 00 00 + # Button: 0 1 0 | # | X: 0 | Y: 0 | Wheel: 0 + E: 000001.959698 4 02 00 00 00 + # Button: 0 0 0 | # | X: 0 | Y: 0 | Wheel: 0 + E: 000002.103899 4 00 00 00 00 + # Button: 0 0 1 | # | X: 0 | Y: 0 | Wheel: 0 + E: 000004.855799 4 04 00 00 00 + # Button: 0 0 0 | # | X: 0 | Y: 0 | Wheel: 0 + E: 000005.103864 4 00 00 00 00 + +This example shows that when button 2 is clicked, +the bytes ``02 00 00 00`` are sent, and the immediately subsequent +event (``00 00 00 00``) is the release of button 2 (no buttons are +pressed, remember that the data values are *absolute*). + +If instead one clicks and holds button 1, then clicks and holds button +2, releases button 1, and finally releases button 2, the reports are:: + + # Button: 1 0 0 | # | X: 0 | Y: 0 | Wheel: 0 + E: 000044.175830 4 01 00 00 00 + # Button: 1 1 0 | # | X: 0 | Y: 0 | Wheel: 0 + E: 000045.975997 4 03 00 00 00 + # Button: 0 1 0 | # | X: 0 | Y: 0 | Wheel: 0 + E: 000047.407930 4 02 00 00 00 + # Button: 0 0 0 | # | X: 0 | Y: 0 | Wheel: 0 + E: 000049.199919 4 00 00 00 00 + +where with ``03 00 00 00`` both buttons are pressed, and with the +subsequent ``02 00 00 00`` button 1 is released while button 2 is still +active. + +Output, Input and Feature Reports +--------------------------------- + +HID devices can have Input Reports, like in the mouse example, Output +Reports, and Feature Reports. "Output" means that the information is +sent to the device. For example, a joystick with force feedback will +have some output; the led of a keyboard would need an output as well. +"Input" means that data come from the device. + +"Feature"s are not meant to be consumed by the end user and define +configuration options for the device. They can be queried from the host; +when declared as *Volatile* they should be changed by the host. + + +Collections, Report IDs and Evdev events +======================================== + +A single device can logically group data into different independent +sets, called a *Collection*. Collections can be nested and there are +different types of collections (see the HID spec 6.2.2.6 +"Collection, End Collection Items" for details). + +Different reports are identified by means of different *Report ID* +fields, i.e. a number identifying the structure of the immediately +following report. +Whenever a Report ID is needed it is transmitted as the first byte of +any report. A device with only one supported HID report (like the mouse +example above) may omit the report ID. + +Consider the following HID report descriptor:: + + 05 01 09 02 A1 01 85 01 05 09 19 01 29 05 15 00 + 25 01 95 05 75 01 81 02 95 01 75 03 81 01 05 01 + 09 30 09 31 16 00 F8 26 FF 07 75 0C 95 02 81 06 + 09 38 15 80 25 7F 75 08 95 01 81 06 05 0C 0A 38 + 02 15 80 25 7F 75 08 95 01 81 06 C0 05 01 09 02 + A1 01 85 02 05 09 19 01 29 05 15 00 25 01 95 05 + 75 01 81 02 95 01 75 03 81 01 05 01 09 30 09 31 + 16 00 F8 26 FF 07 75 0C 95 02 81 06 09 38 15 80 + 25 7F 75 08 95 01 81 06 05 0C 0A 38 02 15 80 25 + 7F 75 08 95 01 81 06 C0 05 01 09 07 A1 01 85 05 + 05 07 15 00 25 01 09 29 09 3E 09 4B 09 4E 09 E3 + 09 E8 09 E8 09 E8 75 01 95 08 81 02 95 00 81 01 + C0 05 0C 09 01 A1 01 85 06 15 00 25 01 75 01 95 + 01 09 3F 81 06 09 3F 81 06 09 3F 81 06 09 3F 81 + 06 09 3F 81 06 09 3F 81 06 09 3F 81 06 09 3F 81 + 06 C0 05 0C 09 01 A1 01 85 03 09 05 15 00 26 FF + 00 75 08 95 02 B1 02 C0 + +After parsing it (try to parse it on your own using the suggested +tools!) one can see that the device presents two ``Mouse`` Application +Collections (with reports identified by Reports IDs 1 and 2, +respectively), a ``Keypad`` Application Collection (whose report is +identified by the Report ID 5) and two ``Consumer Controls`` Application +Collections, (with Report IDs 6 and 3, respectively). Note, however, +that a device can have different Report IDs for the same Application +Collection. + +The data sent will begin with the Report ID byte, and will be followed +by the corresponding information. For example, the data transmitted for +the last consumer control:: + + 0x05, 0x0C, // Usage Page (Consumer) + 0x09, 0x01, // Usage (Consumer Control) + 0xA1, 0x01, // Collection (Application) + 0x85, 0x03, // Report ID (3) + 0x09, 0x05, // Usage (Headphone) + 0x15, 0x00, // Logical Minimum (0) + 0x26, 0xFF, 0x00, // Logical Maximum (255) + 0x75, 0x08, // Report Size (8) + 0x95, 0x02, // Report Count (2) + 0xB1, 0x02, // Feature (Data,Var,Abs,No Wrap,Linear,Preferred State,No Null Position,Non-volatile) + 0xC0, // End Collection + +will be of three bytes: the first for the Report ID (3), the next two +for the headphone, with two (``Report Count (2)``) bytes +(``Report Size (8)``), each ranging from 0 (``Logical Minimum (0)``) +to 255 (``Logical Maximum (255)``). + +All the Input data sent by the device should be translated into +corresponding Evdev events, so that the remaining part of the stack can +know what is going on, e.g. the bit for the first button translates into +the ``EV_KEY/BTN_LEFT`` evdev event and relative X movement translates +into the ``EV_REL/REL_X`` evdev event". + +Events +====== + +In Linux, one ``/dev/input/event*`` is created for each ``Application +Collection``. Going back to the mouse example, and repeating the +sequence where one clicks and holds button 1, then clicks and holds +button 2, releases button 1, and finally releases button 2, one gets:: + + $ sudo libinput record /dev/input/event1 + # libinput record + version: 1 + ndevices: 1 + libinput: + version: "1.23.0" + git: "unknown" + system: + os: "opensuse-tumbleweed:20230619" + kernel: "6.3.7-1-default" + dmi: "dmi:bvnHP:bvrU77Ver.01.05.00:bd03/24/2022:br5.0:efr20.29:svnHP:pnHPEliteBook64514inchG9NotebookPC:pvr:rvnHP:rn89D2:rvrKBCVersion14.1D.00:cvnHP:ct10:cvr:sku5Y3J1EA#ABZ:" + devices: + - node: /dev/input/event1 + evdev: + # Name: PixArt HP USB Optical Mouse + # ID: bus 0x3 vendor 0x3f0 product 0x94a version 0x111 + # Supported Events: + # Event type 0 (EV_SYN) + # Event type 1 (EV_KEY) + # Event code 272 (BTN_LEFT) + # Event code 273 (BTN_RIGHT) + # Event code 274 (BTN_MIDDLE) + # Event type 2 (EV_REL) + # Event code 0 (REL_X) + # Event code 1 (REL_Y) + # Event code 8 (REL_WHEEL) + # Event code 11 (REL_WHEEL_HI_RES) + # Event type 4 (EV_MSC) + # Event code 4 (MSC_SCAN) + # Properties: + name: "PixArt HP USB Optical Mouse" + id: [3, 1008, 2378, 273] + codes: + 0: [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15] # EV_SYN + 1: [272, 273, 274] # EV_KEY + 2: [0, 1, 8, 11] # EV_REL + 4: [4] # EV_MSC + properties: [] + hid: [ + 0x05, 0x01, 0x09, 0x02, 0xa1, 0x01, 0x09, 0x01, 0xa1, 0x00, 0x05, 0x09, 0x19, 0x01, 0x29, 0x03, + 0x15, 0x00, 0x25, 0x01, 0x95, 0x08, 0x75, 0x01, 0x81, 0x02, 0x05, 0x01, 0x09, 0x30, 0x09, 0x31, + 0x09, 0x38, 0x15, 0x81, 0x25, 0x7f, 0x75, 0x08, 0x95, 0x03, 0x81, 0x06, 0xc0, 0xc0 + ] + udev: + properties: + - ID_INPUT=1 + - ID_INPUT_MOUSE=1 + - LIBINPUT_DEVICE_GROUP=3/3f0/94a:usb-0000:05:00.3-2 + quirks: + events: + # Current time is 12:31:56 + - evdev: + - [ 0, 0, 4, 4, 30] # EV_MSC / MSC_SCAN 30 (obfuscated) + - [ 0, 0, 1, 272, 1] # EV_KEY / BTN_LEFT 1 + - [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0] # ------------ SYN_REPORT (0) ---------- +0ms + - evdev: + - [ 1, 207892, 4, 4, 30] # EV_MSC / MSC_SCAN 30 (obfuscated) + - [ 1, 207892, 1, 273, 1] # EV_KEY / BTN_RIGHT 1 + - [ 1, 207892, 0, 0, 0] # ------------ SYN_REPORT (0) ---------- +1207ms + - evdev: + - [ 2, 367823, 4, 4, 30] # EV_MSC / MSC_SCAN 30 (obfuscated) + - [ 2, 367823, 1, 272, 0] # EV_KEY / BTN_LEFT 0 + - [ 2, 367823, 0, 0, 0] # ------------ SYN_REPORT (0) ---------- +1160ms + # Current time is 12:32:00 + - evdev: + - [ 3, 247617, 4, 4, 30] # EV_MSC / MSC_SCAN 30 (obfuscated) + - [ 3, 247617, 1, 273, 0] # EV_KEY / BTN_RIGHT 0 + - [ 3, 247617, 0, 0, 0] # ------------ SYN_REPORT (0) ---------- +880ms + +Note: if ``libinput record`` is not available on your system try using +``evemu-record``. + +When something does not work +============================ + +There can be a number of reasons why a device does not behave +correctly. For example + +* The HID report descriptor provided by the HID device may be wrong + because e.g. + + * it does not follow the standard, so that the kernel + will not able to make sense of the HID report descriptor; + * the HID report descriptor *does not match* what is actually + sent by the device (this can be verified by reading the raw HID + data); +* the HID report descriptor may need some "quirks" (see later on). + +As a consequence, a ``/dev/input/event*`` may not be created +for each Application Collection, and/or the events +there may not match what you would expect. + + +Quirks +------ + +There are some known peculiarities of HID devices that the kernel +knows how to fix - these are called the HID quirks and a list of those +is available in `include/linux/hid.h`. + +Should this be the case, it should be enough to add the required quirk +in the kernel, for the HID device at hand. This can be done in the file +`drivers/hid/hid-quirks.c`. How to do it should be relatively +straightforward after looking into the file. + +The list of currently defined quirks, from `include/linux/hid.h`, is + +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/hid.h + :doc: HID quirks + +Quirks for USB devices can be specified while loading the usbhid module, +see ``modinfo usbhid``, although the proper fix should go into +hid-quirks.c and **be submitted upstream**. +See Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst for guidelines on how +to submit a patch. Quirks for other busses need to go into hid-quirks.c. + +Fixing HID report descriptors +----------------------------- + +Should you need to patch HID report descriptors the easiest way is to +resort to eBPF, as described in Documentation/hid/hid-bpf.rst. + +Basically, you can change any byte of the original HID report +descriptor. The examples in samples/hid should be a good starting point +for your code, see e.g. `samples/hid/hid_mouse.bpf.c`:: + + SEC("fmod_ret/hid_bpf_rdesc_fixup") + int BPF_PROG(hid_rdesc_fixup, struct hid_bpf_ctx *hctx) + { + .... + data[39] = 0x31; + data[41] = 0x30; + return 0; + } + +Of course this can be also done within the kernel source code, see e.g. +`drivers/hid/hid-aureal.c` or `drivers/hid/hid-samsung.c` for a slightly +more complex file. + +Check Documentation/hid/hidreport-parsing.rst if you need any help +navigating the HID manuals and understanding the exact meaning of +the HID report descriptor hex numbers. + +Whatever solution you come up with, please remember to **submit the +fix to the HID maintainers**, so that it can be directly integrated in +the kernel and that particular HID device will start working for +everyone else. See Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst for +guidelines on how to do this. + + +Modifying the transmitted data on the fly +----------------------------------------- + +Using eBPF it is also possible to modify the data exchanged with the +device. See again the examples in `samples/hid`. + +Again, **please post your fix**, so that it can be integrated in the +kernel! + +Writing a specialized driver +---------------------------- + +This should really be your last resort. + + +.. rubric:: Footnotes + +.. [#hidraw] read hidraw: see Documentation/hid/hidraw.rst and + file `samples/hidraw/hid-example.c` for an example. + The output of ``hid-example`` would be, for the same mouse:: + + $ sudo ./hid-example + Report Descriptor Size: 52 + Report Descriptor: + 5 1 9 2 a1 1 9 1 a1 0 5 9 19 1 29 3 15 0 25 1 75 1 95 3 81 2 75 5 95 1 81 1 5 1 9 30 9 31 9 38 15 81 25 7f 75 8 95 3 81 6 c0 c0 + + Raw Name: PixArt USB Optical Mouse + Raw Phys: usb-0000:05:00.4-2.3/input0 + Raw Info: + bustype: 3 (USB) + vendor: 0x093a + product: 0x2510 + ... |