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USBDUMP(8) FreeBSD System Manager's Manual USBDUMP(8)
NAME
usbdump - dump traffic on USB host controller
SYNOPSIS
usbdump [-d [ugen]B] [-d [ugen]B.D] [-d [ugen]B.D.E] [-i ifname]
[-r file] [-s snaplen] [-v] [-w file] [-f filter] [-b file] [-h]
DESCRIPTION
The usbdump utility provides a way to dump USB packets on host
controllers.
The following options are accepted:
-d [ugen]bus
Shortcut for -i option. The argument may be prefixed by
"ugen". The option may be specified multiple times, but the
bus specified must be the same.
-d [ugen]bus.device
Shortcut for -i and -f options. The argument may be prefixed
by "ugen". The option may be specified multiple times, but
the bus specified must be the same.
-d [ugen]bus.device.endpoint
Shortcut for -i and -f options. The argument may be prefixed
by "ugen". The option may be specified multiple times, but
the bus specified must be the same.
-b file Store data part of the USB trace in binary format to the given
file. This option also works with the -r and -f options.
-i ifname Listen on USB bus interface ifname.
-r file Read the raw packets from file. This option also works with
the -f option.
-s snaplen
Snapshot snaplen bytes from each packet.
-v Enable debugging messages. When defined multiple times the
verbosity level increases.
-w file Write the raw packets to file. This option also works with
the -s and -v options.
-f filter The filter argument consists of either one or two numbers
separated by a dot. The first indicates the device unit
number which should be traced. The second number which is
optional indicates the endpoint which should be traced. To
get all traffic for the control endpoint, two filters should
be created, one for endpoint 0 and one for endpoint 128. If
128 is added to the endpoint number that means IN direction,
else OUT direction is implied. A device unit or endpoint
value of -1 means ignore this field. If no filters are
specified, all packets are passed through using the default
-1,-1 filter. This option can be specified multiple times.
Dump the USB raw packets of usbus2 into the file without packet size
limit:
usbdump -i usbus2 -s 0 -w /tmp/dump_pkts
Dump the USB raw packets of usbus2, but only the control endpoint traffic
of device unit number 3:
usbdump -i usbus2 -s 0 -f 3.0 -f 3.128 -w /tmp/dump_pkts
Read and display the USB raw packets from previous file:
usbdump -r /tmp/dump_pkts -v
OUTPUT FORMAT
The output format of usbdump is as follows:
<time> <bus>.<addr> <ep> <xfertype> <S/D> (<frames>/<length>) <...>
The meaning of the output format elements is as follows:
<time> A timestamp preceding all output lines. The timestamp has
the format "hh:mm:ss.frac" and is as accurate as the kernel's
clock.
<bus> The USB host controller's bus unit number.
<addr> The unique number of the USB device as allocated by the host
controller driver.
<ep> The USB endpoint address that indicates whether the address
is OUT or IN.
<xfertype> The USB transfer type. Can be CTRL, ISOC, BULK or INTR.
<S/D> `S' indicates a USB submit. `D' indicates a USB transfer
done.
<frames> Numbers of frames in this packets. If this is a USB submit,
its value is xfer->nframes which means how many frames are
acceptable or registered to transfer. If this is a USB done,
xfer->aframes is the actual number of frames.
<length> Total packet size. If this is a USB submit, its value is
xfer->sumlen. If this is a USB done, its value is
xfer->actlen.
<...> Optional field used for printing an error string if the
packet is from USB done.
SEE ALSO
usbconfig(8)
AUTHORS
Weongyo Jeong <weongyo@FreeBSD.org>
FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE-p11 May 14, 2021 FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE-p11