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39.Dd March 1, 2008
40.Dt UCHCOM 4
41.Os
42.Sh NAME
43.Nm uchcom
44.Nd WinChipHead CH341/CH340 serial adapter driver
45.Sh SYNOPSIS
46To compile this driver into the kernel,
47place the following lines in your
48kernel configuration file:
49.Bd -ragged -offset indent
50.Cd "device uchcom"
51.Cd "device ucom"
52.Ed
53.\".Pp
54.\"Alternatively, to load the driver as a
55.\"module at boot time, place the following line in
56.\".Xr loader.conf 5 :
57.\".Bd -literal -offset indent
58.\"uchcom_load="YES"
59.\".Ed
60.Sh DESCRIPTION
61The
62.Nm
63driver provides support for the WinChipHead CH341/CH340 USB-to-RS-232
64Bridge chip.
65.Pp
66The device is accessed through the
67.Xr ucom 4
68driver which makes it behave like a
69.Xr tty 4 .
70.Sh HARDWARE
71The
72.Nm
73driver supports the following adapters:
74.Pp
75.Bl -bullet -compact
76.It
77HL USB-RS232
78.El
79.Sh SEE ALSO
80.Xr tty 4 ,
81.Xr ucom 4 ,
82.Xr usb 4
83.Sh HISTORY
84The
85.Nm
86driver first appeared in
87.Nx .
88The first
89.Fx
90release to include it was
91.Fx 7.0 .
92.Sh BUGS
93Actually, this chip seems unable to drive other than 8 data bits and
941 stop bit line.
95