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32.Dd May 18, 2009
33.Dt UCHCOM 4
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm uchcom
37.Nd WinChipHead CH341/CH340 serial adapter driver
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39To compile this driver into the kernel,
40place the following lines in your
41kernel configuration file:
42.Bd -ragged -offset indent
43.Cd "device uchcom"
44.Cd "device ucom"
45.Ed
46.Pp
47Alternatively, to load the driver as a
48module at boot time, place the following line in
49.Xr loader.conf 5 :
50.Bd -literal -offset indent
51uchcom_load="YES"
52.Ed
53.Sh DESCRIPTION
54The
55.Nm
56driver provides support for the WinChipHead CH341/CH340 USB-to-RS-232
57Bridge chip.
58.Pp
59The device is accessed through the
60.Xr ucom 4
61driver which makes it behave like a
62.Xr tty 4 .
63.Sh HARDWARE
64The
65.Nm
66driver supports the following adapters:
67.Pp
68.Bl -bullet -compact
69.It
70HL USB-RS232
71.El
72.Sh SEE ALSO
73.Xr tty 4 ,
74.Xr ucom 4 ,
75.Xr usb 4
76.Sh HISTORY
77The
78.Nm
79driver first appeared in
80.Nx .
81The first
82.Fx
83release to include it was
84.Fx 8.0 .
85.Sh BUGS
86Actually, this chip seems unable to drive other than 8 data bits and
871 stop bit line.
88