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32.Dd July 11, 2020
33.Dt UCOM 4
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm ucom
37.Nd USB tty support
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39To compile this driver into the kernel,
40place the following line in your
41kernel configuration file:
42.Bd -ragged -offset indent
43.Cd "device ucom"
44.Ed
45.Pp
46Alternatively, to load the driver as a
47module at boot time, place the following line in
48.Xr loader.conf 5 :
49.Bd -literal -offset indent
50ucom_load="YES"
51.Ed
52.Sh DESCRIPTION
53The
54.Nm
55driver attaches to USB modems, serial ports, and other devices that need
56to look like a tty.
57The
58.Nm
59driver shows a behavior like a
60.Xr tty 4 .
61This means that normal programs such as
62.Xr tip 1
63or
64.Xr ppp 8
65can be used to access the device.
66.Sh SYSCTL VARIABLES
67The following variables are available as both
68.Xr sysctl 8
69variables and
70.Xr loader 8
71tunables:
72.Bl -tag -width indent
73.It Va hw.usb.ucom.debug
74Debug output level, where 0 is debugging disabled and larger values increase
75debug message verbosity.
76Default is 0.
77.It Va hw.usb.ucom.device_mode_console
78When set to 1, the
79.Nm
80driver will mark terminals as console devices when operating in device mode.
81Default is 1.
82.It Va hw.usb.ucom.pps_mode
83Enables and configure PPS capture mode as described below.
84.El
85.Sh Pulse Per Second (PPS) Timing Interface
86The
87.Nm
88driver can capture PPS timing information as defined in RFC 2783.
89The API, accessed via
90.Xr ioctl 2 ,
91is available on the tty device.
92To use the PPS capture feature with
93.Xr ntpd 8 ,
94symlink the tty device to
95.Va /dev/pps0.
96.Pp
97The
98.Va hw.usb.ucom.pps_mode
99sysctl configures the PPS capture mode.
100It can be set in
101.Xr loader.conf 5
102or
103.Xr sysctl.conf 5 .
104The following capture modes are available:
105.Bl -tag -compact -offset "mmmm" -width "mmmm"
106.It 0
107Capture disabled (default).
108.It 1
109Capture pulses on the CTS line.
110.It 2
111Capture pulses on the DCD line.
112.El
113.Sh FILES
114.Bl -tag -width "/dev/ttyU*.init" -compact
115.It Pa /dev/ttyU*
116for callin ports
117.It Pa /dev/ttyU*.init
118.It Pa /dev/ttyU*.lock
119corresponding callin initial-state and lock-state devices
120.Pp
121.It Pa /dev/cuaU*
122for callout ports
123.It Pa /dev/cuaU*.init
124.It Pa /dev/cuaU*.lock
125corresponding callout initial-state and lock-state devices
126.El
127.Sh SEE ALSO
128.Xr cu 1 ,
129.Xr tty 4 ,
130.Xr uark 4 ,
131.Xr ubsa 4 ,
132.Xr ubser 4 ,
133.Xr uchcom 4 ,
134.Xr ucycom 4 ,
135.Xr ufoma 4 ,
136.Xr uftdi 4 ,
137.Xr uhso 4 ,
138.\".Xr ugensa 4 ,
139.Xr uipaq 4 ,
140.Xr umcs 4 ,
141.Xr umct 4 ,
142.Xr umodem 4 ,
143.Xr umoscom 4 ,
144.Xr uplcom 4 ,
145.Xr usb 4 ,
146.Xr uslcom 4 ,
147.Xr uvisor 4 ,
148.Xr uvscom 4 ,
149.Xr ttys 5
150.Sh HISTORY
151The
152.Nm
153driver was adopted from
154.Nx
155in March of 2002.
156This manual page was adopted from
157.Nx
158by
159.An Tom Rhodes Aq Mt trhodes@FreeBSD.org
160in April 2002.
161.Sh BUGS
162Prior to
163.Fx 6.0
164.Nm
165created
166.Pa /dev/ucom?
167rather than the uniform device names created today.
168Old scripts must be adjusted accordingly.
169