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32.Dd April 25, 2018
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.Sh Pulse Per Second (PPS) Timing Interface
85The
86.Nm
87driver can capture PPS timing information as defined in RFC 2783.
88The API, accessed via
89.Xr ioctl 2 ,
90is available on the tty device.
91To use the PPS capture feature with
92.Xr ntpd 8 ,
93symlink the tty device to
94.Va /dev/pps0.
95.Pp
96The
97.Va hw.usb.ucom.pps_mode
98sysctl configures the PPS capture mode.
99It can be set in
100.Xr loader.conf 5
101or
102.Xr sysctl.conf 5 .
103The following capture modes are available:
104.Bl -tag -compact -offset "mmmm" -width "mmmm"
105.It 0
106Capture disabled (default).
107.It 1
108Capture pulses on the CTS line.
109.It 2
110Capture pulses on the DCD line.
111.El
112.Sh FILES
113.Bl -tag -width "/dev/ttyU*.init" -compact
114.It Pa /dev/ttyU*
115for callin ports
116.It Pa /dev/ttyU*.init
117.It Pa /dev/ttyU*.lock
118corresponding callin initial-state and lock-state devices
119.Pp
120.It Pa /dev/cuaU*
121for callout ports
122.It Pa /dev/cuaU*.init
123.It Pa /dev/cuaU*.lock
124corresponding callout initial-state and lock-state devices
125.El
126.Sh SEE ALSO
127.Xr tty 4 ,
128.Xr uark 4 ,
129.Xr ubsa 4 ,
130.Xr ubser 4 ,
131.Xr uchcom 4 ,
132.Xr ucycom 4 ,
133.Xr ufoma 4 ,
134.Xr uftdi 4 ,
135.Xr uhso 4 ,
136.\".Xr ugensa 4 ,
137.Xr uipaq 4 ,
138.Xr umcs 4 ,
139.Xr umct 4 ,
140.Xr umodem 4 ,
141.Xr umoscom 4 ,
142.Xr uplcom 4 ,
143.Xr usb 4 ,
144.Xr uslcom 4 ,
145.Xr uvisor 4 ,
146.Xr uvscom 4
147.Sh HISTORY
148The
149.Nm
150driver was adopted from
151.Nx
152in March of 2002.
153This manual page was adopted from
154.Nx
155by
156.An Tom Rhodes Aq Mt trhodes@FreeBSD.org
157in April 2002.
158.Sh BUGS
159Prior to
160.Fx 6.0
161.Nm
162created
163.Pa /dev/ucom?
164rather than the uniform device names created today.
165Old scripts must be adjusted accordingly.
166