1.\" $NetBSD: uftdi.4,v 1.5 2002/02/07 03:15:08 ross Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 2000 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. 4.\" All rights reserved. 5.\" 6.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation 7.\" by Lennart Augustsson. 8.\" 9.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 10.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 11.\" are met: 12.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 13.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 14.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 15.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 16.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 17.\" 18.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS 19.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED 20.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 21.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS 22.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR 23.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF 24.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS 25.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN 26.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) 27.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE 28.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 29.\" 30.\" $FreeBSD$ 31.\" 32.Dd November 22, 2006 33.Dt UFTDI 4 34.Os 35.Sh NAME 36.Nm uftdi 37.Nd USB support for serial adapters based on the FT8U100AX and FT8U232AM chips 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 uftdi" 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 50uftdi_load="YES" 51.Ed 52.Sh DESCRIPTION 53The 54.Nm 55driver provides support for various serial adapters based on the FTDI 56FT2232C, FT8U100AX and FT8U232AM chips. 57.Pp 58The device is accessed through the 59.Xr ucom 4 60driver which makes it behave like a 61.Xr tty 4 . 62.Sh HARDWARE 63The 64.Nm 65driver supports the following adapters: 66.Pp 67.Bl -bullet -compact 68.It 69B&B Electronics USB->RS422/485 adapter 70.It 71Elexol USB MOD1 and USB MOD3 72.It 73HP USB-Serial adapter shipped with some HP laptops 74.It 75Inland UAS111 76.It 77QVS USC-1000 78.It 79Buffalo PC-OP-RS / Kurouto-shikou KURO-RS universal remote 80.It 81Prologix GPIB-USB Controller 82.El 83.Sh SEE ALSO 84.Xr tty 4 , 85.Xr ucom 4 , 86.Xr usb 4 87.Sh HISTORY 88The 89.Nm 90driver 91appeared in 92.Fx 4.8 93from 94.Nx 1.5 . 95