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30.Dd April 26, 2017
31.Dt UFTDI 4
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm uftdi
35.Nd USB support for serial adapters based on the FTDI family of USB
36serial adapter chips.
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38To compile this driver into the kernel,
39place the following lines in your
40kernel configuration file:
41.Bd -ragged -offset indent
42.Cd "device usb"
43.Cd "device ucom"
44.Cd "device uftdi"
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
51uftdi_load="YES"
52.Ed
53.Sh DESCRIPTION
54The
55.Nm
56driver provides support for various serial adapters based on the
57following FTDI chips:
58.Pp
59.Bl -bullet -compact
60.It
61FT8U100AX
62.It
63FT8U232AM
64.It
65FT8U232BM
66.It
67FT232R
68.It
69FT2232C
70.It
71FT2232D
72.It
73FT2232H
74.It
75FT4232H
76.It
77FT230X
78.El
79.Pp
80The device is accessed through the
81.Xr ucom 4
82driver which makes it behave like a
83.Xr tty 4 .
84.Pp
85Many of the supported chips provide additional functionality
86such as bitbang mode and the MPSSE engine for serial bus emulation.
87The
88.Nm
89driver provides access to that functionality with the following
90.Xr ioctl 2
91calls, defined in
92.In dev/usb/uftdiio.h :
93.Bl -tag -width indent
94.It Dv UFTDIIOC_RESET_IO Pq Vt int
95Reset the channel to its default configuration, flush RX and TX FIFOs.
96.It Dv UFTDIIOC_RESET_RX Pq Vt int
97Flush the RX FIFO.
98.It Dv UFTDIIOC_RESET_TX Pq Vt int
99Flush the TX FIFO.
100.It Dv UFTDIIOC_SET_BITMODE Pq Vt "struct uftdi_bitmode"
101Put the channel into the operating mode specified in
102.Va mode ,
103and set the pins indicated by ones in
104.Va iomask
105to output mode.
106The
107.Va mode
108must be one of the
109.Va uftdi_bitmodes
110values.
111Setting
112.Va mode
113to
114.Dv UFTDI_BITMODE_NONE
115returns the channel to standard UART mode.
116.Bd -literal
117enum uftdi_bitmodes
118{
119	UFTDI_BITMODE_ASYNC = 0,
120	UFTDI_BITMODE_MPSSE = 1,
121	UFTDI_BITMODE_SYNC = 2,
122	UFTDI_BITMODE_CPU_EMUL = 3,
123	UFTDI_BITMODE_FAST_SERIAL = 4,
124	UFTDI_BITMODE_CBUS = 5,
125	UFTDI_BITMODE_NONE = 0xff,
126};
127
128struct uftdi_bitmode
129{
130	uint8_t mode;
131	uint8_t iomask;
132};
133.Ed
134.Pp
135Manuals and application notes published by FTDI describe these
136modes in detail.
137To use most of these modes, you first put the channel into
138the desired mode, then you
139.Xr read 2
140and
141.Xr write 2
142data which either reflects pin state or is interpreted
143as MPSSE commands and parameters, depending on the mode.
144.It Dv UFTDIIOC_GET_BITMODE Pq Vt "struct uftdi_bitmode"
145Return the current bitbang mode in the
146.Va mode
147member, and the state of the DBUS0..DBUS7 pins at the time
148of the call in the
149.Va iomask
150member.
151The pin state can be read while the chip is in any mode, including
152.Dv UFTDI_BITMODE_NONE
153(UART) mode.
154.It Dv UFTDIIOC_SET_ERROR_CHAR Pq Vt int
155Set the character which is inserted into the buffer to mark
156the point of an error such as FIFO overflow.
157.It Dv UFTDIIOC_SET_EVENT_CHAR Pq Vt int
158Set the character which causes a partial FIFO full of data
159to be returned immediately even if the FIFO is not full.
160.It Dv UFTDIIOC_SET_LATENCY Pq Vt int
161Set the amount of time to wait for a full FIFO,
162in milliseconds.
163If more than this much time elapses without receiving a new
164character, any characters in the FIFO are returned.
165.It Dv UFTDIIOC_GET_LATENCY Pq Vt int
166Get the current value of the latency timer.
167.It Dv UFTDIIOC_GET_HWREV Pq Vt int
168Get the hardware revision number.
169This is the
170.Va bcdDevice
171value from the
172.Va usb_device_descriptor .
173.It Dv UFTDIIOC_READ_EEPROM Pq Vt "struct uftdi_eeio"
174Read one or more words from the configuration eeprom.
175The FTDI chip performs eeprom I/O in 16-bit words.
176Set
177.Va offset
178and
179.Va length
180to values evenly divisible by two before the call, and the
181.Va data
182array will contain the requested values from eeprom after the call.
183.Bd -literal
184struct uftdi_eeio
185{
186	uint16_t offset;
187	uint16_t length;
188	uint16_t data[64];
189};
190.Ed
191.Pp
192The FT232R chip has an internal eeprom.
193An external serial eeprom is optional on other FTDI chips.
194The eeprom may contain 64, 128, or 256 words,
195depending on the part used.
196Multiple calls may be needed to read or write the larger parts.
197When no eeprom is present, all words in the returned data are 0xffff.
198An erased eeprom also reads as all 0xffff.
199.It Dv UFTDIIOC_WRITE_EEPROM Pq Vt "struct uftdi_eeio"
200Write one or more words to the configuration eeprom.
201The
202.Va uftdi_eeio
203values are as described for
204.Dv UFTDIIOC_READ_EEPROM .
205.Pp
206The FTDI chip does a blind write to the eeprom, and it will appear
207to succeed even when no eeprom is present.
208To ensure a good write you must read back and verify the data.
209It is
210.Em not
211necessary to erase before writing.
212Any position within the eeprom can be overwritten at any time.
213.It Dv UFTDIIOC_ERASE_EEPROM Pq Vt int
214Erase the entire eeprom.
215This is useful primarily for test and debugging, as there is no
216need to erase before writing.
217To help prevent accidental erasure caused by calling the wrong
218ioctl, you must pass the special value
219.Dv UFTDI_CONFIRM_ERASE
220as the argument to this ioctl.
221.El
222.Sh HARDWARE
223The
224.Nm
225driver supports the following adapters:
226.Pp
227.Bl -bullet -compact
228.It
229B&B Electronics USB->RS422/485 adapter
230.It
231Elexol USB MOD1 and USB MOD3
232.It
233HP USB-Serial adapter shipped with some HP laptops
234.It
235Inland UAS111
236.It
237QVS USC-1000
238.It
239Buffalo PC-OP-RS / Kurouto-shikou KURO-RS universal remote
240.It
241Prologix GPIB-USB Controller
242.El
243.Sh FILES
244.Bl -tag -width "/dev/ttyU*.init" -compact
245.It Pa /dev/ttyU*
246for callin ports
247.It Pa /dev/ttyU*.init
248.It Pa /dev/ttyU*.lock
249corresponding callin initial-state and lock-state devices
250.Pp
251.It Pa /dev/cuaU*
252for callout ports
253.It Pa /dev/cuaU*.init
254.It Pa /dev/cuaU*.lock
255corresponding callout initial-state and lock-state devices
256.El
257.Sh SEE ALSO
258.Xr tty 4 ,
259.Xr ucom 4 ,
260.Xr usb 4
261.Sh HISTORY
262The
263.Nm
264driver
265appeared in
266.Fx 4.8
267from
268.Nx 1.5 .
269