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39.Dd November 22, 2006
40.Dt UFTDI 4
41.Os
42.Sh NAME
43.Nm uftdi
44.Nd USB support for serial adapters based on the FT8U100AX and FT8U232AM chips
45.Sh SYNOPSIS
46To compile this driver into the kernel,
47place the following lines in your
48kernel configuration file:
49.Bd -ragged -offset indent
50.Cd "device uftdi"
51.Cd "device ucom"
52.Ed
53.Pp
54Alternatively, to load the driver as a
55module at boot time, place the following line in
56.Xr loader.conf 5 :
57.Bd -literal -offset indent
58uftdi_load="YES"
59.Ed
60.Sh DESCRIPTION
61The
62.Nm
63driver provides support for various serial adapters based on the FTDI
64FT2232C, FT8U100AX and FT8U232AM chips.
65.Pp
66The device is accessed through the
67.Xr ucom 4
68driver which makes it behave like a
69.Xr tty 4 .
70.Sh HARDWARE
71The
72.Nm
73driver supports the following adapters:
74.Pp
75.Bl -bullet -compact
76.It
77B&B Electronics USB->RS422/485 adapter
78.It
79Elexol USB MOD1
80.It
81HP USB-Serial adapter shipped with some HP laptops
82.It
83Inland UAS111
84.It
85QVS USC-1000
86.It
87Buffalo PC-OP-RS / Kurouto-shikou KURO-RS universal remote
88.It
89Prologix GPIB-USB Controller
90.El
91.Sh SEE ALSO
92.Xr tty 4 ,
93.Xr ucom 4 ,
94.Xr usb 4
95.Sh HISTORY
96The
97.Nm
98driver
99appeared in
100.Fx 4.8
101from
102.Nx 1.5 .
103