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.Cd "device ucom" 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 FTDI 57FT2232C, FT8U100AX and FT8U232AM chips. 58.Pp 59The device is accessed through the 60.Xr ucom 4 61driver which makes it behave like a 62.Xr tty 4 . 63.Sh HARDWARE 64The 65.Nm 66driver supports the following adapters: 67.Pp 68.Bl -bullet -compact 69.It 70B&B Electronics USB->RS422/485 adapter 71.It 72Elexol USB MOD1 and USB MOD3 73.It 74HP USB-Serial adapter shipped with some HP laptops 75.It 76Inland UAS111 77.It 78QVS USC-1000 79.It 80Buffalo PC-OP-RS / Kurouto-shikou KURO-RS universal remote 81.It 82Prologix GPIB-USB Controller 83.El 84.Sh SEE ALSO 85.Xr tty 4 , 86.Xr ucom 4 , 87.Xr usb 4 88.Sh HISTORY 89The 90.Nm 91driver 92appeared in 93.Fx 4.8 94from 95.Nx 1.5 . 96