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39.Dd October 7, 2002
40.Dt UBSA 4
41.Os
42.Sh NAME
43.Nm ubsa
44.Nd USB support for Belkin serial adapters
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 ubsa"
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
58ubsa_load="YES"
59.Ed
60.Sh DESCRIPTION
61The
62.Nm
63driver provides support for USB-to-RS232 Bridge chip used by a variety of
64serial adapters from Belkin and other vendors.
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
77Belkin F5U103
78.It
79Belkin F5U120
80.It
81e-Tek Labs Kwik232
82.It
83GoHubs GoCOM232
84.It
85HandyTech's Braille displays
86.It
87Peracom single port serial adapter
88.El
89.Sh SEE ALSO
90.Xr tty 4 ,
91.Xr ucom 4 ,
92.Xr usb 4
93.Sh HISTORY
94The
95.Nm
96driver
97appeared in
98.Fx 5.0 .
99The
100.Xr uplcom 4
101manual page was adopted from
102.Nx
103by
104.An Tom Rhodes Aq trhodes@FreeBSD.org
105in April 2002 and modified for
106.Nm
107driver by
108.An Alexander Kabaev Aq kan@FreeBSD.org
109in October 2002.
110.Sh AUTHORS
111The
112.Nm
113driver was written by
114.An Alexander Kabaev Aq kan@FreeBSD.org .
115