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38.Dd April 10, 2000
39.Dt UPL 4
40.Os
41.Sh NAME
42.Nm upl
43.Nd USB support for Prolific based host-to-host adapters
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.Cd "upl* at uhub? port ? configuration ?"
46.Sh DESCRIPTION
47The
48.Nm
49driver provides support for Prolific PL2301/PL2302 based host-to-host
50USB connectors.
51.Pp
52The
53.Nm
54driver appears as a point-to-point network interface and
55should be configured with
56.Xr ifconfig 8
57in the same way as other point-to-point interfaces.
58The
59.Nm
60device supports IPv4 only.
61.Sh HARDWARE
62The
63.Nm
64driver supports the following adapters from the following vendors:
65.Pp
66.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact
67.It Tn Aserton
68.It Tn Bencent
69.It Tn Butterfly
70.It Tn Camtel
71.It Tn Inland
72.It Tn Longshine
73.It Tn PC Linq
74.It Tn Prolific
75.It Tn StarMount
76.It Tn Univex
77.It Tn VVMer
78.El
79.Pp
80Belkin, Entrega, and Xircom do
81.Em NOT
82use this chip and are not supported by this driver.
83.Sh SEE ALSO
84.Xr netintro 4 ,
85.Xr uhub 4 ,
86.Xr usb 4 ,
87.Xr ifconfig 8
88.Sh HISTORY
89The
90.Nm
91driver appeared in
92.Nx 1.5 .
93.Ox
94support was added in
95.Ox 2.9 .
96