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17.Dd August 15, 2007
18.Dt UARK 4
19.Os
20.Sh NAME
21.Nm uark
22.Nd Arkmicro Technologies ARK3116 based USB serial adapter
23.Sh SYNOPSIS
24To compile this driver into the kernel,
25place the following lines in your
26kernel configuration file:
27.Bd -ragged -offset indent
28.Cd "device uark"
29.Cd "device ucom"
30.Ed
31.Pp
32Alternatively, to load the driver as a
33module at boot time, place the following line in
34.Xr loader.conf 5 :
35.Bd -literal -offset indent
36uark_load="YES"
37.Ed
38.Sh DESCRIPTION
39The
40.Nm
41driver supports Arkmicro Technologies ARK3116 based serial adapters.
42.Pp
43The following devices should work with the
44.Nm
45driver:
46.Bl -bullet -compact
47.It
48HL USB-RS232
49.It
50HugePine USB-UART
51.It
52KQ-U8A Data Cable
53.It
54Skymaster USB to RS232
55.El
56.Sh SEE ALSO
57.Xr tty 4 ,
58.Xr ucom 4 ,
59.Xr usb 4
60.Sh HISTORY
61The
62.Nm
63device driver first appeared in
64.Ox 4.0
65and was imported into
66.Dx 1.11 .
67.Sh AUTHORS
68.An -nosplit
69The
70.Nm
71driver was written by
72.An Jonathan Gray Aq Mt jsg@openbsd.org .
73.Sh CAVEATS
74Setting hardware flow control is not currently supported.
75It is not yet known how to ask the hardware to send a break.
76.Pp
77Arkmicro Technologies do not reply to requests of documentation
78for their products.
79