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38.Dd November 11, 2007
39.Dt UCHCOM 4
40.Os
41.Sh NAME
42.Nm uchcom
43.Nd USB support for WinChipHead CH341/CH340 serial adapters driver
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45To compile this driver into the kernel,
46place the following lines in your
47kernel configuration file:
48.Bd -ragged -offset indent
49.Cd "device uchcom"
50.Cd "device ucom"
51.Ed
52.Pp
53Alternatively, to load the driver as a
54module at boot time, place the following line in
55.Xr loader.conf 5 :
56.Bd -literal -offset indent
57uchcom_load="YES"
58.Ed
59.Sh DESCRIPTION
60The
61.Nm
62driver provides support for the WinChipHead CH341/CH340 USB-to-RS-232
63Bridge chip.
64.Pp
65The device is accessed through the
66.Xr ucom 4
67driver which makes it behave like a
68.Xr tty 4 .
69.Sh SEE ALSO
70.Xr tty 4 ,
71.Xr ucom 4 ,
72.Xr usb 4
73.Sh HISTORY
74The
75.Nm
76driver
77appeared in
78.Nx
795.0 and was imported into
80.Dx 1.11 .
81.Sh BUGS
82Actually, this chip seems unable to drive other than 8 data bits and
831 stop bit line.
84