1.\" $NetBSD: ucom.4,v 1.9 2002/03/22 00:39:40 augustss Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 1999 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.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software 18.\" must display the following acknowledgment: 19.\" This product includes software developed by the NetBSD 20.\" Foundation, Inc. and its contributors. 21.\" 4. Neither the name of The NetBSD Foundation nor the names of its 22.\" contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived 23.\" from this software without specific prior written permission. 24.\" 25.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS 26.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED 27.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 28.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS 29.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR 30.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF 31.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS 32.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN 33.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) 34.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE 35.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 36.\" 37.\" $FreeBSD: src/share/man/man4/ucom.4,v 1.2.2.2 2002/08/12 20:32:05 joe Exp $ 38.\" $DragonFly: src/share/man/man4/ucom.4,v 1.7 2007/08/16 20:38:33 hasso Exp $ 39.\" 40.Dd November 25, 1999 41.Dt UCOM 4 42.Os 43.Sh NAME 44.Nm ucom 45.Nd USB tty support 46.Sh SYNOPSIS 47To compile this driver into the kernel, 48place the following lines in your 49kernel configuration file: 50.Bd -ragged -offset indent 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 58ucom_load="YES" 59.Ed 60.Sh DESCRIPTION 61The 62.Nm 63driver attaches to USB modems, serial ports, and other devices that need 64to look like a tty. 65The 66.Nm 67driver shows a behavior like a 68.Xr tty 4 . 69This means that normal programs such as 70.Xr tip 1 71or 72.Xr pppd 8 73can be used to access the device. 74.Sh FILES 75.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /dev/ucom?" 76.It Pa /dev/ucom? 77.El 78.Sh SEE ALSO 79.Xr tty 4 , 80.Xr uark 4 , 81.Xr ubsa 4 , 82.Xr uftdi 4 , 83.Xr umct 4 , 84.Xr umodem 4 , 85.Xr umsm 4 , 86.Xr uplcom 4 , 87.Xr usb 4 , 88.Xr uslcom 4 , 89.Xr uvisor 4 , 90.Xr uvscom 4 91.Sh HISTORY 92The 93.Nm 94driver was adopted from 95.Nx 96in March of 2002. 97This manual page was adopted from 98.Nx 99by 100.An Tom Rhodes Aq trhodes@FreeBSD.org 101in April 2002. 102