1.\" $NetBSD: uftdi.4,v 1.5 2002/02/07 03:15:08 ross Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 2000 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 acknowledgement: 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/uftdi.4,v 1.1.2.1 2002/11/21 01:28:16 ticso Exp $ 38.\" $DragonFly: src/share/man/man4/uftdi.4,v 1.5 2007/11/07 09:57:07 hasso Exp $ 39.\" 40.Dd November 11, 2007 41.Dt UFTDI 4 42.Os 43.Sh NAME 44.Nm uftdi 45.Nd USB support for serial devices based on the FTDI chips 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 uftdi" 52.Cd "device ucom" 53.Ed 54.Pp 55Alternatively, to load the driver as a 56module at boot time, place the following line in 57.Xr loader.conf 5 : 58.Bd -literal -offset indent 59uftdi_load="YES" 60.Ed 61.Sh DESCRIPTION 62The 63.Nm 64driver provides support for RS-232 (and possibly RS-485) virtual COM 65port functionality in various FTDI chips: 66.Pp 67.Bl -dash -compact -offset indent 68.It 69FT8U100AX multi-function hub controller chip 70.It 71FT8U232AM USB UART chip 72.It 73FT232 series USB UART chips 74.It 75FT2232 series dual USB UART/FIFO chips 76.El 77.Pp 78The 79.Nm 80driver doesn't support any other serial protocol supported by these chips. 81These protocols might be supported by libftdi userspace library. 82.Pp 83The device is accessed through the 84.Xr ucom 4 85driver which makes it behave like a 86.Xr tty 4 . 87.Sh SEE ALSO 88.Xr tty 4 , 89.Xr ucom 4 , 90.Xr usb 4 91.Rs 92.%T libftdi 93.%O http://www.intra2net.com/de/produkte/opensource/ftdi/ 94.Re 95.Sh HISTORY 96The 97.Nm 98driver 99appeared in 100.Nx 1.5 . 101