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