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30.Dd May 12, 2006
31.Dt USLSA 4
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm uslsa
35.Nd USB support for Silicon Labs CP210x series serial adapters
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.Cd "uslsa* at uhub?"
38.Cd "ucom*   at uslsa?"
39.Sh HARDWARE
40The
41.Nm
42driver is known to work with the following adapters:
43.Pp
44.Bl -tag -width Dv -offset indent -compact
45.It Siemens MC60 Data Cable
46.It Suunto USB Serial Adaptor
47.It Helicomm IP-Link 1220-DVM
48.It Nokia CA-42 USB
49.El
50.Sh DESCRIPTION
51The
52.Nm
53driver provides support for the Silicon Labs USB-to-RS-232 Bridge chip.
54.Pp
55The device is accessed through the
56.Xr ucom 4
57driver which makes it behave like a
58.Xr tty 4 .
59.Sh SEE ALSO
60.Xr tty 4 ,
61.Xr ucom 4 ,
62.Xr usb 4
63.Pp
64.Pa http://www.silabs.com .
65.Sh HISTORY
66The
67.Nm
68driver
69appeared in
70.Nx 4.0 .
71.Sh AUTHORS
72The
73.Nm
74driver was written by
75.An Jonathan A. Kollasch .
76Code and style was borrowed from existing
77.Nx
78USB-serial drivers.
79Due to the unavailability of documentation, Craig Shelley's
80reverse-engineered Linux driver was used as documentation.
81.Sh CAVEATS
82Hardware flow control may not work correctly.
83.Pp
84Settings other than 8 data bits, no parity, and 1 stop bit
85seem to be refused by the chip.
86