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authorru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2005-01-27 10:30:53 +0000
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.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd July 7, 2001
+.Dd January 27, 2005
.Dt NMDM 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -32,23 +32,30 @@
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
-driver provides two
+driver provides two
.Xr tty 4
devices connected
-by a virtual "null modem" cable.
+by a virtual
+.Dq "null modem"
+cable.
.Pp
-If either of the two tty devices have the CDSR_OFLOW bit
-("stty dsrflow")
-set in their line discipline, the
+If either of the two tty devices have the
+.Dv CDSR_OFLOW
+bit
+.Pq Dq Li "stty dsrflow"
+set in their line discipline, the
.Nm
device will emulate the speed configured in the
.Xr termios 4
settings.
The speed emulation works independently in the two directions,
-controlled by the slower ends termios settings (c_ispeed, c_ospeed,
-CS5...CS8, CSTOPB and PARENB).
+controlled by the slower end's termios settings
+.Va ( c_ispeed , c_ospeed ,
+.Dv CS5 ... CS8 , CSTOPB
+and
+.Dv PARENB ) .
.Sh FILES
-.Bl -tag -width /dev/nmdm[N][AB] -compact
+.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /dev/nmdm Ns Ar N Ns Op Pa AB" -compact
.It Pa /dev/nmdm Ns Ar N Ns Op Pa AB
nullmodem device nodes.
Where the
@@ -60,8 +67,11 @@ node.
.Pp
The
.Nm
-driver implements "on-demand device creation" so simply accessing a
-given instance in /dev will create it.
+driver implements
+.Dq "on-demand device creation"
+so simply accessing a given instance in
+.Pa /dev
+will create it.
.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
None.
.Sh SEE ALSO
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