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diff --git a/share/man/man4/ucycom.4 b/share/man/man4/ucycom.4 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..063d419 --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man4/ucycom.4 @@ -0,0 +1,87 @@ +.\"- +.\" Copyright (c) 2004 Dag-Erling Coïdan Smørgrav +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products +.\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd November 20, 2011 +.Dt UCYCOM 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm ucycom +.Nd device driver for Cypress CY7C63743 and CY7C64013 USB to RS232 bridges +.Sh SYNOPSIS +To compile this driver into the kernel, +place the following line in your +kernel configuration file: +.Bd -ragged -offset indent +.Cd "device usb" +.Cd "device ucom" +.Cd "device ucycom" +.Ed +.Pp +Alternatively, to load the driver as a +module at boot time, place the following line in +.Xr loader.conf 5 : +.Bd -literal -offset indent +ucycom_load="YES" +.Ed +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +driver provides support for the Cypress CY7C63743 and CY7C64013 bridge +chips. +These chips were designed to provide a low-cost transition path to USB +for existing RS232 devices, and have fairly limited capabilities. +.Pp +The +.Nm +driver behaves like a +.Xr tty 4 . +.Sh HARDWARE +The +.Nm +driver currently supports the following devices which incorporate +Cypress USB to RS232 bridge chips: +.Pp +.Bl -bullet -compact +.It +DeLorme Earthmate USB GPS receiver +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr tty 4 , +.Xr usb 4 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +driver first appeared in +.Fx 5.3 . +.Sh AUTHORS +.An -nosplit +The +.Nm +driver and this manual page were written by +.An Dag-Erling Sm\(/orgrav Aq des@FreeBSD.org . |