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.\" Copyright (c) 2004 Dag-Erling Coïdan Smørgrav |
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.\" $FreeBSD: stable/10/share/man/man4/ucycom.4 227750 2011-11-20 12:18:21Z miwi $ |
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.Dd November 20, 2011 |
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.Dt UCYCOM 4 |
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.Os |
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.Sh NAME |
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.Nm ucycom |
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.Nd device driver for Cypress CY7C63743 and CY7C64013 USB to RS232 bridges |
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.Sh SYNOPSIS |
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To compile this driver into the kernel, |
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place the following line in your |
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kernel configuration file: |
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.Bd -ragged -offset indent |
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.Cd "device usb" |
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.Cd "device ucom" |
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.Cd "device ucycom" |
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.Ed |
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.Pp |
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Alternatively, to load the driver as a |
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module at boot time, place the following line in |
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.Xr loader.conf 5 : |
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.Bd -literal -offset indent |
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ucycom_load="YES" |
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.Ed |
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.Sh DESCRIPTION |
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The |
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.Nm |
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driver provides support for the Cypress CY7C63743 and CY7C64013 bridge |
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chips. |
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These chips were designed to provide a low-cost transition path to USB |
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for existing RS232 devices, and have fairly limited capabilities. |
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.Pp |
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The |
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.Nm |
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driver behaves like a |
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.Xr tty 4 . |
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.Sh HARDWARE |
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The |
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.Nm |
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driver currently supports the following devices which incorporate |
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Cypress USB to RS232 bridge chips: |
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.Pp |
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.Bl -bullet -compact |
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.It |
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DeLorme Earthmate USB GPS receiver |
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.El |
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.Sh SEE ALSO |
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.Xr tty 4 , |
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.Xr usb 4 |
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.Sh HISTORY |
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The |
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.Nm |
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driver first appeared in |
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.Fx 5.3 . |
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.Sh AUTHORS |
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.An -nosplit |
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The |
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.Nm |
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driver and this manual page were written by |
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.An Dag-Erling Sm\(/orgrav Aq des@FreeBSD.org . |
