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30.Dd August 24, 2019
31.Dt UPL 4
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm upl
35.Nd USB support for Prolific based host-to-host adapters
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.Cd "upl* at uhub?"
38.Sh DESCRIPTION
39The
40.Nm
41driver provides support for Prolific PL2301/PL2302 based host-to-host
42USB connectors.
43.Pp
44The
45.Nm
46driver appears as a point-to-point network interface and
47should be configured with
48.Xr ifconfig 8
49in the same way as other point-to-point interfaces.
50The
51.Nm
52device supports IPv4 only.
53.Sh HARDWARE
54The
55.Nm
56driver supports the following adapters from the following vendors:
57.Bl -tag -width Dv -offset indent -compact
58.It Tn Aserton
59.It Tn Bencent
60.It Tn Butterfly
61.It Tn Camtel
62.It Tn Inland
63.It Tn Longshine
64.It Tn PC Linq
65.It Tn Prolific
66.It Tn StarMount
67.It Tn Univex
68.It Tn VVMer
69.El
70.Pp
71Belkin, Entrega, and Xircom do
72.Em NOT
73use this chip and are not supported by this driver.
74.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
75See
76.Xr usbnet 4
77for diagnostics.
78.Sh SEE ALSO
79.Xr netintro 4 ,
80.Xr usb 4 ,
81.Xr usbnet 4 ,
82.Xr ifconfig 8
83.Sh HISTORY
84The
85.Nm
86driver
87appeared in
88.Nx 1.5 .
89