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18.Dd $Mdocdate$
19.Dt UARK 4
20.Os
21.Sh NAME
22.Nm uark
23.Nd Arkmicro Technologies ARK3116 based USB serial adapter
24.Sh SYNOPSIS
25To compile this driver into the kernel,
26place the following lines in your
27kernel configuration file:
28.Bd -ragged -offset indent
29.Cd "device uark"
30.Cd "device ucom"
31.Ed
32.Pp
33Alternatively, to load the driver as a
34module at boot time, place the following line in
35.Xr loader.conf 5 :
36.Bd -literal -offset indent
37uark_load="YES"
38.Ed
39.Sh DESCRIPTION
40The
41.Nm
42driver supports Arkmicro Technologies ARK3116 based serial adapters.
43.Pp
44The following devices should work with the
45.Nm
46driver:
47.Bd -literal -offset indent
48HL USB-RS232
49HugePine USB-UART
50KQ-U8A Data Cable
51Skymaster USB to RS232
52.Ed
53.Sh SEE ALSO
54.Xr tty 4 ,
55.Xr ucom 4 ,
56.Xr uhub 4 ,
57.Xr usb 4
58.Sh HISTORY
59The
60.Nm
61device driver first appeared in
62.Ox 4.0
63and was imported into
64.Dx 1.11 .
65.Sh AUTHORS
66.An -nosplit
67The
68.Nm
69driver was written by
70.An Jonathan Gray
71.Aq jsg@openbsd.org .
72.Sh CAVEATS
73Setting hardware flow control is not currently supported.
74It is not yet known how to ask the hardware to send a break.
75.Pp
76Arkmicro Technologies do not reply to requests of documentation
77for their products.
78