1.\" $NetBSD: ucom.4,v 1.19 2008/04/09 13:45:51 skrll Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 1999 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. 4.\" All rights reserved. 5.\" 6.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation 7.\" by Lennart Augustsson. 8.\" 9.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 10.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 11.\" are met: 12.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 13.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 14.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 15.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 16.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 17.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software 18.\" must display the following acknowledgement: 19.\" This product includes software developed by the NetBSD 20.\" Foundation, Inc. and its contributors. 21.\" 4. Neither the name of The NetBSD Foundation nor the names of its 22.\" contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived 23.\" from this software without specific prior written permission. 24.\" 25.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS 26.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED 27.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 28.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS 29.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR 30.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF 31.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS 32.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN 33.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) 34.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE 35.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 36.\" 37.Dd March 24, 2008 38.Dt UCOM 4 39.Os 40.Sh NAME 41.Nm ucom 42.Nd USB tty support 43.Sh SYNOPSIS 44.Cd "ucom* at ubsa?" 45.Cd "ucom* at uchcom?" 46.Cd "ucom* at uftdi?" 47.Cd "ucom* at ugensa?" 48.Cd "ucom* at uhmodem?" 49.Cd "ucom* at uipaq?" 50.Cd "ucom* at ukyopon?" 51.Cd "ucom* at umct?" 52.Cd "ucom* at umodem?" 53.Cd "ucom* at uplcom?" 54.Cd "ucom* at uslsa?" 55.Cd "ucom* at uvisor? portno ?" 56.Cd "ucom* at uvscom?" 57.Sh DESCRIPTION 58The 59.Nm 60driver attaches to USB modems, serial ports, and other devices that need 61to look like a tty. 62The 63.Nm 64driver shows a behaviour like a 65.Xr tty 4 . 66This means that normal programs such as 67.Xr tip 1 68or 69.Xr pppd 8 70can be used to access the device. 71.Pp 72The 73.Va portno 74locator can be used to decide which port to use for device that have 75multiple external ports. 76.Sh FILES 77.Bl -tag -width Pa 78.It Pa /dev/ttyU? 79.El 80.Sh SEE ALSO 81.Xr tty 4 , 82.Xr ubsa 4 , 83.Xr uchcom 4 , 84.Xr uftdi 4 , 85.Xr ugensa 4 , 86.Xr uhmodem 4 , 87.Xr uipaq 4 , 88.Xr ukyopon 4 , 89.Xr umct 4 , 90.Xr umodem 4 , 91.Xr uplcom 4 , 92.Xr usb 4 , 93.Xr uslsa 4 , 94.Xr uvisor 4 , 95.Xr uvscom 4 96.Sh HISTORY 97The 98.Nm 99driver 100appeared in 101.Nx 1.5 . 102