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UCHCOM(4) FreeBSD Kernel Interfaces Manual UCHCOM(4)
NAME uchcom - WinChipHead CH341/CH340 serial adapter driver
SYNOPSIS To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your kernel configuration file:
device usb device ucom device uchcom
Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5):
uchcom_load="YES"
DESCRIPTION The uchcom driver provides support for the WinChipHead CH341/CH340 USB- to-RS-232 Bridge chip.
The device is accessed through the ucom(4) driver which makes it behave like a tty(4).
HARDWARE The uchcom driver supports the following adapters:
o HL USB-RS232
FILES /dev/ttyU* for callin ports /dev/ttyU*.init /dev/ttyU*.lock corresponding callin initial-state and lock-state devices
/dev/cuaU* for callout ports /dev/cuaU*.init /dev/cuaU*.lock corresponding callout initial-state and lock-state devices
SEE ALSO tty(4), ucom(4), usb(4)
HISTORY The uchcom driver first appeared in NetBSD. The first FreeBSD release to include it was FreeBSD 8.0.
BUGS Actually, this chip seems unable to drive other than 8 data bits and 1 stop bit line.
FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE-p11 April 26, 2017 FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE-p11