NAME
uftdi —
USB support for serial adapters based
on the FT8U100AX and FT8U232AM chips
SYNOPSIS
To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your kernel configuration file:
device usb
device ucom
device uftdiAlternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5):
uftdi_load="YES"
DESCRIPTION
Theuftdi driver provides support for various serial
adapters based on the FTDI FT2232C, FT8U100AX and FT8U232AM chips.
The device is accessed through the ucom(4) driver which makes it behave like a tty(4).
HARDWARE
The uftdi driver supports the following
adapters:
- B&B Electronics USB->RS422/485 adapter
- Elexol USB MOD1 and USB MOD3
- HP USB-Serial adapter shipped with some HP laptops
- Inland UAS111
- QVS USC-1000
- Buffalo PC-OP-RS / Kurouto-shikou KURO-RS universal remote
- Prologix GPIB-USB Controller
SEE ALSO
HISTORY
The uftdi driver appeared in
FreeBSD 4.8 from NetBSD
1.5.