NAME
nmdm
—
nullmodem terminal driver
SYNOPSIS
To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following line in your kernel configuration file:
device nmdm
Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5):
nmdm_load="YES"
DESCRIPTION
Thenmdm
driver provides two
tty(4) devices connected by a virtual “null modem” cable.
If either of the two tty devices have the
CDSR_OFLOW
bit (“stty
dsrflow
”) set in their line discipline, the
nmdm
device will emulate the speed configured in the
termios(4) settings. The speed emulation works independently in the
two directions, controlled by the slower end's termios settings
(c_ispeed, c_ospeed,
CS5 ... CS8
, CSTOPB
and
PARENB
).
FILES
- /dev/nmdmN[AB]
- nullmodem device nodes. Where the A node has a matching B node.
The nmdm
driver implements
“on-demand device creation” so simply accessing a given
instance in /dev will create it.
DIAGNOSTICS
None.
SEE ALSO
HISTORY
The nmdm
driver first appeared in
FreeBSD 4.4.