ubsa(4freebsd)

ubsa4freebsd

Usb support for belkin serial adapters

Usage

To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your kernel configuration file:

device usb device ucom device ubsa

Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5):

ubsa_load="YES"

Overview

The ubsa driver provides support for the USB-to-RS232 Bridge chip used by a variety of serial adapters from Belkin and other vendors.

The device is accessed through the ucom(4) driver which makes it behave like a tty(4).

Hardware

The ubsa driver supports the following adapters:

  • AnyData ADU-500A EV-DO modem

  • AnyData ADU-E100A (no EV-DO mode support)

  • Belkin F5U103

  • Belkin F5U120

  • e-Tek Labs Kwik232

  • GoHubs GoCOM232

  • Peracom single port serial adapter

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

Releases

9 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); the text changed 6 times.

  1. 5.0
  2. 6.0
  3. 7
  4. 8
  5. 9
  6. 10
  7. 11–13

History

The ubsa driver appeared in FreeBSD 5.0. The uplcom(4) manual page was adopted from NetBSD by Tom Rhodes ⟨[email protected]⟩ in April 2002 and modified for the ubsa driver by Alexander Kabaev ⟨[email protected]⟩ in October 2002.

Authors

The ubsa driver was written by Alexander Kabaev ⟨[email protected]⟩.

From freebsd-manpages 12.2-2 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.