X-Git-Url: http://git.onelab.eu/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fusb%2Fusb-serial.txt;h=d61f6e7865def51b2ba281daa01d4c873f7311c9;hb=97bf2856c6014879bd04983a3e9dfcdac1e7fe85;hp=f001cd93b79b68d62ae1803936c506e2733057a8;hpb=76828883507a47dae78837ab5dec5a5b4513c667;p=linux-2.6.git diff --git a/Documentation/usb/usb-serial.txt b/Documentation/usb/usb-serial.txt index f001cd93b..d61f6e786 100644 --- a/Documentation/usb/usb-serial.txt +++ b/Documentation/usb/usb-serial.txt @@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ CONFIGURATION Currently the driver can handle up to 256 different serial interfaces at one time. - If you are not using devfs: The major number that the driver uses is 188 so to use the driver, create the following nodes: mknod /dev/ttyUSB0 c 188 0 @@ -26,10 +25,6 @@ CONFIGURATION mknod /dev/ttyUSB254 c 188 254 mknod /dev/ttyUSB255 c 188 255 - If you are using devfs: - The devices supported by this driver will show up as - /dev/usb/tts/{0,1,...} - When the device is connected and recognized by the driver, the driver will print to the system log, which node(s) the device has been bound to. @@ -180,7 +175,7 @@ Keyspan USA-series Serial Adapters Current status: The USA-18X, USA-28X, USA-19, USA-19W and USA-49W are supported and - have been pretty throughly tested at various baud rates with 8-N-1 + have been pretty thoroughly tested at various baud rates with 8-N-1 character settings. Other character lengths and parity setups are presently untested. @@ -228,7 +223,7 @@ Cypress M8 CY4601 Family Serial Driver -Cypress HID->COM RS232 adapter Note: Cypress Semiconductor claims no affiliation with the - the hid->com device. + hid->com device. Most devices using chipsets under the CY4601 family should work with the driver. As long as they stay true to the CY4601 @@ -258,7 +253,7 @@ Cypress M8 CY4601 Family Serial Driver together without hacking the adapter to set the line high. The driver is smp safe. Performance with the driver is rather low when using - it for transfering files. This is being worked on, but I would be willing to + it for transferring files. This is being worked on, but I would be willing to accept patches. An urb queue or packet buffer would likely fit the bill here. If you have any questions, problems, patches, feature requests, etc. you can @@ -277,7 +272,7 @@ Digi AccelePort Driver work under SMP with the uhci driver. The driver is generally working, though we still have a few more ioctls - to implement and final testing and debugging to do. The paralled port + to implement and final testing and debugging to do. The parallel port on the USB 2 is supported as a serial to parallel converter; in other words, it appears as another USB serial port on Linux, even though physically it is really a parallel port. The Digi Acceleport USB 8 @@ -302,7 +297,7 @@ Belkin USB Serial Adapter F5U103 Parity N,E,O,M,S Handshake None, Software (XON/XOFF), Hardware (CTSRTS,CTSDTR)* Break Set and clear - Line contrl Input/Output query and control ** + Line control Input/Output query and control ** * Hardware input flow control is only enabled for firmware levels above 2.06. Read source code comments describing Belkin @@ -314,7 +309,7 @@ Belkin USB Serial Adapter F5U103 automatic hardware flow control. TO DO List: - -- Add true modem contol line query capability. Currently tracks the + -- Add true modem control line query capability. Currently tracks the states reported by the interrupt and the states requested. -- Add error reporting back to application for UART error conditions. -- Add support for flush ioctls. @@ -399,10 +394,10 @@ REINER SCT cyberJack pinpad/e-com USB chipcard reader Prolific PL2303 Driver - This driver support any device that has the PL2303 chip from Prolific + This driver supports any device that has the PL2303 chip from Prolific in it. This includes a number of single port USB to serial converters and USB GPS devices. Devices from Aten (the UC-232) and - IO-Data work with this driver. + IO-Data work with this driver, as does the DCU-11 mobile-phone cable. For any questions or problems with this driver, please contact Greg Kroah-Hartman at greg@kroah.com @@ -427,13 +422,12 @@ Options supported: debug - extra verbose debugging info (default: 0; nonzero enables) use_lowlatency - use low_latency flag to speed up tty layer - when reading from from the device. + when reading from the device. (default: 0; nonzero enables) See http://www.uuhaus.de/linux/palmconnect.html for up-to-date information on this driver. - Generic Serial driver If your device is not one of the above listed devices, compatible with