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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 14:02:27 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 14:02:27 -0400 |
| commit | 6d8bdc65446a704d0750217efd05532fc641ea7d (patch) | |
| tree | 8ae6d698b3c9801750a8b117b3842fb369872a3a /static/openbsd/man4/puc.4 | |
| parent | 2f467bd7ff8f8db0dafa40426166491d7f57f368 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/static/openbsd/man4/puc.4 b/static/openbsd/man4/puc.4 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..07e9cf5a --- /dev/null +++ b/static/openbsd/man4/puc.4 @@ -0,0 +1,215 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: puc.4,v 1.53 2017/08/06 11:12:03 uaa Exp $ +.\" $NetBSD: puc.4,v 1.7 1999/07/03 05:55:23 cgd Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1998 Christopher G. Demetriou. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by Christopher G. Demetriou +.\" for the NetBSD Project. +.\" 4. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products +.\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES +.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. +.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, +.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT +.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, +.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY +.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT +.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF +.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.Dd $Mdocdate: August 6 2017 $ +.Dt PUC 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm puc +.Nd PCI universal communications card driver +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Cd "puc* at pci?" +.Cd "puc* at cardbus?" +.Cd "lpt* at puc?" +.Cd "com* at puc?" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +driver provides support for PCI communications cards containing +simple communications ports, such as NS16550-family +.Pf ( Nm com ) +serial ports and standard PC-like +.Pf ( Nm lpt ) +parallel ports. +The driver is called +.Dq universal +because the interfaces to these devices aren't nearly as well +defined and standard as they should be. +.Pp +The driver currently supports the following cards and controllers: +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact +.It Tn "ASIX AX99100 (4 port serial)" +.It Tn "AT&T/Lucent Venus Modem (found on IBM 33L4618, Actiontec 56K)" +.It Tn "Avlab Low Profile PCI 4S Quartet (4 port serial)" +.It Tn "Avlab PCI 2S (2 port serial)" +.It Tn "Boca Research Turbo Serial 654 (4 port serial)" +.It Tn "Boca Research Turbo Serial 658 (8 port serial)" +.It Tn "Brainboxes Instashield IS-200 with BB16PCI958 (2 port serial)" +.It Tn "Cronyx Omega-PCI (8 port serial)" +.It Tn "Decision Computer Inc PCCOM PCI 2 Port (2 port serial)" +.It Tn "Decision Computer Inc PCCOM PCI 4 Port (4 port serial)" +.It Tn "Decision Computer Inc PCCOM PCI 8 Port (8 port serial)" +.It Tn "Digi International Digi Neo 4 (4 port serial)" +.It Tn "Digi International Digi Neo 8 (8 port serial)" +.It Tn "Dolphin Peripherals 4014 (dual parallel)" +.It Tn "Dolphin Peripherals 4035 (dual serial)" +.It Tn "Exsys EX-41098 (4 port serial)" +.It Tn "IBM 4810 SurePOS 300 Series SCC (4 port serial)" +.It Tn "Koutech IOFLEX-2S (dual serial)" +.It Tn "Kouwell Model-223 (2 port serial, 1 port parallel)" +.It Tn "Lava Computers 2SP-PCI (parallel port)" +.It Tn "Lava Computers 2SP-PCI and Quattro-PCI (dual serial)" +.It Tn "Lava Computers Octopus-550" +.It Tn "Lava LavaPort-650" +.It Tn "MosChip MCS9865 (1, 2 and 4 port serial)" +.It Tn "Moxa Technologies Co., Ltd. PCI I/O Card 4S (4 port serial)" +.It Tn "Moxa Technologies Co., Ltd. C104H/PCI (4 port serial)" +.It Tn "Moxa Technologies Co., Ltd. CP104/PCI (4 port serial)" +.It Tn "Moxa Technologies Co., Ltd. C168H/PCI (8 port serial)" +.It Tn "Moxa Technologies Co., Ltd. CP168U/PCI (8 port serial)" +.It Tn "NEC PK-UG-X008 (serial)" +.It Tn "NEC PK-UG-X001 K56flex PCI (modem)" +.It Tn "NetMos 1P (1 port parallel)" +.It Tn "NetMos 2S1P (2 port serial and 1 port parallel)" +.It Tn "NetMos 2S (2 port serial)" +.It Tn "NetMos 4S (4 port serial)" +.It Tn "NetMos 6S (6 port serial)" +.It Tn "Oxford OX16PCI952 (2 port serial, 1 port parallel)" +.It Tn "Oxford OX16PCI954 (4 port serial, 1 port parallel)" +.It Tn "PLX 9016 (8 port serial)" +.It Tn "QEMU PCI Serial" +.It Tn "QEMU PCI Serial 2x" +.It Tn "QEMU PCI Serial 4x" +.It Tn "SIIG Cyber 2P1S PCI (dual parallel and single serial)" +.It Tn "SIIG Cyber 2S1P PCI (dual serial and single parallel)" +.It Tn "SIIG Cyber 4S PCI (quad serial)" +.It Tn "SIIG Cyber I/O PCI (single serial and single parallel)" +.It Tn "SIIG Cyber Parallel Dual PCI (dual parallel)" +.It Tn "SIIG Cyber Parallel PCI (single parallel)" +.It Tn "SIIG Cyber Serial Dual PCI (dual serial)" +.It Tn "SIIG Cyber Serial PCI (single serial)" +.It Tn "SIIG Cyber 8S PCI 16C850" +.It Tn "SUNIX 400x (1 port parallel)" +.It Tn "SUNIX 401x (2 port parallel)" +.It Tn "SUNIX 402x (1 port serial)" +.It Tn "SUNIX 403x (2 port serial)" +.It Tn "SUNIX 405x (4 port serial)" +.It Tn "SUNIX 406x (8 port serial)" +.It Tn "SUNIX 407x (2 port serial and 1 port parallel)" +.It Tn "SUNIX 408x (2 port serial and 2 port parallel)" +.It Tn "SUNIX 409x (4 port serial and 2 port parallel)" +.It Tn "SUNIX 5008 (1 port parallel)" +.It Tn "SUNIX 5016 (16 port serial)" +.It Tn "SUNIX 5027 (1 port serial)" +.It Tn "SUNIX 5037 (2 port serial)" +.It Tn "SUNIX 5056 (4 port serial)" +.It Tn "SUNIX 5066 (8 port serial)" +.It Tn "SUNIX 5069 (1 port serial and 1 port parallel)" +.It Tn "SUNIX 5079 (2 port serial and 1 port parallel)" +.It Tn "SUNIX 5099 (4 port serial and 1 port parallel)" +.It Tn "Syba Tech Ltd. PCI-4S2P-550-ECP (4 port serial and 2 port parallel)" +.It Tn "US Robotics 3CP5609 PCI (modem)" +.It Tn "VScom PCI 800 (8 port serial, probably OEM)" +.It Tn "VScom PCI 011H (1 port parallel)" +.It Tn "VScom PCI 100H (1 port serial)" +.It Tn "VScom PCI 110H (1 port serial and 1 port parallel)" +.It Tn "VScom PCI 200H (2 port serial)" +.It Tn "VScom PCI 210H (2 port serial and 1 port parallel)" +.It Tn "VScom PCI 400H (4 port serial)" +.It Tn "VScom PCI 410H (4 port serial and 1 port parallel)" +.It Tn "VScom PCI 800H (8 port serial)" +.It Tn "VScom PCI 100L (1 port serial)" +.It Tn "VScom PCI 200L (2 port serial)" +.It Tn "VScom PCI 210L (2 port serial and 1 port parallel)" +.It Tn "VScom PCI 400L (4 port serial)" +.It Tn "VScom PCI 400S (4 port serial)" +.It Tn "VScom PCI 800L (8 port serial)" +.El +.Pp +The driver does not support these cards: +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact +.It Tn "Dolphin Peripherals 4006 (single parallel)" +.It Tn "Dolphin Peripherals 4025 (single serial)" +.It Tn "Dolphin Peripherals 4078 (dual serial and single parallel)" +.El +.Pp +but support for them (and for similar cards) should be trivial to add. +.Pp +The +.Ar port +locator is used to identify the port (starting from 0) on the +communications card that a subdevice is supposed to attach to. +Typically, the numbering of ports is explained in a card's +hardware documentation, and the port numbers used by the driver +are the same as (or one off from, e.g., the manual uses ports +numbered starting from 1) those described in the documentation. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr cardbus 4 , +.Xr com 4 , +.Xr intro 4 , +.Xr lpt 4 , +.Xr pci 4 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +driver first appeared in +.Nx 1.4 . +.Ox +support was added in +.Ox 2.7 . +CardBus support was added in +.Ox 4.0 . +.Sh AUTHORS +The +.Nm +driver was written by +.An Chris Demetriou . +.Sh BUGS +The current design of this driver keeps any +.Nm com +ports on these cards from easily being used as console. +Of course, because boards with those are PCI boards, they also suffer +from dynamic address assignment, which also means that they +can't easily be used as console. +.Pp +Some of the cards supported by this driver have jumper-selectable +.Nm com +port clock multipliers, which are unsupported by this driver. +Those can be easily accommodated with driver flags, or by +using a properly scaled baud rate when talking to the card. +.Pp +Some of the cards supported by this driver, e.g., the VScom PCI-800, +have software-selectable +.Nm com +port clock multipliers, which are unsupported by this driver. +Those can be accommodated using internal driver flags, or by using +a properly scaled baud rate when talking to the card. +.Pp +Some ports use an +.Nm lpt +driver other than the machine-independent driver. +Those ports will not be able to use +.Nm lpt +ports attached to +.Nm +devices. |
