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diff --git a/Documentation/usb/usb-serial.txt b/Documentation/usb/usb-serial.txt index f001cd93b79..5bd7926185e 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. @@ -47,12 +42,12 @@ ConnectTech WhiteHEAT 4 port converter http://www.connecttech.com For any questions or problems with this driver, please contact - Stuart MacDonald at stuartm@connecttech.com + Connect Tech's Support Department at support@connecttech.com -HandSpring Visor, Palm USB, and Clié USB driver +HandSpring Visor, Palm USB, and Clié USB driver - This driver works with all HandSpring USB, Palm USB, and Sony Clié USB + This driver works with all HandSpring USB, Palm USB, and Sony Clié USB devices. Only when the device tries to connect to the host, will the device show @@ -74,7 +69,7 @@ HandSpring Visor, Palm USB, and Clié USB driver the port to use for the HotSync transfer. The "Generic" port can be used for other device communication, such as a PPP link. - For some Sony Clié devices, /dev/ttyUSB0 must be used to talk to the + For some Sony Clié devices, /dev/ttyUSB0 must be used to talk to the device. This is true for all OS version 3.5 devices, and most devices that have had a flash upgrade to a newer version of the OS. See the kernel system log for information on which is the correct port to use. @@ -88,7 +83,7 @@ HandSpring Visor, Palm USB, and Clié USB driver parameters. e.g. modprobe visor vendor=0x54c product=0x66 There is a webpage and mailing lists for this portion of the driver at: - http://usbvisor.sourceforge.net/ + http://sourceforge.net/projects/usbvisor/ For any questions or problems with this driver, please contact Greg Kroah-Hartman at greg@kroah.com @@ -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. @@ -189,7 +184,7 @@ Keyspan USA-series Serial Adapters functionality. More information is available at: - http://misc.nu/hugh/keyspan.html + http://www.carnationsoftware.com/carnation/Keyspan.html For any questions or problems with this driver, please contact Hugh Blemings at hugh@misc.nu @@ -197,12 +192,13 @@ Keyspan USA-series Serial Adapters FTDI Single Port Serial Driver - This is a single port DB-25 serial adapter. More information about this - device and the Linux driver can be found at: - http://reality.sgi.com/bryder_wellington/ftdi_sio/ + This is a single port DB-25 serial adapter. + + Devices supported include: + -TripNav TN-200 USB GPS + -Navis Engineering Bureau CH-4711 USB GPS - For any questions or problems with this driver, please contact Bill Ryder - at bryder@sgi.com + For any questions or problems with this driver, please contact Bill Ryder. ZyXEL omni.net lcd plus ISDN TA @@ -224,11 +220,11 @@ Cypress M8 CY4601 Family Serial Driver Devices supported: - -DeLorme's USB Earthmate (SiRF Star II lp arch) + -DeLorme's USB Earthmate GPS (SiRF Star II lp arch) -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 +254,7 @@ 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 +273,7 @@ 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 +298,7 @@ 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 +310,7 @@ 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. @@ -343,7 +339,7 @@ MCT USB Single Port Serial Adapter U232 This driver is for the MCT USB-RS232 Converter (25 pin, Model No. U232-P25) from Magic Control Technology Corp. (there is also a 9 pin Model No. U232-P9). More information about this device can be found at - the manufacture's web-site: http://www.mct.com.tw. + the manufacturer's web-site: http://www.mct.com.tw. The driver is generally working, though it still needs some more testing. It is derived from the Belkin USB Serial Adapter F5U103 driver and its @@ -399,10 +395,11 @@ REINER SCT cyberJack pinpad/e-com USB chipcard reader Prolific PL2303 Driver - This driver support 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. + 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, + more than 70% of USB GPS devices (in 2010), and some USB UPSes. Devices + from Aten (the UC-232) and 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 @@ -427,12 +424,38 @@ 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. +Winchiphead CH341 Driver + + This driver is for the Winchiphead CH341 USB-RS232 Converter. This chip + also implements an IEEE 1284 parallel port, I2C and SPI, but that is not + supported by the driver. The protocol was analyzed from the behaviour + of the Windows driver, no datasheet is available at present. + The manufacturer's website: http://www.winchiphead.com/. + For any questions or problems with this driver, please contact + frank@kingswood-consulting.co.uk. + +Moschip MCS7720, MCS7715 driver + + These chips are present in devices sold by various manufacturers, such as Syba + and Cables Unlimited. There may be others. The 7720 provides two serial + ports, and the 7715 provides one serial and one standard PC parallel port. + Support for the 7715's parallel port is enabled by a separate option, which + will not appear unless parallel port support is first enabled at the top-level + of the Device Drivers config menu. Currently only compatibility mode is + supported on the parallel port (no ECP/EPP). + + TODO: + - Implement ECP/EPP modes for the parallel port. + - Baud rates higher than 115200 are currently broken. + - Devices with a single serial port based on the Moschip MCS7703 may work + with this driver with a simple addition to the usb_device_id table. I + don't have one of these devices, so I can't say for sure. Generic Serial driver |