NAME
puc —
PCI “universal”
communications card driver
SYNOPSIS
puc* at pci? dev ? function ?
com* at puc? port ?
lpt* at puc? port ?
DESCRIPTION
The
puc driver provides support for PCI communications cards
containing simple communications ports, such as NS16550-family
(
com) serial ports and standard PC-like
(
lpt) parallel ports. The driver is called
“universal” because the interfaces to these devices aren't nearly
as well defined and standard as they should be.
The driver currently supports the following cards:
- ADDI-DATA APCI-7800 (8 port
serial)
-
- Actiontec 56K PCI
Master
-
- Advantech PCI-1604UP (2 port
serial)
-
- Advantech PCI-1610 (4 port
serial)
-
- Advantech PCI-1612 (4 port
serial)
-
- Advantech PCI-1620 (8 port
serial)
-
- ASIX AX9910 (4 port
serial)
-
- Avlab Low Profile PCI 4S
Quartet (4 port serial)
-
- Avlab Low Profile PCI 4
Serial (4 port serial)
-
- Avlab PCI 2S (2 port
serial)
-
- Boca Research Turbo Serial
654 (4 port serial)
-
- Boca Research Turbo Serial
658 (8 port serial)
-
- Chase Research / Perle
PCI-FAST4 (4 port serial)
-
- Chase Research / Perle
PCI-FAST8 (8 port serial)
-
- Comtrol RocketPort 550/4
series (4 port serial)
-
- Comtrol RocketPort 550/8
series (8 port serial)
-
- Comtrol RocketPort 550/16
series (16 port serial)
-
- Decision Computer Inc PCCOM
PCI 2 Port (2 port serial)
-
- Decision Computer Inc PCCOM
PCI 4 Port (4 port serial)
-
- Decision Computer Inc PCCOM
PCI 8 Port (8 port serial)
-
- Digi International Digi Neo
4 (4 port serial)
-
- Digi International Digi Neo
8 (8 port serial)
-
- Dolphin Peripherals 4014
(dual parallel)
-
- Dolphin Peripherals 4035
(dual serial)
-
- Dolphin Peripherals 4036
(dual serial)
-
- EXAR XR17D152 (2 port
serial)
-
- EXAR XR17D154 (4 port
serial)
-
- EXAR XR17D158 (8 port
serial)
-
- Exsys EX-41098 (4 port
serial)
-
- IBM 4810 SurePOS 300 Series
SCC (4 port serial)
-
- InnoSys Keyspan SX Pro (4
port serial)
-
- Intel chipset internal
Serial over LAN
-
- I-O DATA RSA-PCI (2 port
serial)
-
- I-O DATA RSA-PCI2 (2 port
serial)
-
- I-O DATA RSA-PCI2/P4 (4 port
serial)
-
- I-O DATA RSA-PCI2/P8 (8 port
serial)
-
- Lava Computers 2SP-PCI
(single parallel)
-
- Lava Computers Octopus (8
port serial)
-
- Lava Computers Quatro-PCI (4
port serial)
-
- Lava Computers dual
serial
-
- Lava Computers SSERIAL-PCI
(single serial)
-
- Middle Digital, Inc. Weasel
serial port
-
- Moxa Technologies SmartIO
C104H/PCI (4 port serial)
-
- Moxa Technologies SmartIO
C168EL-A/PCIe (8 port serial)
-
- Moxa Technologies SmartIO
C168EL/PCIe (8 port serial)
-
- Moxa Technologies SmartIO
C168H/PCI (8 port serial)
-
- Moxa Technologies SmartIO
C168U/PCI (8 port serial)
-
- Moxa Technologies SmartIO
CP-114/PCI (4 port serial)
-
- Moxa Technologies SmartIO
CP-102/PCI (2 port serial)
-
- Moxa Technologies SmartIO
CP-104-EL/PCIe (4 port serial)
-
- Moxa Technologies SmartIO
CP-104-V2/PCI (4 port serial)
-
- Moxa Technologies SmartIO
CP-104/PCI (4 port serial)
-
- Multi-Tech ISI5634PCI/4 (4
port serial)
-
- NEC PK-UG-X001 K56flex PCI
Modem
-
- NEC PK-UG-X008
-
- NetMos 1P PCI (single
parallel)
-
- NetMos 2S1P PCI 16C650 (dual
serial and single parallel)
-
- NetMos 4S1P PCI NM9845 (4
port serial and single parallel)
-
- NetMos NM9805 1284 (single
parallel)
-
- NetMos NM9815 Dual 1284
(dual parallel)
-
- NetMos NM9835 series (up to
dual serial and single parallel)
-
- NetMos NM9845 series (up to
6 serial and 1 parallel)
-
- NetMos NM9855 series (up to
4 serial and 1 parallel)
-
- NetMos NM9865 series (up to
4 serial and 2 parallel)
-
- NetMos NM9900 PCIe (4 port
or 8 port serial)
-
- NetMos NM9901 PCIe (1 serial
or 1 parallel)
-
- NetMos NM9904 PCIe (4 port
serial)
-
- NetMos NM9912 PCIe (2 serial
or 1 parallel)
-
- NetMos NM9922 PCIe (2 port
serial)
-
- Oxford Semiconductor
OX16PCI952 (dual serial and single parallel)
-
- Oxford Semiconductor
OX16PCI954 (4 port serial)
-
- Oxford Semiconductor
OX16PCI958 (8 port serial)
-
- Oxford Semiconductor
OXPCIe952 (2 port serial, legacy mode)
-
- Oxford Semiconductor
OXPCIe954 (4 port serial)
-
- Oxford Semiconductor
OXmPCI952 (2 port serial)
-
- Oxford Semiconductor Exsys
EX-41098 (4 port serial)
-
- Perle Systems PCI-RAS 4
modem ports
-
- Perle Systems PCI-RAS 8
modem ports
-
- Perle Systems PCI-RASV92 4
modem ports
-
- Perle Systems PCI-RASV92 8
modem ports
-
- SIIG Cyber 2P1S PCI series
(dual parallel and single serial)
-
- SIIG Cyber 2S1P PCI series
(dual serial and single parallel)
-
- SIIG Cyber 4 PCI 16550 (4
port serial)
-
- SIIG Cyber 4S PCI series
(quad serial)
-
- SIIG Cyber I/O PCI series
(single serial and single parallel)
-
- SIIG Cyber Parallel Dual PCI
series (dual parallel)
-
- SIIG Cyber Parallel PCI
series (single parallel)
-
- SIIG Cyber Serial Dual PCI
series (dual serial)
-
- SIIG Cyber Serial PCI series
(single serial)
-
- SIIG PS8000 PCI 8S series (8
port serial)
-
- SUNIX 400x (1 port
parallel)
-
- SUNIX 401x (2 port
parallel)
-
- SUNIX 402x (1 port
serial)
-
- SUNIX 403x (2 port
serial)
-
- SUNIX 405x (4 port
serial)
-
- SUNIX 406x (8 port
serial)
-
- SUNIX 407x (2 port serial
and 1 port parallel)
-
- SUNIX 408x (2 port serial
and 2 port parallel)
-
- SUNIX 409x (4 port serial
and 2 port parallel)
-
- SUNIX 5008 (1 port
parallel)
-
- SUNIX 5016 (8 port
serial)
-
- SUNIX 5027 (1 port
serial)
-
- SUNIX 5037 (2 port
serial)
-
- SUNIX 5056 (4 port
serial)
-
- SUNIX 5066 (8 port
serial)
-
- SUNIX 5069 (1 port serial
and 1 port parallel)
-
- SUNIX 5079 (2 port serial
and 1 port parallel)
-
- SUNIX 5099 (4 port serial
and 1 port parallel)
-
- Syba Tech Ltd. PCI-4S
-
- Syba Tech Ltd.
PCI-4S2P-550-ECP
-
- SystemBase SB16C1050PCI (2
port serial)
-
- SystemBase SB16C1054PCI (4
port serial)
-
- SystemBase SB16C1058PCI (8
port serial)
-
- US Robotics (3Com) 3CP5609
PCI 16550 Modem
-
- VScom PCI-010HV2 (1 port
parallel)
-
- VScom PCI-010L (1 port
parallel)
-
- VScom PCI-011H (1 port
parallel)
-
- VScom PCI-100H (1 port
serial)
-
- VScom PCI-100L (1 port
serial)
-
- VScom PCI-110L (1 port
serial and 1 port parallel)
-
- VScom PCI-200 (dual
serial)
-
- VScom PCI-200H (dual
serial)
-
- VScom PCI-200HV2 (dual
serial)
-
- VScom PCI-200L (dual
serial)
-
- VScom PCI-200Li (dual
serial)
-
- VScom PCI-210L (2 port
serial and 1 port parallel)
-
- VScom PCI-400 (4 port
serial)
-
- VScom PCI-400L (4 port
serial)
-
- VScom PCI-800 (8 port
serial)
-
- VScom PCI-800H (8 port
serial)
-
- VScom PCI-800L (8 port
serial)
-
The driver does not support the cards:
- Dolphin Peripherals 4006
(single parallel)
-
- Dolphin Peripherals 4025
(single serial)
-
- Dolphin Peripherals 4078
(dual serial and single parallel)
-
but support for them (and for similar cards) should be trivial to add.
The
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.
SEE ALSO
com(4),
lpt(4),
pci(4)
HISTORY
The
puc driver appeared in
NetBSD 1.4.
AUTHORS
The
puc driver was written by
Chris
Demetriou.
BUGS
The current design of this driver keeps any
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.
Some of the cards supported by this driver have jumper-selectable
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.
Some of the cards supported by this driver, e.g. the VScom PCI-800, have
software-selectable
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.
Some ports use an
lpt driver other than the
machine-independent driver. Those ports will not be able to use
lpt ports attached to
puc devices.