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.Dd $Mdocdate: February 28 2008 $
.Dt LDATTACH 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm ldattach
.Nd attach a line discipline to a serial line
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm ldattach
.Op Fl 27dehmo
.Op Fl s Ar baudrate
.Op Fl t Ar cond
.Ar discipline
.Ar device
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
is used to attach a line discipline to a serial line to allow for in-kernel
processing of the received and/or sent data.
Depending on the line discipline being attached, one or more options may be
applied.
.Pp
.Nm
can be run from the command line or at system startup by having
.Xr init 8
read
.Xr ttys 5
entries to attach line disciplines.
.Pp
The following options are available:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl 2
Use 2 stopbits instead of 1.
.It Fl 7
Use 7 databits instead of 8.
.It Fl d
Do not daemonize.
.It Fl e
Use even parity.
.It Fl h
Turn on RTS/CTS flow control.
By default, no flow control is done.
.It Fl m
Maintain modem control signals after closing the line.
Specifically, this disables HUPCL.
.It Fl o
Use odd parity.
.It Fl s Ar baudrate
Specifies the speed of the connection.
If not specified, the default of 9600 baud is used
(4800 baud for
.Xr nmea 4 ) .
.It Fl t Ar cond
.Xr nmea 4
and
.Xr msts 4
line disciplines only.
Chooses the condition which will cause the current system time to be
immediately copied to the terminal timestamp storage for subsequent use by
.Xr nmea 4
or
.Xr msts 4 .
Only one can be used.
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width DCDXX -offset indent -compact
.It dcd
Copy the timestamp when DCD is asserted.
.It !dcd
Copy the timestamp when DCD is deasserted.
.It cts
Copy the timestamp when CTS is asserted.
.It !cts
Copy the timestamp when CTS is deasserted.
.El
.Pp
If no condition is specified, the
.Xr nmea 4
line discipline will timestamp on receiving the leading
.Sq $
character of each block of NMEA sentences.
.It Ar discipline
Specifies the name of the line discipline to be attached.
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width nmeaXX -offset -indet -compact
.It msts
Attach the
.Xr msts 4
line discipline.
.It nmea
Attach the
.Xr nmea 4
line discipline.
.It slip
Attach the
.Xr sl 4
line discipline.
.El
.It Ar device
Specifies the name of the serial line.
.Ar device
should be a string of the form
.Dq cuaXX
or
.Dq /dev/cuaXX .
.Pp
.Xr cua 4
devices should be used when
.Nm
is started from the command line;
when started using
.Xr init 8 ,
.Xr tty 4
devices should be used.
.El
.Pp
If
.Nm
was not started by
.Xr init 8 ,
the line discipline can be detached by
killing off the
.Nm
process.
.Sh EXAMPLES
To start
.Nm
using
.Xr init 8
to attach the
.Xr nmea 4
line discipline to
.Pa /dev/tty01
at 4800 baud using a device without a carrier (DCD) line,
add a line of the following form to
.Pa /etc/ttys :
.Bd -literal -offset indent
tty01	"/sbin/ldattach nmea"	unknown	on softcar
.Ed
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr msts 4 ,
.Xr nmea 4 ,
.Xr sl 4 ,
.Xr tty 4 ,
.Xr ttys 5 ,
.Xr init 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
command first appeared in
.Ox 4.3 .