10-20-2003
To a system administrator, there are differences. To most users the differences are minor but apparent. And I wouldn't use the regular expression *BSD quite so freely. Our local FreeBSD expert strongly dislikes OpenBSD but begrudgingly admits that it is more secure. He says NetBSD is pathetic.
I am mainly a HP-UX/Solaris guy. I find that I am much more "at home" on any Linux, than on any BSD.
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UIPAQ(4) BSD Kernel Interfaces Manual UIPAQ(4)
NAME
uipaq -- USB support for iPAQ units
SYNOPSIS
To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your kernel configuration file:
device uipaq
device ucom
Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5):
uipaq_load="YES"
HARDWARE
The uipaq driver supports the following adapters:
ASUS P535 PDA
Casio BE300 PDA
Compaq IPaq PocketPC
HP Jornada 568
HP iPAQ 22xx/Jornada 548
HTC PPC6700 Modem
HTC Smart Phone
HTC Winmobile
Sharp W-ZERO3 ES Spart Phone
Most Windows CE based phones
DESCRIPTION
The uipaq driver provides support for the USB serial emulation provided by the iPAQ devices.
The device is accessed through the ucom(4) driver which makes it behave like a tty(4).
SEE ALSO
tty(4), ucom(4), uhub(4), usb(4)
HISTORY
The FreeBSD support was imported from NetBSD for FreeBSD 7.0. NetBSD added support in NetBSD 4.0 and it was imported from OpenBSD 3.8.
BSD
August 24, 2008 BSD