usb serial confuddlement

i have a belkin usb serial that used to work a year ago back
in the 4.x days.  i am having trouble getting it to work now
in 6-current.

it comes up as

   ugen0: Belkin USB PDA Adapter Belkin Components, rev 1.10/1.02, addr 4

and 

    # usbdevs -v # edited
    Controller /dev/usb1:
    addr 1: full speed, self powered, config 1, UHCI root hub(0x0000), Intel(0x0000), rev 1.00
     port 1 addr 4: full speed, power 100 mA, config 1, Belkin Components(0x0109), Belkin USB PDA Adapter(0x050d), rev 1.02
     port 2 addr 2: full speed, self powered, config 1, USB HUB(0x0500), Western Digital(0x1058), rev 0.07
      port 1 powered
      port 2 addr 3: full speed, self powered, config 1, External HDD(0x0400), Western Digital(0x1058), rev 1.06
      port 3 powered
      port 4 powered

i am trying a usbd.conf of

    device "Belkin USB PDA Adapter"
	   devname "ucom0"
	   vendor  0x0109
	   product 0x050d
    #      attach 

but am kinda lost as kermitting to /dev/ucom0 gives me

    C-Kermit>set line /dev/ucom0
    /dev/ucom0: No such file or directory
    Connection to /dev/ucom0 failed: No such file or directory

yet

    # kldstat
    Id Refs Address    Size     Name
     1   16 0xc0400000 3a42f4   kernel
     2    1 0xc07a5000 6eb8     linprocfs.ko
     3    2 0xc07ac000 1fa44    linux.ko
     4    1 0xc07cc000 bc08     ipfw.ko
     5    1 0xc07d8000 5f84     snd_ich.ko
     6    2 0xc07de000 204fc    sound.ko
     7    1 0xc07ff000 5418     acpi_video.ko
     8   15 0xc0805000 5d6f4    acpi.ko
     9    1 0xc5981000 3000     ucom.ko

should i remove all usb from the kernel?

randy