Is this: http://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php/494758-VM-won-t-start-when-added-a-usb-host-device-to-a-KVM-vm
The same problem? >>>On 2014-02-07 at 15:26, Bjoern Voigt <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all, > > I like know, how is the status of USB redirection for Qemu-KVM in > openSUSE (Virtualization repository)? > > For me and probably for many other users it is a nice feature to > give virtualization guests direct access to USB devices of the > host system. > > I did some tests with the following results: > > * USB redirection does not work at all using Qemu-KVM 1.7.0 from > Virtualization repository > * After building my own version of Qemu-KVM 1.7.0 with libusb >= > 1.0.18 from "hardware" repository and activation of libusb > using "configure --enable-libusb" in qemu.spec I had some success. > > The following worked: > > * USB redirection with static assignment of an USB device worked > with Windows XP as a guest. I tested with an USB mass storage > device. From my "windowsxp" libvirt configuration: > <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='usb' managed='yes'> > <source> > <vendor id='0x2237'/> > <product id='0x4193'/> > </source> > </hostdev> > > But I also had some problems: > > * The same configuration did not worked with a Windows 8 guest. > The error in Windows 8.1 device manager was, that the USB > device could not be started. > * USB redirection at runtime with "Spicy" didn't worked with > Windows XP and Windows 8. Spicy offered the redirection in a > dialog, but the guests did not see the redirected devices. > Permission problems can not be the reason, because I also > tried Spicy with root access. Windows XP also has the Spice > driver installed. > > My questions: > > Are there plans to add USB redirection support for Qemu-KVM? For > reference and testing I made a repository here: > > http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/bjoernv:/branches:/Virtualiz > ation/openSUSE_13.1/home: bjoernv:branches:Virtualization.repo > > Are there ideas how to resolve the remaining problems? > > Greetings, > Björn -- Met vriendelijke groet / Best regards, Wilfred van Velzen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] To contact the owner, e-mail: [email protected]
