Hello Larry,

I'm afraid that there are no plans to do that currently - while USB is 
well suited to that sort of thing, it would be rather dangerous with PCI.

Regards,

Michael

Larry Matter wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am currently evaluating a number of virtualization solutions (from here
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_virtual_machines).
> 
> I would like to build a system that allows me to use windows as a desktop
> solution (preferably "natively" and not over RDP, though I can live with
> that if need be), and run Linux guest VMs.  In one of those VM's I would
> like to run a MythTV backend, making use of some PCI capture cards.
> 
> Xen looks promising, but reading the mailing list archives leaves me
> thinking I will be doing a lot of trial and error to get it working. 
> Additionally, running Windows in Xen requires HVM, which then precludes a
> lot of other functionality (like USB support I believe).
> 
> Colinix looks interesting also, but I don't get a good feeling of
> stability (also, no graphical adapter).
> 
> KVM might work, but looks fairly new.  I haven't found a lot of
> information on how Windows guests perform.
> 
> Will VirtualBox support PCI hardware in a guest vm?   Any other
> comments/thoughts are appreciated.
> 
> Lastly, why is Vista not a supported host OS?
> 
> Thanks!
> Larry Matter


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