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> From: xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Derek
> Sent: 17 January 2007 01:56
> To: xen ml
> Subject: [Xen-users] USB Pass-through or USB virtualization status?
>
> Hi folks,
>
> I asked this a couple of Xen revisions back, but I'm back to
> ask again....
>
> I would like to run an Windows XP HVM DomU under Xen, and
> have it able to directly access some USB peripherals that
> don't have any available Linux drivers. They are:
>
> - My ipod,
> - Two digital cameras (one Canon, one Olympus)
> - An ipaq pda.
> - Maybe a GPS, tbd.
>
> I'm hoping for a solution where either these are passed
> through to the HVM Domain somehow (e.g. passthrough of an
> entire USB hub), or individually virtualized and passed
> through. In either case, the idea is to run the windows
> device driver provided with the devices in a windows domU,
> and have it access the devices.
At the moment, there is no way to pass any PCI device, including USB to
a HVM guest.
I think there's some minimal support for USB in QEMU, but I'm not sure
how well it works for connecting random devices.
For digital cameras, my preferred method (ignoring virtualization) is to
use a card-reader and remove the memory card from the camera - and since
the card appears like a disk to Linux in this case, you should be able
to treat it as a "CDROM" device in the guest-OS [although I haven't
actually tried this]. Of course, this assumes you're doing this to fetch
images that have been taken by the camera, rather than for example using
the computer to control the camera... ;-)
Obviously, the "remove the media" only works for digital cameras, not
ipod, pda or gps - not sure how to solve that one...
--
Mats
>
> Is this possible yet? If so, which Xen release should I use.
> If not, does anybody know how far off it is?
>
> Thanks,
> Derek.
>
>
>
>
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