> I asked this a couple of Xen revisions back, but I'm back to ask again....
Welcome back ;-)
Got a funny feeling I might have replied that time, too!
> 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.
This might be possible, since the Qemu device model appears to include support
for it. There are settings for this in the example HVM config file that
you'd need to customise.
> Is this possible yet? If so, which Xen release should I use. If not, does
> anybody know how far off it is?
3.0.4-testing would work, if it works at all. Earlier releases should also
work as long as that feature was available in the device models at the time.
If you like, I can test this functionality on my system and get back to you no
whether it works.
USB to PV guests is still a work in progress, I believe - for technical
reasons, it's rather different to HVM USB passthrough.
Cheers,
Mark
--
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Mark: To answer a question with a question: What use is a skateboard?
Dave: Skateboards have wheels.
Mark: My wheel has a wheel!
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