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Re: [Xen-users] Forwarding USB-Modem into guest? Impossible?

To: Thiago Camargo Martins Cordeiro <thiagocmartinsc@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Forwarding USB-Modem into guest? Impossible?
From: jeroen groenewegen van der weyden <groen692@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:38:29 +0200
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Hi I was struggling to with the usb passtrhough finaly the following made it work for me


"I got my configuration to work after a made the following adjustment in fsab
--------fstab------
/sys/bus/usb/drivers  /proc/bus/usb       usbfs      devgid=0,devmode=664  0 0
# usbfs                /proc/bus/usb        usbfs      noauto                0 0
--------fstab------
on the prompt i do: mount -a

-- cfg --
usb=1
usbdevice = 'host:0ea0:2168'
#usbdevice='tablet'
-- cfg --

after starting the domu, the usb device is seen in the domU,

mfg,

jeroen


Thiago Camargo Martins Cordeiro wrote:
Maybe USB over Ethernet ?!

2009/3/31 Abhinav Lele <abhinav.lele@xxxxxxxxx>
Any ideas on what all devices can be made directly accessible to domU ?

--
Abhinav


On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 9:58 PM, Thomas Halinka <lists@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Martin,
Am Dienstag, den 31.03.2009, 18:24 +0200 schrieb Martin Fernau:
> Hi,
>
> is there any way to forward usb-modems into Windows guest atm?
> I tried it with
>
> --- cut
> usb=1
> usbdevice='host:047e:2892'
> --- cut
>
> but I only get an error in my logs:
>
> --- cut
> usb_host: error - device has no matching configuration
> Warning: could not add USB device host:047e:2892
> --- cut
>
> If I try the the same syntax (other address of course) for one USB-Storage-
> Device I get no error and can access this usb device from inside my guest.

USB-Passthrough works only which a small amount of devices, mostly
Mass-Storage and some other...

We had goog experiences with passthroughing the whole USB-Controller.

Maybe this is an option for you?

hth,

Thomas

>
> Why does this just don't work for modems? And are there any plans to change
> this in the near future or is it impossible?
>
> Regards,
> Martin
>
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