[Xen-users] Physical H/W Port on Thin Client <-> Virtual Hardware under Xen VM Guest.

[Grahame Kelly <grahame@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi All.

-- my first post on this esteem list -- :)

I have Xen-3.3 working very well on a four core Phenom-II system with  
8GB with over 20 concurrent OS guests.
I am trying to set up a student LAB which will allow students to  
experiment with H/W via assigned virtual guests (physically distant  
for the virtual host).
The requirement is to have h/w (say a USB2 port) on thin client box A  
(elsewhere on the intranet) to seen as actual hardware on a virtual  
guest OS under Xen.
Why? We want to use unmodified 3rd party applications running on Xen  
guests, by assigning thin client h/w ports [USB, Serial or Parallel]   
for example a AVR hardware debugger connected to USB2 on a thin  
client, assigned to a virtual port on the VM guest.
Is such a setup possible?

Is anyone on this list aware of any open source s/w that approaches  
such a concept?
If so, I would use it as a basis to develop further models of virtual  
h/w connection to physical port.
Any assistance will be most appreciated.
Thanks. Grahame 
 

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