[OpenIndiana-discuss] How to add an USB Device to KVM guest

[Jonathan Adams]

from http://echelog.com/logs/browse/illumos/1330124400

[07:00:20] <scanf> to clarify, the kvm on smartos doesnt support any
type of passthru? not even USB?
[07:00:43] <rmustacc> There is no VT-D support.
[07:01:03] <rmustacc> I'm not sure how folks normally use QEMU to do
USB passthrough.

you could try talking to the guys at joyent or smartos and see if they know
more, but it doens't sound likely.

Jon


On 8 January 2014 15:06, Stefan Everhartz <x11max at unitybox.de> wrote:

>
> This does not work. Have tried it before.
> Seems that Solaris KVM kernel doesn't support passthrought USB devices to
> KVM guests.
>
> On 08.01.2014, at 15:57, Jonathan Adams <t12nslookup at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On 8 January 2014 13:41, Stefan Everhartz <x11max at unitybox.de> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> I have KVM running on Openindiana and created OpenSuseVM as a guest.
> >> But it is not possible to add any special USB devices to OpenSuseVM
> other
> >> than "-usbdevice tablet".
> >>
> >> How to add a USB device like this:
> >>
> >> "cfgadm -al" shows an external USB Device attach to the openindiana
> host.
> >>
> >> "usb9/1.3 usb-miscell  connected    configured   ok"
> >>
> >> "printenv -v" shows vendor and product id.
> >>
> >>                       name='usb-product-id' type=int items=1
> >>                           value=00001210
> >>                       name='usb-vendor-id' type=int items=1
> >>                           value=00002659
> >>
> >> If I add "-usbdevice host:00001210:00002659" to my startup script it
> fails
> >> with:
> >>
> >> I don't use USB passthrough, but have you not tried:
> >
> > qemu-kvm -usb -device usb-host,hostbus=1210,hostaddr=2659
> >
> > or something similar?
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