[OpenIndiana-discuss] VirtualBox and USB passthru

[Stephan Althaus]

Hello!

Maybe..  the device must not be used by an OI driver, this is the case 
with my Broadcom device..

$ pfexec mdb -ke '::prtusb'
INDEX   DRIVER      INST  NODE          GEN  VID.PID PRODUCT
1       xhci        2     pci1028,7b1   3.0  0000.0000   No Product String
2       usb_mid     35    device        1.1  0bf8.100c   FSC KBPC PX
3       hid         36    mouse         2.0  046d.c05a   USB Optical Mouse
4       hubd        18    hub           2.0  413c.2513   No Product String
5       usb_mid     32    device        2.0  8087.0a2b   No Product String
6       hubd        19    hub           2.0  413c.2134   USB2134
*7       vboxusb     4     device        1.1  0a5c.5832   5880*

$ VBoxManage showvminfo aLinux | grep USB
Pointing Device:             USB Tablet
VRDE property               : Client/DisableUSB = <not set>
OHCI USB:                    disabled
EHCI USB:                    disabled
*xHCI USB:                    enabled*
USB Device Filters:

steven at ubuntuvm:~$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
*Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0a5c:5832 Broadcom Corp. *
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 80ee:0021 VirtualBox USB Tablet
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub


HTH

Stephan