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From: Ajmal M Ali <ajeeshb4u@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: USB Passthrough support X86_64
Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2017 14:48:02 +0530
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On 21-Jul-2017 2:17 PM, "Pasi K=C3=A4rkk=C3=A4inen" <pasik@iki.fi> wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 10:39:36AM +0200, Juergen Gross wrote:
> > >
> > > USB passthrough requires the device model. There is currently no
> > > provision in toolstack to spawn a device model on demand.
> > >
> > > The easiest workaround is to add one device (vfb?) that would require
> > > spawning a device model when creating the domain.
> > >
> > >>
> > >> i am trying to hotplug my usb. I haveint made any changes in the
> config
> > >> file, as i assumed it wont be needed for hotplug, also i didnt have
> to do
> > >> it for pci passthrough. Should i?
> > >>
> > >> Also, i cannot find any usbback and frond in my PC.
> >
> > Uuh, yes. I've sent some patches to LKML for pvUSB frontend support
> > about 2 years ago:
> >
> > https://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2015-06/msg03436.html
> >
> > I didn't find any time since then to address all comments. Maybe I
> > should finish that task...
> >
>
> That'd be awesome! :)
>
> > The patches should still work fine, AFAIK.
> >
>
> Good to know.
>
>
> -- Pasi
>
> >
> > Juergen
> >
>
>

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<div dir=3D"auto"></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_=
quote">On 21-Jul-2017 2:17 PM, &quot;Pasi K=C3=A4rkk=C3=A4inen&quot; &lt;<a=
 href=3D"mailto:pasik@iki.fi">pasik@iki.fi</a>&gt; wrote:<br type=3D"attrib=
ution"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-=
left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 10:39:36AM +0=
200, Juergen Gross wrote:<br>
&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt; &gt; USB passthrough requires the device model. There is currently no<=
br>
&gt; &gt; provision in toolstack to spawn a device model on demand.<br>
&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt; &gt; The easiest workaround is to add one device (vfb?) that would req=
uire<br>
&gt; &gt; spawning a device model when creating the domain.<br>
&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt; &gt;&gt;<br>
&gt; &gt;&gt; i am trying to hotplug my usb. I haveint made any changes in =
the config<br>
&gt; &gt;&gt; file, as i assumed it wont be needed for hotplug, also i didn=
t have to do<br>
&gt; &gt;&gt; it for pci passthrough. Should i?<br>
&gt; &gt;&gt;<br>
&gt; &gt;&gt; Also, i cannot find any usbback and frond in my PC.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Uuh, yes. I&#39;ve sent some patches to LKML for pvUSB frontend suppor=
t<br>
&gt; about 2 years ago:<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; <a href=3D"https://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2015-06/msg03=
436.html" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://lists.xen.org/<wbr>a=
rchives/html/xen-devel/2015-<wbr>06/msg03436.html</a><br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; I didn&#39;t find any time since then to address all comments. Maybe I=
<br>
&gt; should finish that task...<br>
&gt;<br>
<br>
That&#39;d be awesome! :)<br>
<br>
&gt; The patches should still work fine, AFAIK.<br>
&gt;<br>
<br>
Good to know.<br>
<br>
<br>
-- Pasi<br>
<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Juergen<br>
&gt;<br>
<br>
</blockquote></div></div>

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