[ovirt-users] Re: USB3 redirection

Hi, You may need to explicitly use the Q35 chipset in your VM for this to work? See https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1527860

You can select the chipset of your VM in the advanced properties on the system tab.

Regards, Rik On 4/19/22 14:07, Li, Zhijian wrote: > Hi Rik > > many thanks for your feedbacks > > > on 2022/4/19 19:08, Rik Theys wrote: >> Hi, >> >> This is supported in newer versions of oVirt than 4.1. > > That's strange, i was using ovirt 4.3,  I just added below extra > configruation. > > [root@d0248f99ff ~]# cat > /etc/ovirt-engine/osinfo.conf.d/01-usb3.0.properties  | grep -v ^# > os.other.devices.usb.controller.value = nec-xhci > > > then after i enabled *USB-support *, it becomes back to 4 > ich9-usb-uhci like below. > > [root@d0248f99ff ~]# ps aux | grep qemu > root     11466  0.0  0.0 112712   976 pts/3    S+   20:04   0:00 grep > --color=auto qemu > qemu     12530  1.8  3.6 1984036 1179080 ?     Sl   18:41   1:32 > /usr/libexec/qemu-kvm -name guest=xxxxx,debug-threads=on -S -object > secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,file=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain-81-xxxxx/master-key.aes > -machine pc-i440fx-rhel7.6.0,accel=kvm,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off > -cpu Skylake-Client,spec-ctrl=on,ssbd=on,md-clear=on -m > size=1048576k,slots=16,maxmem=4194304k -realtime mlock=off -smp > 1,maxcpus=16,sockets=16,cores=1,threads=1 -object > iothread,id=iothread1 -numa node,nodeid=0,cpus=0,mem=1024 -uuid > 2f03e393-e58f-4a61-aa71-b9f438e5f3b5 -smbios > type=1,manufacturer=oVirt,product=oVirt > Node,version=7-7.1908.0.el7.centos,serial=b3d2fc00-07f9-11e8-af80-76c675673e00,uuid=2f03e393-e58f-4a61-aa71-b9f438e5f3b5 > -no-user-config -nodefaults -chardev > socket,id=charmonitor,fd=30,server,nowait -mon > chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control -rtc > base=2022-04-19T10:41:22,driftfix=slew -global > kvm-pit.lost_tick_policy=delay -no-hpet -no-shutdown -global > PIIX4_PM.disable_s3=1 -global PIIX4_PM.disable_s4=1 -boot strict=on > -device ich9-usb-ehci1,id=usb,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3.0x7 -device > ich9-usb-uhci2,masterbus=usb.0,firstport=2,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3.0x1 > -device > ich9-usb-uhci1,masterbus=usb.0,firstport=0,bus=pci.0,multifunction=on,addr=0x3 > -device > ich9-usb-uhci3,masterbus=usb.0,firstport=4,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3.0x2 > -device > virtio-scsi-pci,iothread=iothread1,id=ua-df35c3c7-4869-4255-b090-8fd8b545ebba,bus=pci.0,addr=0x5 > -device > virtio-serial-pci,id=ua-304b04db-6d2b-498f-9818-1abe1e6c4f22,max_ports=16,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4 > -drive > file=/rhev/data-center/mnt/_data_ISO/19e68646-c43b-4269-a8f0-64b02b0f3cec/images/11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111/ubuntu-18.04-desktop-amd64.iso,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-ua-900e695f-d46a-41c3-bf8d-a8c5475ef085,werror=report,rerror=report,readonly=on > -device > ide-cd,bus=ide.1,unit=0,drive=drive-ua-900e695f-d46a-41c3-bf8d-a8c5475ef085,id=ua-900e695f-d46a-41c3-bf8d-a8c5475ef085,bootindex=1 > -drive > file=/rhev/data-center/mnt/_data/c6434b1f-c0fe-4430-a713-31bb4de88123/images/ee401e83-5729-46cc-8bfd-a787da0eb224/029452e2-d0f6-4e8c-934c-cfbe66c68769,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-ua-ee401e83-5729-46cc-8bfd-a787da0eb224,serial=ee401e83-5729-46cc-8bfd-a787da0eb224,werror=stop,rerror=stop,cache=none,aio=threads > -device > scsi-hd,bus=ua-df35c3c7-4869-4255-b090-8fd8b545ebba.0,channel=0,scsi-id=0,lun=0,drive=drive-ua-ee401e83-5729-46cc-8bfd-a787da0eb224,id=ua-ee401e83-5729-46cc-8bfd-a787da0eb224,bootindex=2,write-cache=on > -chardev socket,id=charchannel0,fd=32,server,nowait -device > virtserialport,bus=ua-304b04db-6d2b-498f-9818-1abe1e6c4f22.0,nr=1,chardev=charchannel0,id=channel0,name=ovirt-guest-agent.0 > -chardev socket,id=charchannel1,fd=33,server,nowait -device > virtserialport,bus=ua-304b04db-6d2b-498f-9818-1abe1e6c4f22.0,nr=2,chardev=charchannel1,id=channel1,name=org.qemu.guest_agent.0 > -chardev spicevmc,id=charchannel2,name=vdagent -device > virtserialport,bus=ua-304b04db-6d2b-498f-9818-1abe1e6c4f22.0,nr=3,chardev=charchannel2,id=channel2,name=com.redhat.spice.0 > -device usb-tablet,id=input0,bus=usb.0,port=1 -vnc > 192.168.22.59:0,password -k en-us -spice > port=5901,tls-port=5902,addr=192.168.22.59,x509-dir=/etc/pki/vdsm/libvirt-spice,tls-channel=main,tls-channel=display,tls-channel=inputs,tls-channel=cursor,tls-channel=playback,tls-channel=record,tls-channel=smartcard,tls-channel=usbredir,seamless-migration=on > -device > qxl-vga,id=ua-c5f50bba-e9f7-4379-93eb-8164724977be,ram_size=67108864,vram_size=8388608,vram64_size_mb=0,vgamem_mb=16,max_outputs=1,bus=pci.0,addr=0x2 > -chardev > spicevmc,id=charua-0a3e648c-39e1-4dc5-8c20-e459609b40e0,name=usbredir > -device > usb-redir,chardev=charua-0a3e648c-39e1-4dc5-8c20-e459609b40e0,id=ua-0a3e648c-39e1-4dc5-8c20-e459609b40e0,filter=0x03:-1:-1:-1:0|-1:-1:-1:-1:1,bus=usb.0,port=2 > -chardev > spicevmc,id=charua-760a84f3-faea-4764-a2d2-24baf3919577,name=usbredir > -device > usb-redir,chardev=charua-760a84f3-faea-4764-a2d2-24baf3919577,id=ua-760a84f3-faea-4764-a2d2-24baf3919577,filter=0x03:-1:-1:-1:0|-1:-1:-1:-1:1,bus=usb.0,port=3 > -chardev > spicevmc,id=charua-7d4d715a-fc3f-4009-a03d-5e6e92ea82a1,name=usbredir > -device > usb-redir,chardev=charua-7d4d715a-fc3f-4009-a03d-5e6e92ea82a1,id=ua-7d4d715a-fc3f-4009-a03d-5e6e92ea82a1,filter=0x03:-1:-1:-1:0|-1:-1:-1:-1:1,bus=usb.0,port=4 > -chardev > spicevmc,id=charua-a78ea535-6922-4dee-84b0-5b927d002cc3,name=usbredir > -device > usb-redir,chardev=charua-a78ea535-6922-4dee-84b0-5b927d002cc3,id=ua-a78ea535-6922-4dee-84b0-5b927d002cc3,filter=0x03:-1:-1:-1:0|-1:-1:-1:-1:1,bus=usb.0,port=5 > -device > virtio-balloon-pci,id=ua-ad890594-9d76-4cb8-a271-c05ee618e167,bus=pci.0,addr=0x6 > -object > rng-random,id=objua-d42f8914-13f5-4fb8-9ea1-9486e34741fb,filename=/dev/urandom > -device > virtio-rng-pci,rng=objua-d42f8914-13f5-4fb8-9ea1-9486e34741fb,id=ua-d42f8914-13f5-4fb8-9ea1-9486e34741fb,bus=pci.0,addr=0x7 > -object > memory-backend-file,size=16M,share,mem-path=/dev/shm/nu_fsec-2f03e393-e58f-4a61-aa71-b9f438e5f3b5,id=nu_fsec-2f03e393-e58f-4a61-aa71-b9f438e5f3b5 > -device > ivshmem-plain,memdev=nu_fsec-2f03e393-e58f-4a61-aa71-b9f438e5f3b5,bus=pci.0,addr=0x1f,master=on > -sandbox > on,obsolete=deny,elevateprivileges=deny,spawn=deny,resourcecontrol=deny > -msg timestamp=on > > >> >> Back then, we used a custom hook to replace the USB controller in >> the xml file on VM start, but it sometimes caused other issues. > > hook could be last option. > > > Thanks > > Zhijian > > >> >> Regards, >> Rik >> >> On 4/19/22 12:52, Li, Zhijian wrote: >>> Hi Rik >>> >>> >>> I got the same problem, have you got it resolved ? >>> >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> Zhijian >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I'm trying to assign a USB3 controller to a CentOS 7.4 VM in oVirt >>>> 4.1 >>>> with USB redirection enabled. >>>> >>>> I've created the following file in /etc/ovirt-engine/osinfo.conf.d: >>>> >>>> 01-usb.properties with content >>>> >>>> os.other.devices.usb.controller.value = nec-xhci >>>> >>>> and have restarted ovirt-engine. >>>> >>>> If I disable USB-support in the web interface for the VM, the xhci >>>> controller is added to the VM (I can see it in the qemu-kvm >>>> commandline), but usb redirection is not available. >>>> >>>> If I enable USB-support in the UI, no xhci controller is added >>>> (only 4 >>>> uhci controllers). >>>> >>>> Is there a way to make the controllers for usb redirection xhci >>>> controllers? >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Rik >>> >>> >>> >> > >