[Users] Host USB

emitor at gmail.com emitor at gmail.com
Tue Oct 15 14:01:08 UTC 2013


Thank you very much guys... works perfect!

I would like to know if there is any chance to make a passthrough of a USB
device that doesn't have the linux driver?

Regards!


2013/10/11 Eduardo Ramos <eduardo at freedominterface.org>

>  Oh well, there is one missing step:
>
> I had to run this command on engine to define 'hostusb' as a custom
> property:
>
> sudo engine-config -s UserDefinedVMProperties='hostusb=[\w:&]+'
>
> You can check out using:
>
> sudo engine-config -g UserDefinedVMProperties
>
> I have to write about it so as to not forget. Now I think it is enough.
>
> Regards!
>
>
> On 10/11/2013 02:59 PM, emitor at gmail.com wrote:
>
> I've installed the hook on both host that belong to the cluster where the
> VM is but I don't get the option to configure. I've also pinned the vm to a
> host but I get the same options as in any other vm from the cluster.
>
>  There is something that I'm not doing?
>
>  Regards!
>
>
> 2013/10/11 Eduardo Ramos <eduardo at freedominterface.org>
>
>>  You're welcome!
>>
>>
>> On 10/11/2013 02:13 PM, emitor at gmail.com wrote:
>>
>> Oh! great! i though that was by modifying the xml "by hand".
>>
>>  Thanks!
>>
>>
>> 2013/10/11 Eduardo Ramos <eduardo at freedominterface.org>
>>
>>>  Emitor,
>>>
>>> You won't put it into a XML. You will configure it in ovirt webadmin.
>>>
>>> First you have to install hostusb hook on the host machine. Then editing
>>> your virtual machine, go to the 'Custom Properties' tab. There, select
>>> 'hostusb' and in the right textbox, put the id. Example: 0x1234:0xbeef.
>>>
>>> You can define several ids, putting '&' between them:
>>> 0x1234:0xbeef&0x2222:0xabaa.
>>>
>>> http://imagebin.org/273393
>>>
>>> I hope it is what you want.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 10/11/2013 01:56 PM, emitor at gmail.com wrote:
>>>
>>> Thanks for your answer Eduardo, but i don't know which is the file where
>>> i have to put the '0x', I mean the XML file that describes the VM. Where is
>>> it located?
>>>
>>>  Regards!
>>>
>>>
>>> 2013/10/11 Eduardo Ramos <eduardo at freedominterface.org>
>>>
>>>>  Hi my friend!
>>>>
>>>> On the host, you can run 'lsusb' command. It will return you some like
>>>> this:
>>>>
>>>> Bus 002 Device 004: ID 413c:2106 Dell Computer Corp. Dell QuietKey
>>>> Keyboard
>>>>
>>>> You just add '0x' in the begining of ids.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 10/11/2013 01:17 PM, emitor at gmail.com wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  Hi,
>>>>
>>>>  I would like to implement the USB pass through from a host to a VM. I
>>>> don't know how to configure the hook that allow me to do this. Could you
>>>> give me some guidance with this?
>>>>
>>>>  I''ve readed this: http://www.ovirt.org/VDSM-Hooks/hostusb
>>>>
>>>>  But I don't know where is located the "VM XML" that it's mentioned
>>>> there.
>>>>
>>>>  Regards!
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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>> emitor at gmail.com
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>>
>>
>
>
>  --
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> emitor at gmail.com
>
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