From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Michal Novotny Subject: Re: Virtualization project idea Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:50:25 +0200 Message-ID: <4C77C2A1.4070707@redhat.com> References: <20100827091928.GB2804@reaktio.net> <20100827105721.GD2804@reaktio.net> <20100827115449.GE2804@reaktio.net> <20100827125317.GF2804@reaktio.net> <20100827130847.GG2804@reaktio.net> <20100827133456.GK2804@reaktio.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20100827133456.GK2804@reaktio.net> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Pasi_K=E4rkk=E4inen?= Cc: Dhananjay Goel , James Harper , xen-devel@lists.xensource.com List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org On 08/27/2010 03:34 PM, Pasi K=E4rkk=E4inen wrote: > On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 06:59:55PM +0530, Dhananjay Goel wrote: > =20 >> I don't think USB protocol has been designed for *sharing*. >> I'm pretty certain only one computer/device/VM can use USB device = at a >> time. >> --Please check:*[1]http://spice-space.org/*They're trying similar = thing. >> >> =20 > I think SPICE protocol allows you to *transport* (aka connect) single > USB device to single desktop OS. It's not USB sharing. > > It's basicly USB-over-IP.. replacing the physical USB cable with IP con= nection. > > -- Pasi > > =20 Yeah, I think so. I think this is basically the USB over IP interface=20 which makes the impression of sharing and it even may be called sharing=20 but one device is being still physically connected to one slot/device=20 and not multiple at once. Michal --=20 Michal Novotny, RHCE Virtualization Team (xen userspace), Red Hat