From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jason Edgecombe Subject: USB pass-though for an entire hub or port Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:21:49 -0500 Message-ID: <4B4B966D.6070703@rampaginggeek.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: kvm@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from ironhost2.uncc.edu ([152.15.42.148]:49153 "EHLO uncc.edu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751681Ab0AKVh5 (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:37:57 -0500 Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi Everyone, I am a sysadmin and would like to use a Linux host with a Windows KVM guest in university computer lab. Our users will expect to be able to use USB devices and have them show in windows (or selectively in Linux), but the vendor and device ID's will not be known ahead of time. Is there a way to tell KVM to pass-through anything plugged into certain USB ports or a specified USB hub? I want to provide users with the option of running windows or Linux simultaneously, but with a simple way to choose which USB devices show up in windows or Linux. I want to tell my users something easy like, "stuff plugged into the USB ports on the monitor show up in windows, all others show up in Linux" I plan to use RHEL5.4 with the bundled KVM support. Please use "Reply All" because I'm not subscribe to this list. Thanks, Jason