Re: [Xen-users] RE: PVUSB to WINDOWS 2008R2

[Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx>]

On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 08:18:18PM +1000, James Harper wrote:
> > Dear All and especialy James Harper!
> > 
> > Please help me in situation!
> > 
> > I have open suse 11.4 with xen 4.02 from box
> > I install windows server 2008R2 and gplpv driver form James (238 buld)
> as DOMU
> > I need passthru my usb hdd to this DOMu
> > than i did:
> > 
> > # xm usb-list-assignable-devices
> > 2-3          : ID 1058:1130 Western Digital My Book 1130
> > 4-1          : ID 0557:2221 Winbond Electronics Corp Hermon USB
> hidmouse
> > Device
> > 
> > make settings in cfg file
> > 
> > vusb = ['usbver=2, numports=1,port_1=2-3']
> > 
> > and start VM
> > 
> > On windows in Device Manager i see
> > Xen PVUSB Device Driver
> > Root USB -concentrator (i translate it from russian so maybe real name
> > different in english windows) with ! exclamation
> > in device state it telling that windows cannot load for it needed
> drivers
> > If I update driver for this root usb concentrator from C:\Program
> Files
> > (x86)\Xen PV Drivers\drivers\xenusb it telling that windows has found
> driver
> > for this device but there was an error while installing this driver
> > an its name changes to Xen PVUSB Device Driver with same ! exclamation
> > 
> 
> pvusb is a work in progress under GPLPV, and I haven't worked on it in a
> while as I stopped using the old 2.6.18 kernel and pvusb wasn't
> supported under pvops kernels for a long time.
> 
> What is a "My Book 1130" device? If it is purely storage then it might
> work, but otherwise I think there are too many unsupported functions and
> it is unlikely to work. Can you send me a lsusb -v for the device? I can
> probably tell you one way or the other if I can see what interfaces it
> has.
> 
> If someone wanted to sponsor pvusb development under GPLPV then it might
> get fixed sooner, but otherwise it's not near the top of my list of
> projects at the moment. Sorry.
> 
> Can anyone comment on how well pvusb is supported under the latest xen
> and pvops kernels?
> 

There's a PVUSB driver port to pvops 2.6.32 available here:
http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2011-01/msg00354.html
http://members.iinet.net.au/~nathanael/pvusb.diff

-- Pasi


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