WARNING - OLD ARCHIVES

This is an archived copy of the Xen.org mailing list, which we have preserved to ensure that existing links to archives are not broken. The live archive, which contains the latest emails, can be found at http://lists.xen.org/
   
 
 
Xen 
 
Home Products Support Community News
 
   
 

xen-users

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

To: James Harper <james.harper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] RE: PVUSB to WINDOWS 2008R2
From: Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2011 13:09:34 +0300
Cc: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Vladislav Karpenko <vladislav@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Delivery-date: Fri, 15 Apr 2011 03:11:12 -0700
Envelope-to: www-data@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <AEC6C66638C05B468B556EA548C1A77D01CC892C@trantor>
List-help: <mailto:xen-users-request@lists.xensource.com?subject=help>
List-id: Xen user discussion <xen-users.lists.xensource.com>
List-post: <mailto:xen-users@lists.xensource.com>
List-subscribe: <http://lists.xensource.com/mailman/listinfo/xen-users>, <mailto:xen-users-request@lists.xensource.com?subject=subscribe>
List-unsubscribe: <http://lists.xensource.com/mailman/listinfo/xen-users>, <mailto:xen-users-request@lists.xensource.com?subject=unsubscribe>
References: <64504CC8-4958-43E1-94E8-0A56ABB4CFF3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <AEC6C66638C05B468B556EA548C1A77D01CC892C@trantor>
Sender: xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
User-agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17)
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


_______________________________________________
Xen-users mailing list
Xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>