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[Xen-devel] [PATCH 6/6] docs: add HVM USB passthrough documentation



Update the man page regarding passthrough of USB devices to HVM
domains via qemu USB emulation.

Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>
---
 docs/man/xl.cfg.pod.5.in | 12 +++++++++---
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/man/xl.cfg.pod.5.in b/docs/man/xl.cfg.pod.5.in
index 77a1be3..076b2a6 100644
--- a/docs/man/xl.cfg.pod.5.in
+++ b/docs/man/xl.cfg.pod.5.in
@@ -745,19 +745,25 @@ Specifies the usb controller type.
 
 "qusb" specifies a qemu base backend for pvusb.
 
+"devicemodel" specifies a USB controller emulated by qemu. It will show up as
+a PCI-device in the guest.
+
 "auto" (the default) determines whether a kernel based backend is installed.
 If this is the case, "pv" is selected, "qusb" will be selected if no kernel
-backend is currently available.
+backend is currently available. For HVM domains "devicemodel" is being 
selected.
 
 =item B<version=VERSION>
 
 Specifies the usb controller version.  Possible values include
-1 (USB1.1) and 2 (USB2.0). Default is 2 (USB2.0).
+1 (USB1.1), 2 (USB2.0) and 3 (USB3.0). Default is 2 (USB2.0). 3 (USB3.0) is
+available for the type "devicemodel" only.
 
 =item B<ports=PORTS>
 
 Specifies the total ports of the usb controller. The maximum
-number is 31. Default is 8.
+number is 31. Default is 8. With the type "devicemodel" the number of ports
+is more limited: a USB1.1 controller always has 2 ports, a USB2.0 controller
+always has 6 ports and a USB3.0 controller can have up to 15 ports.
 
 USB controller ids start from 0.  In line with the USB spec, however,
 ports on a controller start from 1.
-- 
2.6.6


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