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=== Attach the host USB device === | === Attach the host USB device === | ||
{{admon/warning | This is broken with F21 libvirt from updates testing | You will need libvirt-1.2.8-5 for this to work. Grab it with: koji download-build --arch libvirt-1.2.8-6.fc21 && sudo yum update *.rpm }} | |||
==== Using virt-manager ==== | |||
# Start the VM | # Start the VM | ||
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# Select the device in virt-manager, and click 'Remove'. | # Select the device in virt-manager, and click 'Remove'. | ||
# Verify the device again appears in the host, and is functional on the host. | # Verify the device again appears in the host, and is functional on the host. | ||
==== Using virt-xml ==== | |||
* Find the device you want to attach in the output of <code>lsusb</code>, copy the ID string, something like <code>0781:5406</code> | |||
* Attach the device to running VM 'test-day-vm' using virt-xml: | |||
sudo virt-xml test-day-vm --update --add-device --host-device 0781:5406 | |||
* Verify the device is usable in the VM | |||
* Remove the device from the running VM 'test-day-vm': | |||
sudo virt-xml test-day-vm --update --remove-device --host-device 0781:5406 | |||
* Verify the device is visible and functioning on the host machine | |||
|results= | |results= | ||
Revision as of 16:57, 24 September 2014
Description
Attach a physical USB device to your guest.
Setup
Functioning Fedora host and a VM of any OS. More VM OS and USB devices the merrier!
How to test
Attach the host USB device
This is broken with F21 libvirt from updates testing
You will need libvirt-1.2.8-5 for this to work. Grab it with: koji download-build --arch libvirt-1.2.8-6.fc21 && sudo yum update *.rpm
You will need libvirt-1.2.8-5 for this to work. Grab it with: koji download-build --arch libvirt-1.2.8-6.fc21 && sudo yum update *.rpm
Using virt-manager
- Start the VM
- Add Hardware->USB Host Device
- Choose the device you want to assign from the list, like:
009:002 SanDisk Extreme - Click Finish
- Verify that the guest shows up in 'lsusb' output in the guest.
- Verify the device's functionality in the guest (this will be device specific)
- Select the device in virt-manager, and click 'Remove'.
- Verify the device again appears in the host, and is functional on the host.
Using virt-xml
- Find the device you want to attach in the output of
lsusb, copy the ID string, something like0781:5406 - Attach the device to running VM 'test-day-vm' using virt-xml:
sudo virt-xml test-day-vm --update --add-device --host-device 0781:5406
- Verify the device is usable in the VM
- Remove the device from the running VM 'test-day-vm':
sudo virt-xml test-day-vm --update --remove-device --host-device 0781:5406
- Verify the device is visible and functioning on the host machine
Expected Results
No obvious errors occur.