From owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 11 17:25:03 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: emulation@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7E0E1065673 for ; Mon, 11 Oct 2010 17:25:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sfourman@gmail.com) Received: from mail-iw0-f182.google.com (mail-iw0-f182.google.com [209.85.214.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B17638FC14 for ; Mon, 11 Oct 2010 17:25:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iwn8 with SMTP id 8so4895369iwn.13 for ; Mon, 11 Oct 2010 10:25:03 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=ZueBxJ6TgnVVox10vs9KxpG2Gi04VM/TwyliT8ZFjjI=; b=cur5F3g2kCDsDJKgfwTOeMOQ1rDRad5IwIr9Lcjxigg5TuSEDxUxhrL/cPnGrt2l/V nxbOOAuxVkBQf3l4tLhi/buIFUU25ZcqVQW1Z2IuVQ+hWbPJ13jp3QhE/zRuxzgvfbil BwZCvjAX9BbR5PxLwGX87GzsxGbfVngpbjJB8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=LqnYmVpVjdns1ozwIlcA2eOVmvIrilQMNI3bvz7QainJCGr9TSl0fl+NgyRWOLFyrV WJnDQJ/5e4h0dxspdWoupJeXei1WtwHNwU/sz2PXEaWkSeUHtJc4bW2JPv6s6/KoPHi+ XHONIqWTiaE/WAi6lZMl+NT8tJuelD/GNzXFg= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.231.184.71 with SMTP id cj7mr4747562ibb.159.1286816100946; Mon, 11 Oct 2010 09:55:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.231.167.65 with HTTP; Mon, 11 Oct 2010 09:55:00 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20101011162955.AE0D61CC3E@ptavv.es.net> References: <20101011162955.AE0D61CC3E@ptavv.es.net> Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 11:55:00 -0500 Message-ID: From: "Sam Fourman Jr." To: Kevin Oberman Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hope for USB support? X-BeenThere: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Development of Emulators of other operating systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 17:25:04 -0000 On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Kevin Oberman wrote: > I know that it is a long shot, especially with Oracle at the helm VB on > the corporate side, but USB support for VirtualBox is the one piece I am > missing that forces me to keep a bootable Windows system around. > > Is there any hope of seeing USB on VB with FreeBSD as the host and > Windows as the guest OS? I could use this as well, and I know of at least 2 others. I guess a good starting point would be to ask, what is the scope of work that needs to be done to add USB support to Virtual box in FreeBSD -- Sam Fourman Jr. Fourman Networks http://www.fourmannetworks.com