From owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 13 15:40:49 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81624106566B for ; Wed, 13 Oct 2010 15:40:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jamesbrandongooch@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f54.google.com (mail-ew0-f54.google.com [209.85.215.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1D858FC08 for ; Wed, 13 Oct 2010 15:40:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy21 with SMTP id 21so1018569ewy.13 for ; Wed, 13 Oct 2010 08:40:47 -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=PACb8Fn83jQSi+Ws12ZbK8ex7m7TIhKAUuWoLX6pGyQ=; b=Aa67TEPqidC++0zi4e7t47wCA4dVLQvU9QaFCeAw+Q9SAu/ylMgYGKmHhNyJkYxLVv ipqZNxGRILoC5f4uXYCGjgBoJTQBcKUnfPp+ULKWUL8zyUMW37ClU3b6kFVT6n3sWigp 5FcElLZfMYnrDr36bSmpSHCGv3TUrSQ8I6HVA= 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=UmmKZGpM/et4OseRoiFc+85M3HOek8VZoZjwjHQ2wYh01WKfz+4dCpL1OKriLyWR+i hhn3mvGqnvwnVs1OsZ8QsiPGYk7y+o4lcH4M2aphTsRGmYzGChhM6dlk11wGR7K3LBVV WRvzBhhTE5NypNyt8ut39bBYolGtqjPfiRFpE= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.23.199 with SMTP id v49mr143160wev.43.1286984447476; Wed, 13 Oct 2010 08:40:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.216.133.133 with HTTP; Wed, 13 Oct 2010 08:40:47 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <201010131704.33545.hselasky@freebsd.org> References: <201010131704.33545.hselasky@freebsd.org> Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 10:40:47 -0500 Message-ID: From: Brandon Gooch To: Hans Petter Selasky Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-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: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 15:40:49 -0000 On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 10:04 AM, Hans Petter Selasky wrote: >> On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Kevin Oberman wrote: >> 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 > > Hi, > > I've looked at the VirtualBox USB layer, and adding FreeBSD USB support should > not require too much work. Is anyone interested in paying for this work? > > --HPS I'm very reliant on VirtualBox, I suspect many on this list are (or eventually will be), so I'm interested in having this support. Hans, would this be better handled by the FreeBSD Foundation, or would a pool of interested users be an appropriate vessel for the funds (assuming it is financially viable -- how much are we talking? ;) ).