From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Jul 6 13:41:45 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B003EB757A3 for ; Wed, 6 Jul 2016 13:41:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lobo@bsd.com.br) Received: from mail-qt0-x232.google.com (mail-qt0-x232.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c0d::232]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 70D0D1F94 for ; Wed, 6 Jul 2016 13:41:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lobo@bsd.com.br) Received: by mail-qt0-x232.google.com with SMTP id w59so116501403qtd.3 for ; Wed, 06 Jul 2016 06:41:44 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bsd.com.br; s=capeta; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:organization :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=LOgz4LHiQPEuIsRSd8EteyBCDUAr3SIhw+jYErkwBrg=; b=BtMrPupCd8qWZML30nZPAtYEL7pAu2z3nfJMFuOKvI1FjtvcdODU5jpeLHxbxFn75a 5wvdu9BfdfRKOuE1cTINoRagcjuFu4vqv5+pr6wbcPJ+IiozoZ3NmPdIwpPSFh9Mo0Pt cm/6UTPz9jWAurH5KbVcmrZfevXXQsjayjGCw= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to :references:organization:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=LOgz4LHiQPEuIsRSd8EteyBCDUAr3SIhw+jYErkwBrg=; b=lilusM0SVQudZPEEk0nMA3bnFVrhuvHg4PI42Yzy3OzPRg1qjoS5LTvVV1Fr1UxzZi i3Rjennrea6HftegdMLK2D/9JUVyU6aPjqG11cEsnSZ5Y4LasPtlmg0wHrEBEXur+axR mvwinKA3m36C5bnOK6Fyt2JdEtPpKQOmCyOGvj+LIINFgVDj2sO986Xx91POTWBph6dB ZbstmXwLa/F194dTMCN5bJK0A7CrG3gXNnToCMrc94MOTKrzybSGp6i6smhcCykihLZ9 KwMiotUB/D+/jQ8M4obP14WPeynHKdkOob78ozYWd2pQP+6DX5U4D5f7T4U3CWJZrde+ jekg== X-Gm-Message-State: ALyK8tI5P8FH/MW3sNqff09J0f6F7ZhuIuchGUdf0tvrYR5BVrtZUkm/9v8ikaTWCH/Mvw== X-Received: by 10.237.47.228 with SMTP id m91mr33887425qtd.35.1467812503630; Wed, 06 Jul 2016 06:41:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Papi ([186.212.226.96]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id o70sm1579296qka.29.2016.07.06.06.41.41 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 06 Jul 2016 06:41:43 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2016 10:41:39 -0300 From: Mario Lobo To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to make smooth USB access available to Virtualbox vm Message-ID: <20160706104139.648cfbd0@Papi> In-Reply-To: <1467781682.1892374.658066521.076DEF67@webmail.messagingengine.com> References: <20160705083230.47d99a62.freebsd@edvax.de> <329cfc15-988a-11fc-e9f4-7423e21e1cf6@bananmonarki.se> <20160705163611.70ba678b@Papi> <1467781682.1892374.658066521.076DEF67@webmail.messagingengine.com> Organization: BSD X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.13.2 (GTK+ 2.24.29; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.3) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2016 13:41:45 -0000 On Wed, 06 Jul 2016 05:08:02 +0000 mail@bontempi.net wrote: .... >=20 > I know that the subject line reads =C2=ABHow to make smooth USB access > available to Virtualbox vm=C2=BB, but I was wondering if anybody has > successfully shortcut that issue by using Bhyve with the -s switch? >=20 > As per the wiki [1], =C2=ABThe bhyve hypervisor now supports Microsoft > Windows virtual machines as of FreeBSD HEAD SVN tag r288524=C2=BB=20 >=20 > [1] https://wiki.freebsd.org/bhyve/Windows >=20 > Priyadarshan For me at least, here are the problems with this approach for production use: -Bleeding edge FreeBSD HEAD -Remastering a Windows ISO -An AutoUnattend.xml automatic installation file -Windows VirtIO network driver -DVD-ROM remastering utilities (p7zip and sysutils/cdrtools-devel) -RDP Remote Desktop Protocol client (net/freerdp)=20 plus all the gothchas involved in the whole procedure. For now, it is a lot to ask just for using usb (in my case). --=20 Mario Lobo http://www.mallavoodoo.com.br FreeBSD since 2.2.8 [not Pro-Audio.... YET!!] =20 "UNIX was not designed to stop you from doing stupid things,=20 because that would also stop you from doing clever things."