Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2016 22:59:56 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 207630] Handbook Section 21.6.2 "VirtualBox USB Support" should be updated to reflect unsupported USB 2.0/3.0 Message-ID: <bug-207630-9@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=207630 Bug ID: 207630 Summary: Handbook Section 21.6.2 "VirtualBox USB Support" should be updated to reflect unsupported USB 2.0/3.0 Product: Documentation Version: Latest Hardware: Any OS: Any Status: New Severity: Affects Some People Priority: --- Component: Documentation Assignee: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Reporter: fnoyanisi@yahoo.com Hi, Apparently, Oracle does not officially support FreeBSD as a host operating system [1], and their latest extension pack (VirtualBox 5.0.14 Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack), which can be downloaded from [2], is not available for FreeBSD hosts. This extension pack enables USB 2.0/3.0 communication ports to be enabled/used in the guest operating system. Oracle's description for the extension pack is "Support for USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 devices, VirtualBox RDP and PXE boot for Intel cards..." Unfortunately, without this package, FreeBSD host operating system cannot pass the USB port to the guest OS. Even though the user follows steps given in Section 21.6.2 of FreeBSD Handbook properly, it is not possible to get USB 2.0/3.0 work in the guest OS. There is a forum thread on the topic [4] The relevant chapter in the handbook [3] should be updated to reflect this issue to ovoid being over-promising. [1] https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/8073 [2] https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads [3] https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/virtualization-host-virtualbox.html [4] https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/47579/ -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
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