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=3D207630 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 availa= ble for FreeBSD hosts. This extension pack enables USB 2.0/3.0 communication ports to be enabled/u= sed 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 I= ntel cards..." Unfortunately, without this package, FreeBSD host operating system cannot p= ass 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/ --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.=
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