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Hi=20

So, no-go with USB stack:
* commercial version does not support FreeBSD
* OSE version does not support usb mapping

What about community implementation of USB support ? Probably there are
similar projects ?

> > Looks like host usb devices are not supported in
> virtualbox-ose-3.1.2.
> >=20
> > Is it planned to enable host usb devices in virtualbox VMs ?
> > What are the obstacles ?
>=20
> That is only available in the closed source edition for which they
> have
> not yet released a FreeBSD version.
>=20
> http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Editions


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Vladimir B. Grebenschikov
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