From owner-freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Sun Oct 16 08:43:41 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@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 3E683C12482 for ; Sun, 16 Oct 2016 08:43:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fnoyanisi@yahoo.com) Received: from nm22-vm3.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com (nm22-vm3.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com [98.138.91.152]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0AC382F3 for ; Sun, 16 Oct 2016 08:43:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fnoyanisi@yahoo.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s2048; t=1476607284; bh=A+10tc3RaN3CQtkxUKwFvaTgytIz/dZPA5R/sehWyb4=; h=Date:From:Reply-To:To:Subject:References:From:Subject; b=sUWb69fabOoQ4CCQieybOw+f3EtvyA6mY6vc2PlBOo35IrfF4tgjlMcY/WpfBzDmGy11X1KawwV4dSx7IWjAnOiUid3mr6WB/tZkYqCFr68AlIR4/5W73IS+JeHCBb2AeTgt0pUvkD8ztgYvgWfVfSWNT+R+CxJ+BbcgGvQBtLvT0DAg8qUQyKdu9kWzR1PsHg2DBEqtNI8zt6zNrCzKtTQ3uzRy1UyLkG3gEtQ+jWfnVF1seDqikqAuJGG1Sc/IiR02I+Y3PzyTrZoICa0PN5JJVbUIGRrSXI7lO+fbZF7qWVrkuijt7ty7jdhgUXzFW0LXz5FUMJeN0LVZ9rMwFw== Received: from [98.138.100.117] by nm22.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 16 Oct 2016 08:41:24 -0000 Received: from [98.138.89.240] by tm108.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 16 Oct 2016 08:41:24 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp1013.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 16 Oct 2016 08:41:24 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 396966.33720.bm@omp1013.mail.ne1.yahoo.com X-YMail-OSG: rmSrE24VM1lcFtLcAotCs1uiw_An6siNtBrWEZIt44KdME4inrAW9qIxwiOfMk2 EAHQzp72pfoT9knfmYGZ_plQTZ9V7gO.zQf8_rgvSMRi58BEIufFQKgWH_RxGv2lqmcJbjB9W8s7 IF18T05dkD11bEoqv48zorLFaEVl_K0tugPGjZUBW.btSicm6zhjKssQWpQNnOQMDl_jNEFWKrj. TWAQrZ0viy.yP5x9CMp.7JTgOthCSfUKccMOmf5PbwE5Di7ZZKeLsaaF5xKc6Cx6eNVpSgaPlWFy 4ToeYmHE4QyBRyQfT77W3If6uF5Mzf5_xvieFCdPBbv57nK9GvT8Oj9Z9aTPrw5U5CjqFCovcQnK RaKcPn6VS9idiXp2h64UPcqbGu5iVFMjOmuIa._OrMyVjW5YTeeOHPtfRQhEKAitewO9zdV3k3YK h7EoXnnFplTgJ6vICVpy4xqLf9NfIq9DT_PZWTy.mkJdnjfKonqcFsWocAOh9BiAgWjv80aCJy8y zLu90kEIvD1bSieXNaNTrqViG8mQybeDt.ObFPs6etwvnYlR.fqABpw-- Received: from jws200009.mail.ne1.yahoo.com by sendmailws143.mail.ne1.yahoo.com; Sun, 16 Oct 2016 08:41:24 +0000; 1476607284.026 Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2016 08:41:23 +0000 (UTC) From: Fehmi Noyan ISI Reply-To: Fehmi Noyan ISI To: "freebsd-doc@freebsd.org" Message-ID: <1889483257.531975.1476607283765@mail.yahoo.com> Subject: Outdated instructions in FreeBSD Handbook (Section 21.6 - FreeBSD as a Host with VirtualBox) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <1889483257.531975.1476607283765.ref@mail.yahoo.com> X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2016 08:43:41 -0000 Hi there, Section 21.6.2 of the handbook should be updated to reflect the USB support issue of VirtualBox used on FreeBSD host operating system. Apparently, FreeBSD is not one of the officially supported operating systems by Oracle[1], hence 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 extension pack, FreeBSD host operating system cannot pass the USB port to the guest OS. Even though the user follows the steps given in Section 21.6.2 of FreeBSD Handbook, it is not possible to get USB 2.0/3.0 working in the guest OS. There is a forum thread on the topic [4] Bug report 207630 has been created for the issue. [5] [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/ [5] https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=207630