Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2017 11:09:02 +0000 (UTC) From: Sevan Janiyan <sevan@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r50613 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/virtualization Message-ID: <201708011109.v71B92Vk086044@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: sevan Date: Tue Aug 1 11:09:01 2017 New Revision: 50613 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/50613 Log: The handbook currently states that USB passthrough is not possible without an extension pack. This is incorrect, virtualbox-ose is merely limited to emulating a USB1.1 host controller. PR: 220350 Submitted by: Johannes Jost Meixner Approved by: bcr (mentor) Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D11685 Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/virtualization/chapter.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/virtualization/chapter.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/virtualization/chapter.xml Tue Aug 1 09:55:45 2017 (r50612) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/virtualization/chapter.xml Tue Aug 1 11:09:01 2017 (r50613) @@ -920,11 +920,26 @@ perm vboxnetctl 0660</programlisting> <sect2 xml:id="virtualization-virtualbox-usb-support"> <title>&virtualbox; USB Support</title> - <para>The <application>&virtualbox;</application> extension - pack is not available for &os; hosts. Without the extension - pack, the &os; host cannot pass <acronym>USB</acronym> - ports through to guest operating systems.</para> - </sect2> + <para><application>&virtualbox;</application> can be configured + to pass <acronym>USB</acronym> devices through to the guest + operating system. The host controller of the OSE version is + limited to emulating <acronym>USB</acronym> 1.1 devices until + the extension pack supporting <acronym>USB</acronym> 2.0 and 3.0 + devices becomes available on &os;.</para> + + <para>For <application>&virtualbox;</application> to be + aware of <acronym>USB</acronym> devices attached to the + machine, the user needs to be a member of the <systemitem + class="groupname">operator</systemitem> group.</para> + + <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pw groupmod operator -m + <replaceable>yourusername</replaceable></userinput></screen> + + <para>Restart the login session and + <application>&virtualbox;</application> for these changes to take + effect, and create <acronym>USB</acronym> filters as + necessary.</para> + </sect2> <sect2 xml:id="virtualization-virtualbox-host-dvd-cd-access"> <title>&virtualbox; Host
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