Bug 220350 - Virtualization: Document USB passthrough using VirtualBox.
Summary: Virtualization: Document USB passthrough using VirtualBox.
Status: Closed FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Documentation
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Books & Articles (show other bugs)
Version: Latest
Hardware: Any Any
: --- Affects Only Me
Assignee: Sevan Janiyan
URL: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D11685
Keywords: patch
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2017-06-29 09:16 UTC by Johannes Jost Meixner
Modified: 2017-08-01 11:11 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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document virtualbox usb passthrough. (1.61 KB, patch)
2017-06-29 09:16 UTC, Johannes Jost Meixner 		no flags Details | Diff
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Description Johannes Jost Meixner freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2017-06-29 09:16:54 UTC 
Created attachment 183905 [details]
document virtualbox usb passthrough.

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. Patch attached documents how to pass through things.
Comment 1 commit-hook freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2017-08-01 11:09:43 UTC 
A commit references this bug:

Author: sevan
Date: Tue Aug  1 11:09:02 UTC 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

Changes:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/virtualization/chapter.xml
Comment 2 Sevan Janiyan freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2017-08-01 11:11:42 UTC 
Committed, thank you :)