From owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 13 16:12:21 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3D531065675 for ; Wed, 13 Oct 2010 16:12:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hselasky@freebsd.org) Received: from swip.net (mailfe04.swip.net [212.247.154.97]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60BE78FC08 for ; Wed, 13 Oct 2010 16:12:21 +0000 (UTC) X-Cloudmark-Score: 0.000000 [] X-Cloudmark-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=gl0LPzB4YDQuuzpDoHYit7deEV0cOo++Sg28kyvF6vg= c=1 sm=1 a=xqJwjQdkl30A:10 a=N659UExz7-8A:10 a=CL8lFSKtTFcA:10 a=i9M/sDlu2rpZ9XS819oYzg==:17 a=6I5d2MoRAAAA:8 a=7Q6VgQTkItxd-YOUVa0A:9 a=tU9iurcjRSqvM5p9bG66YpJiZuAA:4 a=pILNOxqGKmIA:10 a=SV7veod9ZcQA:10 a=i9M/sDlu2rpZ9XS819oYzg==:117 Received: from [188.126.198.129] (account mc467741@c2i.net HELO laptop002.hselasky.homeunix.org) by mailfe04.swip.net (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.19) with ESMTPA id 34649534; Wed, 13 Oct 2010 18:12:19 +0200 Received-SPF: softfail receiver=mailfe04.swip.net; client-ip=188.126.198.129; envelope-from=hselasky@freebsd.org From: Hans Petter Selasky To: Brandon Gooch Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 18:13:37 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.5 (FreeBSD/8.1-STABLE; KDE/4.4.5; amd64; ; ) References: <201010131704.33545.hselasky@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: X-Face: +~\`s("[*|O,="7?X@L.elg*F"OA\I/3%^p8g?ab%RN'(; _IjlA: hGE..Ew, XAQ*o#\/M~SC=S1-f9{EzRfT'|Hhll5Q]ha5Bt-s|oTlKMusi:1e[wJl}kd}GR Z0adGx-x_0zGbZj'e(Y[(UNle~)8CQWXW@:DX+9)_YlB[tIccCPN$7/L' MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201010131813.37880.hselasky@freebsd.org> Cc: "freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Hope for USB support? X-BeenThere: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Development of Emulators of other operating systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 16:12:21 -0000 On Wednesday 13 October 2010 17:40:47 Brandon Gooch wrote: > On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 10:04 AM, Hans Petter Selasky > > wrote: > >> On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Kevin Oberman wrote: > >> I could use this as well, and I know of at least 2 others. > >> I guess a good starting point would be to ask, what is the scope of > >> work that needs to be done to add USB support to Virtual box in > >> FreeBSD > > > > Hi, > > > > I've looked at the VirtualBox USB layer, and adding FreeBSD USB support > > should not require too much work. Is anyone interested in paying for > > this work? > > > > --HPS > > I'm very reliant on VirtualBox, I suspect many on this list are (or > eventually will be), so I'm interested in having this support. > > Hans, would this be better handled by the FreeBSD Foundation, or would > a pool of interested users be an appropriate vessel for the funds > (assuming it is financially viable -- how much are we talking? ;) ). Hi, I was thinking about something like $500-$1000 for adding USB support to VirtualBox through LibUSB. Probably you are right that it would be better to go through the FreeBSD Foundation, but I would also be fine getting paid directly through paypal for example. --HPS