Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2016 05:08:02 +0000 From: mail@bontempi.net To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to make smooth USB access available to Virtualbox vm Message-ID: <1467781682.1892374.658066521.076DEF67@webmail.messagingengine.com> In-Reply-To: <20160705163611.70ba678b@Papi> References: <VI1PR02MB0974C9E557F7FEBCA7D7B4FCF6380@VI1PR02MB0974.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com> <CAFYkXjnn3gOXAj8jAxqGqy0z0kcEFUf5jvixgO9pwGw_g=uNBg@mail.gmail.com> <20160705083230.47d99a62.freebsd@edvax.de> <VI1PR02MB09744511B04DD7E41AAB6A33F6390@VI1PR02MB0974.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com> <329cfc15-988a-11fc-e9f4-7423e21e1cf6@bananmonarki.se> <20160705163611.70ba678b@Papi>
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On Tue, 5 Jul 2016, at 19:36, Mario Lobo wrote: > On Tue, 5 Jul 2016 19:27:01 +0200 > Bernt Hansson <bah@bananmonarki.se> wrote: >=20 > > On 2016-07-05 16:15, Manish Jain wrote: > > > On 07/05/16 12:02, Polytropon wrote:=20=20 > > >> On Tue, 5 Jul 2016 08:10:49 +0200, CeDeROM wrote:=20=20 > > >>> The USB support on VirtualBox is highly unreliable and version > > >>> dependant - it works with some releases and with some releases it > > >>> does not work as expected - not only on FreeBSD (I also use OSX > > >>> version). This is really annoying when USB stops working after an > > >>> update to a new version and you depend on this USB access with > > >>> your work :-(=20=20 > > >> Just an idea: > > >> > > >> Why not mount the USB stick on the FreeBSD host system (or even > > >> have Gnome automount it), then make the mount directory accessible > > >> to the "Windows" guest through localhost FTP, localhost SAMBA, or > > >> another means of virtual network? > > >> > > >> It sounds so stupid - it could actually work! ;-) > > >>=20=20 > > > Sounds a bit far-fetched and would anyway need to be implemented all > > > over again every time I install FreeBSD. > > > > > > Just wondering if this is possible - I remember there was an > > > application (Nero, I think) - which made it possible to copy/paste > > > to CD/DVD RW from Explorer itself, without the need to actually > > > burn it via a CD/DVD frontend. Is there any way I can use a CD/DVD > > > just as a part of the regular filesystem ? If that is possible, the > > > need for USB support in vbox would largely be mitigated. > > > > > > Is there any other non-USB device which can fill in the need to make > > > shared data available to the guest machine ? IOMEGA floppies I > > > think are no longer used, but if there is something which provides > > > seamless access, I would not mind buying some hardware to solve the > > > problem for good (considering the magnitude of the problem, make > > > that 'for very good'). > > > > > > Thanks for any tips.=20=20 > > Perhaps this is worth a try. > >=20 > > http://linux.bytesex.org/misc/webfs.html > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >=20 >=20 > From my side, I've been having woes with VBox usb usage, to the point > that I wrote to the developers of VB directly. What follows is the > conversation I had with Mr. Frank Mehnert | Software Development > Director, VirtualBox. >=20 > ME: >=20 > > I've been using VB with FreeBSD since its early days, when > > USB 1.0 used to be the standard. > >=20 > > Now a days, it is no longer viable, even if we downgrade the USB > > connection through the OS to usb 1.0. The device shows up on the guest > > but that is as far as it goes. It simply doesn't work. > >=20 > > I see that you have pre-compiled extension packs for Windows and Linux > > hosts. VB compiles and works great through the ports in FreeBSD. The > > highest available official version 4.3.38 but through the works of > > Jung-uk Kim, I am running 5.0.20 right now! If it wasn't for this USB > > issue, VB would be completely operational on FBSD! > >=20 > > You probably have been asked about this a lot, but do you see a > > possibility anywhere in the future, of providing a pre-compiled > > extension pack for FreeBSD? I never understood why Windows and Linux > > have it and FreeBSD doesn't. Is there a particular reason for it? > >=20 > > Is there anyway I can help with this matter? Anybody in particular I > > can plead for this? > >=20 > > Again, my apologies for barging in, and thank you for reading and for > > your time.=20=20 >=20 > Frank: >=20 > hard to say. I guess if the USB devices worked in the past then this > was probably because the due to the missing Extension Pack the devices > were forced to use the USB 1 mode. >=20 > Providing Extenicode for FreeBSD is not impossible but would require > some effort. The most important part is probably to find a compatible > build environment. >=20 > I don't say "No" in general but we need to think about this in more > detail. >=20 > Kind regards, >=20 > Frank =20 I know that the subject line reads =C2=ABHow to make smooth USB access available to Virtualbox vm=C2=BB, but I was wondering if anybody has successfully shortcut that issue by using Bhyve with the -s switch? As per the wiki [1], =C2=ABThe bhyve hypervisor now supports Microsoft Windows virtual machines as of FreeBSD HEAD SVN tag r288524=C2=BB=20 [1] https://wiki.freebsd.org/bhyve/Windows Priyadarshan
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