[geeks] vmware, usb, and hubs

[Andrew Jones]

> On Aug 8, 2014, at 4:12 PM, Brian Dunbar <brian.dunbar at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I'm still on my trial period for vmware - and having issues with USB.
> 
> The host has two USB ports.
> 
> One has a 500 mb flash drive in it, with the licensing for the host app on
> it.
> Two has a usb hub connecting two (large) external USB drives with data on
> them.
> 
> (I'd like to not have this as a requirement but currently 'USB drive' is
> how we walk TBs of data over to those machines.  Hooray sneaker net).
> 
> Hypervisor can 'see' all the devices.  One can be attached to the guest VM,
> no problem.  Two cannot: it's just not there.
> 
> I thought DirectPath might be a solution - told vmware to put Two as a
> DirectPath device.   When I add that PCI device to the guest it halts at
> boot and tells me ..
> 
> *Failed to register the device pciPassthru0 for 0:26.0 due to unavailable
> hardware or software support*
> 
> Sup with that nonsense?
> 
> -- 
> Brian Dunbar
> 
> "Display some adaptability"
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Does your software have an IOMMU?