[Spice-devel] How do I redirect a USB stick with KVM?

[ToddAndMargo]

On 05/13/2015 11:25 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote:
> On 05/13/2015 01:35 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I have KVM running Scientific Linux 6.6.
>>
>> I am following this guide:
>> http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/USB_Host_Device_Assigned_to_Guest
>>
>> Server side:
>> $ rpm -qa \*kvm\*
>> qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.448.el6_6.2.x86_64
>>
>> $ rpm -qa \*spice\*
>> spice-client-0.8.2-15.el6.x86_64
>> spice-gtk-python-0.22-7.el6.x86_64
>> spice-vdagent-0.14.0-4.el6.x86_64
>> spice-gtk-0.22-7.el6.x86_64
>> spice-protocol-0.12.6-1.el6.noarch
>> spice-glib-0.22-7.el6.x86_64
>> spice-server-0.12.4-11.el6.x86_64
>>
>> I have a (Kingston) 16 GB USB 3flash drive inserted.
>>
>> $ lsusb | grep Kings
>> Bus 010 Device 006: ID 0951:16a2 Kingston Technology
>>
>> I have a number of Fedora Core 21 Virtual Machines (VM)
>> set up for various things.  I am trying to redirect this
>> stick to one of them.
>>
>> In virt-manager, I have "Redircted USB" and/or "USB Host Device"
>> set up. (Tried one, the other, and both.)
>>
>> Inside Fedora, lsusb and File Manager do not show the flash
>> drive.
>>
>> Spice client is running:
>> $ rpm -qa \*spice\*
>> spice-vdagent-0.15.0-3.fc21.x86_64
>>
>> $ ps ax | grep spice
>>    778 ?        Ss     0:00 /usr/sbin/spice-vdagentd
>>   1463 ?        Ss     0:00 /usr/bin/spice-vdagent
>>   1793 pts/0    S+     0:00 grep --color=auto spice
>>
>> What am, I doing wrong?
>>
>> Many thanks,
>> -T
>>
>> Here is my VM's run string:
>>
>> $ ps ax | grep -i KVM-FC21
>> 22045 ?        Sl     0:00 /usr/libexec/qemu-kvm -name KVM-FC21-LiveCD
>> -S -M rhel6.3.0 -enable-kvm -m 2048 -realtime mlock=off -smp
>> 4,sockets=4,cores=1,threads=1 -uuid 2e8f8714-9a52-34d2-4362-677bcb086747
>> -nodefconfig -nodefaults -chardev
>> socket,id=charmonitor,path=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/KVM-FC21-LiveCD.monitor,server,nowait
>>
>> -mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control -rtc base=utc
>> -no-shutdown -boot order=c,menu=on -device
>> piix3-usb-uhci,id=usb,bus=pci.0,addr=0x1.0x2 -device
>> virtio-serial-pci,id=virtio-serial0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x7 -drive
>> file=/home/kvm/Fedora-Live-Xfce-x86_64-21-5.iso,if=none,media=cdrom,id=drive-ide0-1-0,readonly=on,format=raw
>>
>> -device ide-drive,bus=ide.1,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-1-0,id=ide0-1-0
>> -drive
>> file=/home/kvm/KVM-FC21-LiveCD.img,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk0,format=raw,cache=none
>>
>> -device
>> virtio-blk-pci,scsi=off,bus=pci.0,addr=0x5,drive=drive-virtio-disk0,id=virtio-disk0
>>
>> -netdev tap,fd=23,id=hostnet0,vhost=on,vhostfd=24 -device
>> virtio-net-pci,netdev=hostnet0,id=net0,mac=52:54:00:cb:e6:9e,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3
>>
>> -chardev pty,id=charserial0 -device
>> isa-serial,chardev=charserial0,id=serial0 -chardev
>> spicevmc,id=charchannel0,name=vdagent -device
>> virtserialport,bus=virtio-serial0.0,nr=1,chardev=charchannel0,id=channel0,name=com.redhat.spice.0
>>
>> -device usb-tablet,id=input0 -spice
>> port=5905,addr=127.0.0.1,disable-ticketing,seamless-migration=on -vga
>> qxl -global qxl-vga.ram_size=67108864 -global qxl-vga.vram_size=67108864
>> -chardev spicevmc,id=charredir0,name=usbredir -device
>> usb-redir,chardev=charredir0,id=redir0 -device
>> usb-host,hostbus=10,hostaddr=6,id=hostdev0 -device
>> virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x6 -msg timestamp=on
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> Figured it out.  There is no support for my USB 3 controller:
>
> $ lspci | grep -i usb
> ...
> 09:00.0 USB controller: Renesas Technology Corp. uPD720202 USB 3.0 Host
> Controller (rev 02)
>
>
> Moving the stick to my USB 2 controller and removing and re-adding the
> stick in virt-manager makes the stick show up in the guest.
>
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>
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1221471