Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] USB over network

[Anthony Liguori]

Gal Hammer wrote:
> > Apart from anything else, it's missing documentation.
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> I am aware of that. I'll document the work I've done so far and include
> the open issues that you (and others) wrote.
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> > It looks like you have to start qemu with magic options on the remote
> > machine?
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> No, qemu should be started with "-usbremote host:port" command line
> option. This will start a listener which wait for incoming remote
> connections. The remote connection is established with the qemu-usbd
> application. The qemu-usbd is executed on the local machine, the one
> that the USB device is attached to.
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I think it would be better to support a push instead of a pull model.  
For instance, something like:

-usbdevice remote:host:port

That connected to something that was listening on the machine that had 
the USB device.  If you really wanted a server, I'd suggest a syntax like:

-usbdevice remote:host:port,server

So at a high level, what's functional now, and how much work is needed 
to be completely functional?  Is there anything that isn't going to work 
because of fundamental issues?

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

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