Hello, all. One of my system, running Windows, use hardware security key, which is attached via parallel port. I want to move this system into Xen HVM domain. Please, tell me what problems are related to parallel port usage in Xen HVM domain? Is it possible at all? And the same question about paravirtual domain (it''s interesting but not so important for me at the moment). -- WBR, i.m.chubin _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Igor Chubin wrote:> Please, tell me what problems are related to parallel port usage > in Xen HVM domain? > > Is it possible at all?As far as I know no devices from the physical machine are available to the HVM domain except what is virtualised directly by qemu.> And the same question about paravirtual domain (it''s interesting but > not so important for me at the moment).I believe it''s possible with the ''ioports'' directive. Tony _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On Fr, Jun 08, 2007 at 12:18:51 +0100, Tony Hoyle wrote:> Igor Chubin wrote: > >Please, tell me what problems are related to parallel port usage > >in Xen HVM domain? > > > >Is it possible at all? > > As far as I know no devices from the physical machine are available to > the HVM domain except what is virtualised directly by qemu. >And what about USB passthrough for HVM guests? As far as I know it is possible.> >And the same question about paravirtual domain (it''s interesting but > >not so important for me at the moment). > > I believe it''s possible with the ''ioports'' directive. >Thanks.> Tony > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users-- WBR, i.m.chubin _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Igor Chubin wrote:> And what about USB passthrough for HVM guests? As far as I know it is > possible. >usb yes, but a hardware dongle is unlikely to work with a usb parallel adapter - those things tend to do lowlevel i/o access (one of the reasons hardly anyone uses dongles these days - new machines tend not to have parallel ports and the support costs far outweigh the marginal protection having a dongle gives). Tony _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users