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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/system/devices/usb.rst | 33 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/usb2.txt | 32 |
2 files changed, 33 insertions, 32 deletions
diff --git a/docs/system/devices/usb.rst b/docs/system/devices/usb.rst index 9f0e613dcc..bab0cd3fdf 100644 --- a/docs/system/devices/usb.rst +++ b/docs/system/devices/usb.rst @@ -199,6 +199,39 @@ option or the ``device_add`` monitor command. Available devices are: ``u2f-{emulated,passthru}`` Universal Second Factor device +Physical port addressing +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +For all the above USB devices, by default QEMU will plug the device +into the next available port on the specified USB bus, or onto +some available USB bus if you didn't specify one explicitly. +If you need to, you can also specify the physical port where +the device will show up in the guest. This can be done using the +``port`` property. UHCI has two root ports (1,2). EHCI has six root +ports (1-6), and the emulated (1.1) USB hub has eight ports. + +Plugging a tablet into UHCI port 1 works like this:: + + -device usb-tablet,bus=usb-bus.0,port=1 + +Plugging a hub into UHCI port 2 works like this:: + + -device usb-hub,bus=usb-bus.0,port=2 + +Plugging a virtual USB stick into port 4 of the hub just plugged works +this way:: + + -device usb-storage,bus=usb-bus.0,port=2.4,drive=... + +In the monitor, the ``device_add` command also accepts a ``port`` +property specification. If you want to unplug devices too you should +specify some unique id which you can use to refer to the device. +You can then use ``device_del`` to unplug the device later. +For example:: + + (qemu) device_add usb-tablet,bus=usb-bus.0,port=1,id=my-tablet + (qemu) device_del my-tablet + Hotplugging USB storage ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ diff --git a/docs/usb2.txt b/docs/usb2.txt index adf4ba3f2a..6a88d5314f 100644 --- a/docs/usb2.txt +++ b/docs/usb2.txt @@ -6,38 +6,6 @@ Recently the USB pass through driver (also known as usb-host) and the QEMU USB subsystem gained a few capabilities which are available only via qdev properties, i,e. when using '-device'. - -physical port addressing ------------------------- - -First you can (for all USB devices) specify the physical port where -the device will show up in the guest. This can be done using the -"port" property. UHCI has two root ports (1,2). EHCI has six root -ports (1-6), the emulated (1.1) USB hub has eight ports. - -Plugging a tablet into UHCI port 1 works like this: - - -device usb-tablet,bus=usb-bus.0,port=1 - -Plugging a hub into UHCI port 2 works like this: - - -device usb-hub,bus=usb-bus.0,port=2 - -Plugging a virtual USB stick into port 4 of the hub just plugged works -this way: - - -device usb-storage,bus=usb-bus.0,port=2.4,drive=... - -You can do basically the same in the monitor using the device_add -command. If you want to unplug devices too you should specify some -unique id which you can use to refer to the device ... - - (qemu) device_add usb-tablet,bus=usb-bus.0,port=1,id=my-tablet - (qemu) device_del my-tablet - -... when unplugging it with device_del. - - USB pass through hints ---------------------- |