I've published kvm USB sys file-system enabled packages for Gutsy, Hardy, and Intrepid based on kvm-74 in my PPA.
If people could test them I'd appreciate it. Please read the manual page "man kvm" for information on how to configure the system to allow non-root access to the USB devices.
If the tests don't show any problems I'll investigate back-porting the patch to the version in the Hardy repository, and to the qemu package.
I expect the Intrepid packages will catch up with upstream before release. If not, I'll do a similar patch.
I'm submitting the patch upstream to qemu. If accepted it should be merged into kvm not too long after. Once Ubuntu catches up to a future kvm/qemu release the package-patch can be dropped.
* New upstream release with new qemu merge that adds better USB support.
* Removed patch 50_preserve_64bit_sysenter_registers (included upstream).
* Removed patch qemu_vnc_ext_key_event (included upstream).
* Added build-depends on unifdef to support header-sync target.
* Patch 10 fix kernel/Makefile header-sync FTBFS syntax and logic errors.
I've published kvm USB sys file-system enabled packages for Gutsy, Hardy, and Intrepid based on kvm-74 in my PPA.
If people could test them I'd appreciate it. Please read the manual page "man kvm" for information on how to configure the system to allow non-root access to the USB devices.
If the tests don't show any problems I'll investigate back-porting the patch to the version in the Hardy repository, and to the qemu package.
I expect the Intrepid packages will catch up with upstream before release. If not, I'll do a similar patch.
I'm submitting the patch upstream to qemu. If accepted it should be merged into kvm not too long after. Once Ubuntu catches up to a future kvm/qemu release the package-patch can be dropped.
=== changelog === 0ubuntu2~ ppa1h) hardy; urgency=low
kvm (1:74+dfsg-
* Patch 11 Add USB sys file-system support (closes LP #156085).
* Added USB host setup and usage information to man page.
-- TJ <email address hidden> Thu, 4 Sep 2008 22:30:00 +0100
kvm (1:74+dfsg- 0ubuntu1~ ppa1h) hardy; urgency=low
* New upstream release with new qemu merge that adds better USB support. 64bit_sysenter_ registers (included upstream). ext_key_ event (included upstream).
* Removed patch 50_preserve_
* Removed patch qemu_vnc_
* Added build-depends on unifdef to support header-sync target.
* Patch 10 fix kernel/Makefile header-sync FTBFS syntax and logic errors.
-- TJ <email address hidden> Mon, 2 Sep 2008 21:45:00 +0100