jamesyt666

scratch previous comment, it does work with my usb 3 controller! slightly excited now!! Just need to work out why the device cant start now... probably a driver update/issue will post when I have mucked about with the VM some more... I love you guys thanks for the help :-)

ahh cool that's what I tried and annoyingly no usb devices found on the VM when I boot it up. I think I am destined to fail at this :-( edit! I can confirm that this works on my usb2 controller but not on the USB 3 one! If I run unRAID from the USB 3 controller the pen drive gets so hot that it crashes/corrupts the system!! Any ideas/ ways round this? I have 3 sets of USB ports, one set on the front of my case (usb2) , one set on the back that's USB3, and another set of USB2 on the back. I really want the unRaid on the front so that I don't have dangling cables everywhere

for trying that passthrough method, what should i do with my gfx card passthrough?

ok done that, fresh build. The only thing now in my xml is + using vnc <qemu:commandline> <qemu:arg value='-device'/> <qemu:arg value='ioh3420,bus=pcie.0,addr=1c.0,multifunction=on,port=1,chassis=1,id=root.1'/> <qemu:arg value='-device'/> <qemu:arg value='vfio-pci,host=09:00.0,bus=root.1,addr=00.1'/> </qemu:commandline> Still getting the same, no usb devices work :-(

nothing extra appears in device manager needing drivers. I am stumped really, am I missing something with the XML passthrough? what is the difference between bus=pcie.0 and bus=root.1 ?? why would the usb be root and not a pcie number? or am I just making things up now as I have tried everything else??

Win10 x64, I am just copying over a win 7 iso to try but would rather stick with 10 as I upgraded my install key!

yup I already tried that, and still nothing. to me it seems like the VM does not see the USB controller even though I have passed it through.

Nope that makes no difference

Just tried that but one is my graphics so I get a black screen!! :-) I am banging my head against this at the moment, I have also tried passing across a different usb controller instead of the usb3 one and the same thing happens. I have also just tried using <controller type='usb' index='0' model='nec-xhci'> </controller> On the VM in device manager it now says USB 3.0 host controller however nothing works in those usb ports at all. Its like there is no power going to them at all so mouse, keyboard joystick etc don't even appear in the device manager edit miss read your bold, brb testing

So I installed the drivers and rebooted, once the VM comes up in unRAID USB devices all the devices on that controller disappear and nothing happens in the VM. the only way to get them to come back is to do a reboot of the physical computer and restart unRAID. edit, ok so researched and it is supposed to vanish as it has been passed through to the VM, only issue is the VM shows no new devices, the VM already has the usb 3 drivers installed but nothing comes up. Any thoughts

Just giving that a try now, will let you know what happens!! Edit Mine is a P9 X79 Pro, just restarting the box! fingers crossed

Hi all, i am struggling getting my usb devices to pass through to my virtual machines. Here is what i am doing, hopefully one of you will be able to point out what i have missed. Following the guide lspci | grep USB 00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller #2 00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller #1 08:00.0 USB controller: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1042 SuperSpeed USB Host Controller 09:00.0 USB controller: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1042 SuperSpeed USB Host Controller lsusb What I want to send to one VM Bus 006 Device 004: ID 046d:c049 Logitech, Inc. G5 Laser Mouse Bus 006 Device 003: ID 045e:0752 Microsoft Corp. Wired Keyboard 400 Bus 006 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub What I want to send to another VM Bus 003 Device 007: ID 046d:c222 Logitech, Inc. G15 Keyboard / LCD Bus 003 Device 006: ID 046d:c221 Logitech, Inc. G11/G15 Keyboard / Keyboard Bus 003 Device 005: ID 046d:c223 Logitech, Inc. G11/G15 Keyboard / USB Hub Bus 003 Device 004: ID 046d:c24a Logitech, Inc. G600 Gaming Mouse Bus 003 Device 003: ID 0738:1302 Mad Catz, Inc. Bus 003 Device 002: ID 2109:3431 Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Unraid Key Bus 005 Device 004: ID 0951:1665 Kingston Technology Digital DataTraveler SE9 64GB Bus 005 Device 003: ID 2433:b111 Bus 005 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub The next step readlink /sys/bus/usb/devices/usb6 ../../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb6 readlink /sys/bus/usb/devices/usb3 ../../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.3/0000:09:00.0/usb3 so I know my two devices are 00:1d.0 and 09:00.0 my IOMMU Groups are /sys/kernel/iommu_groups/24/devices/0000:09:00.0 /sys/kernel/iommu_groups/16/devices/0000:00:1d.0 /sys/kernel/iommu_groups/9/devices/0000:00:1a.0 << UNRAID OS I create a VM, add in some disks, graphics soundcard etc and I didn’t tick any usb devices manually as i want to pass the whole controller I changed the xml in my VM (highlighted) to be as follows <qemu:commandline> <qemu:arg value='-device'/> <qemu:arg value='ioh3420,bus=pcie.0,addr=1c.0,multifunction=on,port=1,chassis=1,id=root.1'/> <qemu:arg value='-device'/> <qemu:arg value='vfio-pci,host=02:00.0,bus=pcie.0,multifunction=on,x-vga=on'/> <qemu:arg value='-device'/> <qemu:arg value='vfio-pci,host=03:00.1,bus=pcie.0'/> <qemu:arg value='-device'/> <qemu:arg value='vfio-pci,host=00:1b.0,bus=pcie.0'/> <qemu:arg value='-device'/> <qemu:arg value='vfio-pci,host=09:00.0,bus=root.1,addr=00.1'/> </qemu:commandline> I then start the VM and it boots up, selects the correct graphics. Goes to the windows install but my keyboard and mouse do nothing. What am I missing?