[***GUIDE*** Passthrough Entire PCI USB Controller]

Intent:

This guide will take you through the process of passing through an entire PCI USB Controller instead of doing it individually. One benefit is that USB will be plug n play on your virtual machines. Also, I have found that if you pass through USB devices separately the device name could change which will cause the VM to not start, but if you pass through the entire controller you will avoid this.

 

 

 

hi archedraft,

is it possible that i see 4 usb controllers on a gigabyte ga-z97x-ud3h, but when i try all the usb ports, lsusb says that my usb device is on controller 003 all the times? (also my unraid usb is on controller 003)

 

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 4th Gen Core Processor DRAM Controller (rev 06)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor PCI Express x16 Controller (rev 06)
00:01.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor PCI Express x8 Controller (rev 06)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 06)
00:03.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio Controller (rev 06)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 9 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI Controller
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 9 Series Chipset Family ME Interface #1
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection I217-V
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 9 Series Chipset Family USB EHCI Controller #2
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 9 Series Chipset Family HD Audio Controller
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 9 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev d0)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 9 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev d0)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 9 Series Chipset Family USB EHCI Controller #1
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 9 Series Chipset Family Z97 LPC Controller
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 9 Series Chipset Family SATA Controller [AHCI Mode]
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 9 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF110 [GeForce GTX 570] (rev a1)
01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GF110 High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G92 [GeForce GT 230 OEM] (rev a2)
04:00.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 41)

 

Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:8001 Intel Corp.
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:8009 Intel Corp.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 004: ID 093a:2510 Pixart Imaging, Inc. Optical Mouse
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 04ca:002f Lite-On Technology Corp.
Bus 003 Device 006: ID 045e:0748 Microsoft Corp.
Bus 003 Device 005: ID 1043:8012 iCreate Technologies Corp. Flash Disk 256 MB
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 058f:6387 Alcor Micro Corp. Flash Drive
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

 

the only devicesi have connected are the last 6 on bus 003, what are all others Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub and Intel Corp. devices?

 

thanks for help