Bug#678731: linux-2.6: Please build dummy_hcd and g_mass_storage modules

[Moritz Mühlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>]

On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 09:48:19PM +0200, intrigeri wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> bertagaz@ptitcanardnoir.org wrote (27 Jun 2012 11:00:22 GMT) :
> > On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 04:32:31AM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> 
> >> Yes, but I think it would make more sense to emulate a USB storage
> >> device in qemu rather than the host kernel.
> 
> I do agree.
> 
> bertagaz and I have spent a bit more time testing and comparing the
> available options. Our results are summed up there:
> https://tails.boum.org/todo/automated_builds_and_tests/USB/
> 
> tl;dr --> as far as Wheezy is concerned:
>   * qemu-kvm emulates just fine a USB 2.0 mass storage device, and
>     knows how to boot from it; personally, I'd rather use that than
>     a dedicated kernel module.
>   * with qemu-kvm on the command-line: no need for an additional
>     kernel module
>   * with a libvirt stack: a missing interface in some abstraction
>     layer makes it a pain to use the qemu-kvm USB emulation of
>     removable mass storage devices.

How's the state of affairs with libvirt 1.1 from unstable?

Cheers,
        Moritz