Re: Bug#678731: linux-2.6: Please build dummy_hcd and g_mass_storage modules
- To: intrigeri <intrigeri@debian.org>
- Cc: 678731@bugs.debian.org, Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>, bertagaz@ptitcanardnoir.org, debian-live@lists.debian.org
- Subject: Re: Bug#678731: linux-2.6: Please build dummy_hcd and g_mass_storage modules
- From: Moritz Mühlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>
- Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 18:22:52 +0200
- Message-id: <20130708162252.GA6647@pisco.westfalen.local>
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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
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