Bug 804432

Summary:	RFE: Opportunistic USB host device assignment
Product:	[Community] Virtualization Tools	Reporter:	Avi Kivity <avi>
Component:	virt-manager	Assignee:	Cole Robinson <crobinso>
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Description Avi Kivity 2012-03-18 19:02:49 UTC

Description of problem:

Currently, plug/unplug of a USB host device must be done through virt-manager.  You can't start a guest that has a USB device assigned if the device is not present, and if you unplug a device from a running guest, it won't get reassigned on re-plug (I think).

This RFE asks for an 'opportunistic' flag to be set on a device.  If it's present while the guest is running, assign it.  If not, that's fine too.  If the device is plugged after the guest is started, assign it then.

This lets a device be permanently associated with the guest, without requiring it to be present at all times.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
virt-manager-0.9.1-2.fc16.noarch


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Assign a device to a guest
2. Remove the device
3. Shutdown the guest
4. Start the guest
  
Actual results:
Guest won't start


Expected results:
Guest starts, sees device if plugged in later.

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Comment 3 Cole Robinson 2013-07-01 18:36:16 UTC

This is basically what spice usb redirection does.