This bug has been copied from bug #552602 and has been proposed to be backported to 5.5 z-stream (EUS).
Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team. New Contents: The spice-usb-redirector is used to provide a USB over network when working with the SPICE client. The package include 3 components: a kernel module, a service daemon to handle the devices and a controller utility which intermediate between SPICE and the USB service daemon.
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Verified this bug with the following packages: kmod-spice-usb-redirector-4.5-2.el5 spice-usb-redirector-4.5-2.el5 With the following client and guest: Client: RHEL-5.5-Client/32 RHEL-5.5-Client/64 Guest: WinXP/32 Win7/32 Win7/64 All works properly, could redirect USB devices to guest successfully, more detailed infomation please check the Matrix. USB Matrix: http://mirrorglass.englab.nay.redhat.com:8080/XWiki/bin/view/Main/USB
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2010-0460.html