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+.. _pcsys_005fusb:
+
+USB emulation
+-------------
+
+QEMU can emulate a PCI UHCI, OHCI, EHCI or XHCI USB controller. You can
+plug virtual USB devices or real host USB devices (only works with
+certain host operating systems). QEMU will automatically create and
+connect virtual USB hubs as necessary to connect multiple USB devices.
+
+.. _usb_005fdevices:
+
+Connecting USB devices
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+USB devices can be connected with the ``-device usb-...`` command line
+option or the ``device_add`` monitor command. Available devices are:
+
+``usb-mouse``
+ Virtual Mouse. This will override the PS/2 mouse emulation when
+ activated.
+
+``usb-tablet``
+ Pointer device that uses absolute coordinates (like a touchscreen).
+ This means QEMU is able to report the mouse position without having
+ to grab the mouse. Also overrides the PS/2 mouse emulation when
+ activated.
+
+``usb-storage,drive=drive_id``
+ Mass storage device backed by drive_id (see
+ :ref:`disk_005fimages`)
+
+``usb-uas``
+ USB attached SCSI device, see
+ `usb-storage.txt <https://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=blob_plain;f=docs/usb-storage.txt>`__
+ for details
+
+``usb-bot``
+ Bulk-only transport storage device, see
+ `usb-storage.txt <https://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=blob_plain;f=docs/usb-storage.txt>`__
+ for details here, too
+
+``usb-mtp,rootdir=dir``
+ Media transfer protocol device, using dir as root of the file tree
+ that is presented to the guest.
+
+``usb-host,hostbus=bus,hostaddr=addr``
+ Pass through the host device identified by bus and addr
+
+``usb-host,vendorid=vendor,productid=product``
+ Pass through the host device identified by vendor and product ID
+
+``usb-wacom-tablet``
+ Virtual Wacom PenPartner tablet. This device is similar to the
+ ``tablet`` above but it can be used with the tslib library because in
+ addition to touch coordinates it reports touch pressure.
+
+``usb-kbd``
+ Standard USB keyboard. Will override the PS/2 keyboard (if present).
+
+``usb-serial,chardev=id``
+ Serial converter. This emulates an FTDI FT232BM chip connected to
+ host character device id.
+
+``usb-braille,chardev=id``
+ Braille device. This will use BrlAPI to display the braille output on
+ a real or fake device referenced by id.
+
+``usb-net[,netdev=id]``
+ Network adapter that supports CDC ethernet and RNDIS protocols. id
+ specifies a netdev defined with ``-netdev …,id=id``. For instance,
+ user-mode networking can be used with
+
+ .. parsed-literal::
+
+ |qemu_system| [...] -netdev user,id=net0 -device usb-net,netdev=net0
+
+``usb-ccid``
+ Smartcard reader device
+
+``usb-audio``
+ USB audio device
+
+.. _host_005fusb_005fdevices:
+
+Using host USB devices on a Linux host
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+WARNING: this is an experimental feature. QEMU will slow down when using
+it. USB devices requiring real time streaming (i.e. USB Video Cameras)
+are not supported yet.
+
+1. If you use an early Linux 2.4 kernel, verify that no Linux driver is
+ actually using the USB device. A simple way to do that is simply to
+ disable the corresponding kernel module by renaming it from
+ ``mydriver.o`` to ``mydriver.o.disabled``.
+
+2. Verify that ``/proc/bus/usb`` is working (most Linux distributions
+ should enable it by default). You should see something like that:
+
+ ::
+
+ ls /proc/bus/usb
+ 001 devices drivers
+
+3. Since only root can access to the USB devices directly, you can
+ either launch QEMU as root or change the permissions of the USB
+ devices you want to use. For testing, the following suffices:
+
+ ::
+
+ chown -R myuid /proc/bus/usb
+
+4. Launch QEMU and do in the monitor:
+
+ ::
+
+ info usbhost
+ Device 1.2, speed 480 Mb/s
+ Class 00: USB device 1234:5678, USB DISK
+
+ You should see the list of the devices you can use (Never try to use
+ hubs, it won't work).
+
+5. Add the device in QEMU by using:
+
+ ::
+
+ device_add usb-host,vendorid=0x1234,productid=0x5678
+
+ Normally the guest OS should report that a new USB device is plugged.
+ You can use the option ``-device usb-host,...`` to do the same.
+
+6. Now you can try to use the host USB device in QEMU.
+
+When relaunching QEMU, you may have to unplug and plug again the USB
+device to make it work again (this is a bug).