Hi
I am holding off on a full VFIO system (with a host just used for hosting
and main hardware forwarded) until after a build a new PC for the coming
generation of graphics cards but I have started using virt-manager to
partition my workspaces.
My host is Ubuntu 20.04 running QEMU v 5.0 on and Intel i5-4690K CPU and
GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 motherboard. Guest is Debian 11.
I am trying to solve the issue of how the Ledger Nano X changes its product
ID when using different applications
<
https://imil.net/blog/posts/2020/ledger_on_kvm/>. Unfortunately all ports
seem to be in the same IOMMU group so I cannot just forward a controller. I
have learned that although my temporary fallback Virtualbox allows
forwarding by vendor ID without a product ID
<
https://www.reddit.com/r/ledgerwallet/comments/mf872x/how_can_you_run_led...;,
and I have seen some libvirt references to this, including mention of a
patch that apparently should have been implemented I have not been able to
make it work:
from QEMU to libvirt(virsh) - add USB-port
<
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/46421962/from-qemu-to-libvirtvirsh-ad...
Can I pass through a USB Port via qemu Command Line?
<
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/452934/can-i-pass-through-a-usb-...
Detail on on my comprehensive hotplugger attempts to forward a single port
here
<
https://www.reddit.com/r/VFIO/comments/lbvgpr/comment/idzml1k/?utm_source...
.
Can you please tell me if there is some way I can edit either my debian.xml
or how hotplugger interacts with the socket so that I can forward a single
port that is hotswapable and/or so that Ledger Nano X will stay visible on
the guest even after it changes product ID?
Thanks
Aard.