[CentOS-virt] version(qemu-kvm) with parallel port support
Johnny Hughes
johnny at centos.org
Wed Apr 20 10:26:58 UTC 2016
On 04/20/2016 04:06 AM, Subscriber wrote:
>
> Whether there is a version of the qemu-kvm with support for parallel
> port (passthrough). I need parallel port for Windows VM (security
> dongle LPT).
>
> I use
> on one host
> # /usr/libexec/qemu-kvm -version
> QEMU emulator version 2.3.0 (qemu-kvm-ev-2.3.0-31.el7_2.10.1)
>
> another host
> /usr/libexec/qemu-kvm -version
> QEMU emulator version 1.5.3 (qemu-kvm-1.5.3-105.el7_2.3)
>
>
> Both versions do not support parallel port and generate error:
>
> qemu-kvm: -device isa-parallel,chardev=char parallel 0,id=parallel
> 0: 'isa-parallel' is not a valid device model name
This says that parallel dongles don't work well in any hypervisor:
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/27877758/virtual-machine-to-support-parallel-dongle.html
recommends:
http://www.dongleservice.com/emulate-hasp.phtml
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