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 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 198 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-virt/attachments/20160420/2bd9a5e5/attachment-0006.sig>