[CentOS-virt] version(qemu-kvm) with parallel port support

Tue Apr 26 06:43:45 UTC 2016
Sandro Bonazzola <sbonazzo at redhat.com>

On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 11:06 AM, Subscriber <ml-lists at agoris.net.ua> 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
>


Yes on CentOS / RHEL this is not supported, you can open a RFE about it on
bugzilla.redhat.com.



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