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authorGerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>2012-05-29 11:20:31 +0200
committerAnthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>2012-05-30 10:28:44 +0800
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xhci: add usage info to docs
Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
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... then use "bus=ehci.0" to assign your usb devices to that bus.
+xhci controller support
+-----------------------
+
+There also is xhci host controller support available. It got alot
+less testing than ehci and there are a bunch of known limitations, so
+ehci may work better for you. On the other hand the xhci hardware
+design is much more virtualization-friendly, thus xhci emulation uses
+less ressources (especially cpu). If you wanna give xhci a try
+use this to add the host controller ...
+
+ qemu -device nec-usb-xhci,id=xhci
+
+... then use "bus=xhci.0" when assigning usb devices.
+
+
More USB tips & tricks
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