On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 09:13:30PM -0400, Fei Liu wrote:
> Hello, I have a problem here with Suse10.2 base installation running 
> kernel 2.6.18 but I need to use a usb-serial cable (ch341)  supported 
> only in 2.6.24 later kernels. VMware has a feature that allows the guest 
> OS to talk to USB device directly when active. Does UML have similar 
> functionality? The answer is probably no, I just want to make sure.

The answer is no, but there are userspace USB drivers, which suggests
to me that it is possible to pass USB protocol from a process to a
device.  That's all that would be needed for a UML pass-through USB
driver.

                                Jeff

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Work email - jdike at linux dot intel dot com

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