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The handbook currently states that USB passthrough is not possible without an extension pack.

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This is incorrect, virtualbox-ose is merely limited to emulating a USB1.1 host controller.

PR:		220350
Submitted by:	Johannes Jost Meixner
Approved by:	bcr (mentor)
Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D11685
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Sevan Janiyan 2017-08-01 11:09:01 +00:00
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@ -920,11 +920,26 @@ perm vboxnetctl 0660</programlisting>
<sect2 xml:id="virtualization-virtualbox-usb-support">
<title>&virtualbox; USB Support</title>
<para>The <application>&virtualbox;</application> extension
pack is not available for &os; hosts. Without the extension
pack, the &os; host cannot pass <acronym>USB</acronym>
ports through to guest operating systems.</para>
</sect2>
<para><application>&virtualbox;</application> can be configured
to pass <acronym>USB</acronym> devices through to the guest
operating system. The host controller of the OSE version is
limited to emulating <acronym>USB</acronym> 1.1 devices until
the extension pack supporting <acronym>USB</acronym> 2.0 and 3.0
devices becomes available on &os;.</para>
<para>For <application>&virtualbox;</application> to be
aware of <acronym>USB</acronym> devices attached to the
machine, the user needs to be a member of the <systemitem
class="groupname">operator</systemitem> group.</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pw groupmod operator -m
<replaceable>yourusername</replaceable></userinput></screen>
<para>Restart the login session and
<application>&virtualbox;</application> for these changes to take
effect, and create <acronym>USB</acronym> filters as
necessary.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 xml:id="virtualization-virtualbox-host-dvd-cd-access">
<title>&virtualbox; Host