Changeset 105289 in vbox for trunk/doc/manual/en_US/dita/topics/usb-implementation-notes.dita
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r99797 r105289 6 6 7 7 <body> 8 <p> 9 On Windows hosts, a kernel mode device driver provides USB proxy 10 support. It implements both a USB monitor, which enables 11 <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> to capture devices when they are plugged in, and 12 a USB device driver to claim USB devices for a particular 13 virtual machine. System reboots are not necessary after 14 installing the driver. Also, you do not need to replug devices 15 for <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> to claim them. 16 </p> 17 <p> 18 On supported Linux hosts, <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> accesses USB devices 19 through special files in the file system. When <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> is 20 installed, these are made available to all users in the 21 <codeph>vboxusers</codeph> system group. In order to be able 22 to access USB from guest systems, make sure that you are a 23 member of this group. 24 </p> 8 <p>On Windows hosts, a kernel mode device driver provides USB proxy support. It implements both a USB 9 monitor, which enables <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> to capture devices when they are 10 plugged in, and a USB device driver to claim USB devices for a particular virtual machine. System reboots are not 11 necessary after installing the driver. Also, you do not need to replug devices for <ph 12 conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> to claim them. </p> 13 <p>On supported Linux hosts, <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> accesses USB 14 devices through special files in the file system. When <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> is 15 installed, these are made available to all users in the <codeph>vboxusers</codeph> system group. In order to be 16 able to access USB from guest systems, make sure that you are a member of this group. </p> 25 17 </body> 26 18
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