[mythtv-users] Architecture Idea - Raspberry Pi, VM, XBMC

[Raymond Wagner]

On 1/15/2013 06:45, Mike Perkins wrote:
> On 14/01/13 19:48, Matt Emmott wrote:
>> The one sticking point is that my Poweredge is a gen 2 which does not
>> have
>> the necessary magic to 'pin' USB ports to VMs that a gen 3 has. This
>> means
>> I can't use my HD-PVR with the BE. Overall I'm happy with my setup.
>>
> Have you thought of trying USB over IP? http://usbip.sourceforge.net/
>
> That should work independent of whatever virtual host/guest system you
> are using. I'm using it with a xen system for other purposes and it
> seems to work fine, once you figure out how to set up the configuration
> scripts - mostly a case of udev rules.

That sounds like it would be considerably worse, in terms of screwing 
with communications latencies assumed by tuner drivers, than any form of 
VM passthrough.