Today's challenge was to run some archaic Windows software within a kernel virtual machine (KVM) with the end goal of programming radio equipment through a RS232 serial connection.
I own a programming cable that has a male USB-A connector on one end and a male RJ-45 connector that is plugged into the serial port of a Motorola CDM1550-LS+. This connector presents a Prolific PL2303 USB to serial chipset on the USB, which is handily recognized by Linux. I was then able to get this to show up as a normal serial port under KVM, but, unfortunately, virt-manager 3.2.0 doesn't provide this capability in the UI when adding serial hardware.
Therefore, XML editing must be enabled before making the appropriate addition to the hardware tree.
<serial type="dev">
<source path="/dev/ttyUSB0"/>
<target type="isa-serial" port="1">
<model name="isa-serial"/>
</target>
<alias name="serial1"/>
</serial>
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| Thanks, virt-manager, but where's "Pass-through serial device (dev)" |
