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USB 2.0 Quick Start
===================
-The QEMU EHCI Adapter does *not* support companion controllers. That
-implies there are two completely separate USB busses: One USB 1.1 bus
-driven by the UHCI controller and one USB 2.0 bus driven by the EHCI
-controller. Devices must be attached to the correct controller
-manually.
+The QEMU EHCI Adapter can be used with and without companion
+controllers. See below for the companion controller mode.
+
+When not running in companion controller mode there are two completely
+separate USB busses: One USB 1.1 bus driven by the UHCI controller and
+one USB 2.0 bus driven by the EHCI controller. Devices must be
+attached to the correct controller manually.
The '-usb' switch will make qemu create the UHCI controller as part of
the PIIX3 chipset. The USB 1.1 bus will carry the name "usb.0".
@@ -32,6 +34,27 @@ This attaches a usb tablet to the UHCI adapter and a usb mass storage
device to the EHCI adapter.
+Companion controller support
+----------------------------
+
+Companion controller support has been added recently. The operational
+model described above with two completely separate busses still works
+fine. Additionally the UHCI and OHCI controllers got the ability to
+attach to a usb bus created by EHCI as companion controllers. This is
+done by specifying the masterbus and firstport properties. masterbus
+specifies the bus name the controller should attach to. firstport
+specifies the first port the controller should attach to, which is
+needed as usually one ehci controller with six ports has three uhci
+companion controllers with two ports each.
+
+There is a config file in docs which will do all this for you, just
+try ...
+
+ qemu -readconfig docs/ich9-ehci-uhci.cfg
+
+... then use "bus=ehci.0" to assign your usb devices to that bus.
+
+
More USB tips & tricks
======================