How to pass through USB Bluetooth wireless interface to QEMU?

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Am 13.01.22 um 23:18 schrieb Paul Menzel:

Dear Linux folks,


To debug the issue with file transfers to the Nokia N9 [1], I would like to pass through the USB Bluetooth wireless to QEMU.

     $ lsusb
     Bus 001 Device 004: ID 1bcf:28ae Sunplus Innovation Technology Inc. Laptop Integrated Webcam HD
     Bus 001 Device 003: ID 8087:0a2a Intel Corp. Bluetooth wireless interface
     Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:8001 Intel Corp. Integrated Hub
     Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
     Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
     Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
     $ ls -ld /dev/bus/usb/001/003
     crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 189, 2 13. Jan 23:05 /dev/bus/usb/001/003

Then following Leif’s article *QEMU USB host device pass-through* [2], I run

     $ qemu-system-x86_64 -version
     QEMU emulator version 6.2.0 (Debian 1:6.2+dfsg-1)
     Copyright (c) 2003-2021 Fabrice Bellard and the QEMU Project developers
     $ sudo qemu-system-x86_64 -cpu host -m 2G -enable-kvm -usb -device usb-host,vendorid=0x8087,productid=0x0a2a -hda /dev/shm/debian-64.img -net nic -net user,hostfwd=tcp::22223-:22

(`-device usb-host,hostbus=1,hostport=3` did *not* work for me.)

In QEMU with *linux-image-5.15.0-2-amd64* 5.15.5-2 and *bluez* 5.62-2 the device is now detected, but bluetoothctl does not detect the controller. (Starting QEMU as root does not make a difference.)

     # lsusb
     Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0a2a Intel Corp. Bluetooth wireless interface
     Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
     # lsusb -t
     /:  Bus 01.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=uhci_hcd/2p, 12M
         |__ Port 1: Dev 2, If 0, Class=Wireless, Driver=btusb, 12M
         |__ Port 1: Dev 2, If 1, Class=Wireless, Driver=btusb, 12M

     # bluetoothctl
     Agent registered
     [bluetooth]# list
     [bluetooth]#

     # systemctl status bluetooth
     ● bluetooth.service - Bluetooth service
          Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
          Active: active (running) since Thu 2022-01-13 23:05:25 CET; 6min ago
            Docs: man:bluetoothd(8)
        Main PID: 400 (bluetoothd)
          Status: "Running"
           Tasks: 1 (limit: 2326)
          Memory: 4.4M
             CPU: 24ms
          CGroup: /system.slice/bluetooth.service
                  └─400 /usr/libexec/bluetooth/bluetoothd

     Jan 13 23:05:25 qemu systemd[1]: Starting Bluetooth service...
     Jan 13 23:05:25 qemu bluetoothd[400]: Bluetooth daemon 5.62
     Jan 13 23:05:25 qemu systemd[1]: Started Bluetooth service.
     Jan 13 23:05:25 qemu bluetoothd[400]: Starting SDP server
     Jan 13 23:05:25 qemu bluetoothd[400]: Bluetooth management interface 1.21 initialized

Linux in QEMU logs:


     # dmesg | grep -e Bluetooth -e hci0
     [    4.385414] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.22
     [    4.385453] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
     [    4.385741] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
     [    4.385744] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
     [    4.385751] Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized
     [    4.593802] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3
     [    4.593806] Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast
     [    4.593809] Bluetooth: BNEP socket layer initialized
     [    6.544261] Bluetooth: hci0: Reading Intel version command failed (-110)
     [    6.544310] Bluetooth: hci0: command tx timeout

The firmware is installed:

     # ls /lib/firmware/intel/ibt-hw-37.8.10-fw-1.10.3.11.e.bseq
     /lib/firmware/intel/ibt-hw-37.8.10-fw-1.10.3.11.e.bseq

Do you have an idea, how to get it working?


Kind regards,

Paul

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-bluetooth/a93c0fa7-7b84-6aea-265b-c913e0c84678@molgen.mpg.de/ (local)
[2]: https://station.eciton.net/qemu-usb-host-device-pass-through.html