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qvm-usb: remove scary warning about PV USB stability

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USBIP (used for PV USB here) is considered stable by Linux maintainers,
so follow their judgement.

Fixes QubesOS/qubes-issues#531
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Marek Marczykowski-Górecki 2016-06-02 02:52:59 +02:00
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@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ from optparse import OptionParser
import sys
import os
pvusb_enable_flagfile = '/var/lib/qubes/pvusb-enable.flag'
def main():
usage = "usage: %prog -l [options]\n"\
"usage: %prog -a [options] <vm-name> <device-vm-name>:<device>\n"\
@ -49,24 +47,6 @@ def main():
(options, args) = parser.parse_args ()
if not os.path.exists(pvusb_enable_flagfile):
print >> sys.stderr, ""
print >> sys.stderr, "******* WARNING *** WARNING *** WARNING *** WARNING *******"
print >> sys.stderr, "*** ***"
print >> sys.stderr, "*** PVUSB passthrough kernel support is still unstable. ***"
print >> sys.stderr, "*** It can CRASH your VMs. ***"
print >> sys.stderr, "*** ***"
print >> sys.stderr, "***********************************************************"
print >> sys.stderr, ""
print >> sys.stderr, "To use it, you need install kernel from \"unstable\" repository"
print >> sys.stderr, "If you still want to enable it, type capital YES"
print >> sys.stderr, ""
prompt = raw_input ("Do you want enable PV USB support? ")
if prompt == "YES":
open(pvusb_enable_flagfile, "w").close()
else:
exit(1)
if hasattr(os, "geteuid") and os.geteuid() == 0:
if not options.force_root:
print >> sys.stderr, "*** Running this tool as root is strongly discouraged, this will lead you in permissions problems."