[Bug 207630] Handbook Section 21.6.2 "VirtualBox USB Support" should be updated to reflect unsupported USB 2.0/3.0

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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=207630

            Bug ID: 207630
           Summary: Handbook Section 21.6.2 "VirtualBox USB Support"
                    should be updated to reflect unsupported USB 2.0/3.0
           Product: Documentation
           Version: Latest
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Some People
          Priority: ---
         Component: Documentation
          Assignee: freebsd-doc at FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: fnoyanisi at yahoo.com

Hi,

Apparently, Oracle does not officially support FreeBSD as a host operating
system [1], and their latest extension pack (VirtualBox 5.0.14 Oracle VM
VirtualBox Extension Pack), which can be downloaded from [2], is not available
for FreeBSD hosts.

This extension pack enables USB 2.0/3.0 communication ports to be enabled/used
in the guest operating system. Oracle's description for the extension pack is

"Support for USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 devices, VirtualBox RDP and PXE boot for Intel
cards..."

Unfortunately, without this package, FreeBSD host operating system cannot pass
the USB port to the guest OS. Even though the user follows steps given in
Section 21.6.2 of FreeBSD Handbook properly, it is not possible to get USB
2.0/3.0 work in the guest OS. There is a forum thread on the topic [4]

The relevant chapter in the handbook [3] should be updated to reflect this
issue to ovoid being over-promising.

[1] https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/8073
[2] https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
[3] https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/virtualization-host-virtualbox.html
[4] https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/47579/

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