VirtIO-drivers-rs

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VirtIO guest drivers in Rust. For no_std environment.

Support status

Device types

DeviceSupported
Block
Net
GPU
Input
Console
Socket
Sound
RNG
9P
...

Transports

TransportSupported
Legacy MMIOversion 1
MMIOversion 2
PCIMemory-mapped CAM only, e.g. aarch64 or PCIe ECAM

Device-independent features

Feature flagSupported
VIRTIO_F_INDIRECT_DESCIndirect descriptors
VIRTIO_F_EVENT_IDXavail_event and used_event fields
VIRTIO_F_VERSION_1TODOVirtIO version 1 compliance
VIRTIO_F_ACCESS_PLATFORMLimited device access to memory
VIRTIO_F_RING_PACKEDPacked virtqueue layout
VIRTIO_F_IN_ORDEROptimisations for in-order buffer usage
VIRTIO_F_ORDER_PLATFORMPlatform ordering for memory access
VIRTIO_F_SR_IOVSingle root I/O virtualization
VIRTIO_F_NOTIFICATION_DATAExtra data in device notifications

Examples & Tests

x86_64

cd examples/x86_64
make qemu          # plain 2D virtio-gpu; the virgl 3D tests are skipped
make qemu gl=on    # GL-capable virtio-gpu; runs the virgl 3D & blob tests

gl=on attaches a virtio-gpu-gl-pci device (with blob=on) and needs a QEMU built with virglrenderer/OpenGL support. Without it the 3D tests are skipped at runtime (has_virgl() is false), so hosts without GL are unaffected.

aarch64

cd examples/aarch64
make qemu

RISCV

cd examples/riscv
make qemu

hexagon

cd examples/hexagon
make qemu

You will see device info & GUI Window in qemu.