virtio-to-date

Best-effort current status of VIRTIO spec and VIRTIO implementations (drivers and backends for devices/transports). To suggest a change, submit a PR. Generated on:

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Devices

device iddevice ID reserved in Introduced in
1network card (virtio-net) VIRTIO-v1.0VIRTIO-v1.0
2block device (virtio-blk) VIRTIO-v1.0VIRTIO-v1.0
3console (virtio-console) VIRTIO-v1.0VIRTIO-v1.0
4entropy source (virtio-rng) VIRTIO-v1.0VIRTIO-v1.0
5memory ballooning (traditional) (virtio-balloon)VIRTIO-v1.0VIRTIO-v1.0
6ioMemory (virtio-iomem) VIRTIO-v1.0❌
7rpmsg VIRTIO-v1.0❌
8SCSI host (virtio-scsi) VIRTIO-v1.0VIRTIO-v1.0
99P transport (virtio-9p) VIRTIO-v1.0❌
10mac80211 wlan VIRTIO-v1.0❌
11rproc serial VIRTIO-v1.0❌
12virtio CAIF VIRTIO-v1.0❌
13memory balloon VIRTIO-v1.0❌
16GPU device (virtio-gpu) VIRTIO-v1.0VIRTIO-v1.1
17Timer/Clock device (virtio-rtc) VIRTIO-v1.0VIRTIO-v1.4
18Input device (virtio-input) VIRTIO-v1.0VIRTIO-v1.1
19Socket device (virtio-vsock) VIRTIO-v1.1VIRTIO-v1.1
20Crypto device (virtio-crypto) VIRTIO-v1.1VIRTIO-v1.1
21Signal Distribution Module VIRTIO-v1.1❌
22pstore device VIRTIO-v1.1❌
23IOMMU device (virtio-iommu) VIRTIO-v1.1VIRTIO-v1.2
24Memory device (virtio-mem) VIRTIO-v1.2VIRTIO-v1.2
25Sound device (virtio-snd) VIRTIO-v1.2VIRTIO-v1.2
26file system device (virtio-fs) VIRTIO-v1.2VIRTIO-v1.2
27PMEM device (virtio-pmem) VIRTIO-v1.2VIRTIO-v1.2
28RPMB device (virtio-rpmb) VIRTIO-v1.2VIRTIO-v1.2
29mac80211 hwsim wireless simulation device VIRTIO-v1.2❌
30Video encoder device VIRTIO-v1.2❌
31Video decoder device VIRTIO-v1.2❌
32SCMI device (virtio-scmi) VIRTIO-v1.2VIRTIO-v1.2
33NitroSecureModule VIRTIO-v1.2❌
34I2C adapter (virtio-i2c) VIRTIO-v1.2VIRTIO-v1.2
35Watchdog VIRTIO-v1.2❌
36CAN device (virtio-can) VIRTIO-v1.2VIRTIO-v1.4
38Parameter Server VIRTIO-v1.2❌
39Audio policy device VIRTIO-v1.2❌
40Bluetooth device VIRTIO-v1.2❌
41GPIO device (virtio-gpio) VIRTIO-v1.2VIRTIO-v1.2
42RDMA device VIRTIO-v1.2❌
43Camera device (virtio-camera) VIRTIO-v1.3❌
44ISM device VIRTIO-v1.3❌
45SPI controller (virtio-spi) VIRTIO-v1.3VIRTIO-v1.4
46TEE device VIRTIO-v1.4❌
47CPU balloon device VIRTIO-v1.4❌
48Media device (virtio-media) VIRTIO-v1.4VIRTIO-v1.4
49USB controller (virtio-usb) VIRTIO-v1.4❌

Device backends

device standardized in QEMU vhost-user protocol Linux kernel vhost-accelerated
virtio-net VIRTIO-v1.0✅ ❌ vhost_net: drivers/vhost/net.c
virtio-blk VIRTIO-v1.0✅ https://www.qemu.org/docs/master/tools/qemu-storage-daemon.html ❌
virtio-console VIRTIO-v1.0✅ https://github.com/rust-vmm/vhost-device/tree/main/vhost-device-console❌
virtio-rng VIRTIO-v1.0✅ https://github.com/rust-vmm/vhost-device/tree/main/vhost-device-rng ❌
virtio-balloon VIRTIO-v1.0✅ ❌ ❌
virtio-iomem ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌
virtio-scsi VIRTIO-v1.0✅ https://github.com/rust-vmm/vhost-device/tree/main/vhost-device-scsi vhost_scsi: drivers/vhost/scsi.c
virtio-9p ❌ ✅ ❌ ❌
virtio-gpu VIRTIO-v1.1✅ https://github.com/rust-vmm/vhost-device/tree/main/vhost-device-gpu ❌
virtio-rtc VIRTIO-v1.4❌ https://github.com/rust-vmm/vhost-device/tree/main/vhost-device-rtc ❌
virtio-input VIRTIO-v1.1✅ https://github.com/rust-vmm/vhost-device/tree/main/vhost-device-input ❌
virtio-vsock VIRTIO-v1.1❌ https://github.com/rust-vmm/vhost-device/tree/main/vhost-device-vsock vhost_vsock: drivers/vhost/vsock.c
virtio-cryptoVIRTIO-v1.1✅ ❌ ❌
virtio-iommu VIRTIO-v1.2✅ ❌ ❌
virtio-mem VIRTIO-v1.2❌ ❌ ❌
virtio-snd VIRTIO-v1.2✅ https://github.com/rust-vmm/vhost-device/tree/main/vhost-device-sound ❌
virtio-fs VIRTIO-v1.2❌ https://virtio-fs.gitlab.io/ ❌
virtio-pmem VIRTIO-v1.2✅ ❌ ❌
virtio-rpmb VIRTIO-v1.2❌ ❌ ❌
virtio-scmi VIRTIO-v1.2❌ https://github.com/rust-vmm/vhost-device/tree/main/vhost-device-scmi ❌
virtio-i2c VIRTIO-v1.2❌ https://github.com/rust-vmm/vhost-device/tree/main/vhost-device-i2c ❌
virtio-can VIRTIO-v1.4❌ https://github.com/rust-vmm/vhost-device/tree/main/vhost-device-can ❌
virtio-gpio VIRTIO-v1.2❌ https://github.com/rust-vmm/vhost-device/tree/main/vhost-device-gpio ❌
virtio-camera❌ ❌ ❌ ❌
virtio-spi VIRTIO-v1.4❌ https://github.com/rust-vmm/vhost-device/tree/main/vhost-device-spi ❌
virtio-media VIRTIO-v1.4❌ ❌ ❌
virtio-usb ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌

Device frontends (drivers)

device standardized in Linux FreeBSD NetBSD Redox OS Microsoft Windows (*)
virtio-net VIRTIO-v1.0✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
virtio-blk VIRTIO-v1.0✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
virtio-console VIRTIO-v1.0✅ ✅ ✅ ❌ ✅
virtio-rng VIRTIO-v1.0✅ ✅ ✅ ❌ ✅
virtio-balloon VIRTIO-v1.0✅ ❌ ✅ ❌ ✅
virtio-iomem ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌
virtio-scsi VIRTIO-v1.0✅ ✅ ✅ ❌ ✅
virtio-9p ❌ ✅ ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌
virtio-gpu VIRTIO-v1.1✅ ✅ ❌ ✅ ✅
virtio-rtc VIRTIO-v1.4✅ ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌
virtio-input VIRTIO-v1.1✅ ❌ ❌ ❌ ✅
virtio-vsock VIRTIO-v1.1✅ ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌
virtio-cryptoVIRTIO-v1.1✅ ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌
virtio-iommu VIRTIO-v1.2✅ ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌
virtio-mem VIRTIO-v1.2✅ ❌ ❌ ❌ ✅
virtio-snd VIRTIO-v1.2✅ ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌
virtio-fs VIRTIO-v1.2✅ ❌ ❌ ❌ ✅
virtio-pmem VIRTIO-v1.2✅ ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌
virtio-rpmb VIRTIO-v1.2❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌
virtio-scmi VIRTIO-v1.2✅ ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌
virtio-i2c VIRTIO-v1.2✅ ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌
virtio-can VIRTIO-v1.4❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌
virtio-gpio VIRTIO-v1.2✅ ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌
virtio-camera❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌
virtio-spi VIRTIO-v1.4❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌
virtio-media VIRTIO-v1.4❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌
virtio-usb ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌