NAME

virtio — virtio framework driver

DESCRIPTION

The virtio driver provides a framework for other device drivers that implement specific types of virtio devices (network, block, etc.). The driver takes care of feature negotiation, virtqueue management, used and available rings, interrupts, and more. The driver provides support for both direct and indirect descriptors inside of virtqueues.

ARCHITECTURE

The virtio driver is only supported on x86.

FILES

/kernel/drv/amd64/virtio

x86 device driver.

SEE ALSO

vioblk(4D), vioif(4D), vioscsi(4D)

Virtual I/O Device (VIRTIO) Version 1.1, https://docs.oasis-open.org/virtio/virtio/v1.1/virtio-v1.1.html, April, 2019.