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Uses new Rust 2024
| new 0.13.0 | Mar 3, 2026 |
|---|---|
| 0.12.0 | Sep 19, 2025 |
| 0.11.0 | May 12, 2025 |
| 0.9.0 | Jan 31, 2025 |
| 0.1.0 | Sep 29, 2022 |
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VirtIO-drivers-rs
VirtIO guest drivers in Rust. For no_std environment.
Support status
Device types
| Device | Supported |
|---|---|
| Block | ✅ |
| Net | ✅ |
| GPU | ✅ |
| Input | ✅ |
| Console | ✅ |
| Socket | ✅ |
| Sound | ✅ |
| RNG | ✅ |
| 9P | ✅ |
| ... | ❌ |
Transports
| Transport | Supported | |
|---|---|---|
| Legacy MMIO | ✅ | version 1 |
| MMIO | ✅ | version 2 |
| PCI | ✅ | Memory-mapped CAM only, e.g. aarch64 or PCIe ECAM |
Device-independent features
| Feature flag | Supported | |
|---|---|---|
VIRTIO_F_INDIRECT_DESC |
✅ | Indirect descriptors |
VIRTIO_F_EVENT_IDX |
✅ | avail_event and used_event fields |
VIRTIO_F_VERSION_1 |
TODO | VirtIO version 1 compliance |
VIRTIO_F_ACCESS_PLATFORM |
❌ | Limited device access to memory |
VIRTIO_F_RING_PACKED |
❌ | Packed virtqueue layout |
VIRTIO_F_IN_ORDER |
❌ | Optimisations for in-order buffer usage |
VIRTIO_F_ORDER_PLATFORM |
❌ | Platform ordering for memory access |
VIRTIO_F_SR_IOV |
❌ | Single root I/O virtualization |
VIRTIO_F_NOTIFICATION_DATA |
❌ | Extra data in device notifications |
Examples & Tests
x86_64
cd examples/x86_64
make qemu
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.
Dependencies
~0.9–1.5MB
~26K SLoC