.. _hld-emulated-devices:

Emulated devices high-level design
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Full virtualization device models can typically
reuse existing native device drivers to avoid implementing front-end
drivers. ACRN implements several fully virtualized devices, as
documented in this section.

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 1

   usb-virt-hld
   UART virtualization <uart-virt-hld>
   Watchdoc virtualization <watchdog-hld>
   AHCI virtualization <ahci-hld>
   GVT-g GPU Virtualization <hld-APL_GVT-g>
   System timer virtualization <system-timer-hld>
   UART emulation in hypervisor <vuart-virt-hld>
   RTC emulation in hypervisor <rtc-virt-hld>
   Hostbridge emulation <hostbridge-virt-hld>
   AT keyboard controller emulation <atkbdc-virt-hld>
   Split Device Model <split-dm>
   Shared memory based inter-vm communication <ivshmem-hld>