[PATCH] Reserve device ID 51 for Virtio HAB (Host-Guest Auxiliary Bridge) device

Zelong Ren <[email protected]> Thu, 2 Jul 2026 22:09:30 +0800
Newsgroups dev.linux.lists.virtio-comment
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Virtio HAB device is an inter-VM IPC and shared-memory device
intended for multi-VM systems.

Virtio HAB provides named service channels between guest VMs
and primary/service VM, primarily targeting platform-specific
hardware accelerators and system services (deployed in Qualcomm
automotive platforms).

It also supports bi-directional zero-copy shared-memory lifecycle
operations (export/unexport/import/unimport).

The driver is shipping in Qualcomm automotive IVI products,
supports Gunyah, QNX, Green Hills, Red Bend and Xen hypervisors
(KVM in progress), and is being prepared for Linux kernel upstreaming.

Signed-off-by: Zelong Ren <[email protected]>
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 content.tex | 2 ++
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diff --git a/content.tex b/content.tex
index 243ce2d..25837d8 100644
--- a/content.tex
+++ b/content.tex
@@ -805,6 +805,8 @@ \chapter{Device Types}\label{sec:Device Types}
 \hline
 50         &   Video encoder/decoder device \\
 \hline
+51         &   HAB (Host-Guest Auxiliary Bridge) device \\
+\hline
 \end{longtable}
 
 Some of the devices above are unspecified by this document,
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