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If you're new to GPU Virtualization start by reading the Introduction article.
An absence of critical technical documentation has historically slowed growth and adoption of developer ecosystems for GPU virtualization.
This CC-BY-4.0 licensed content can either be used with attribution, or used as inspiration for new documentation, created by GPU vendors for public commercial distribution as developer documentation.
Where possible, this documentation will clearly label dates and versions of observed-but-not-guaranteed behaviour vs. vendor-documented stable interfaces/behaviour with guarantees of forward or backward compatibility.
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Abstract
Design Documents
GVM Integration Documents
GVM [Nvidia Open Kernel Modules] (support documentation up-to-date)
GVM [AMDGPU] (support documentation not up-to-date)
Projects
Device Support
Software Support
GPU Software Bill Of Materials (SBOM)
API Documentation
Kernel APIs
Kernel.org Driver Core Documentation
NT Kernel (Windows) IOMMU-based GPU Isolation
Driver APIs
Sample Code
GPLv2 sources mirrored from elixir.bootlin.com with simple makefile changes.
mtty.c - mdpy.c - mdpy-fb.c - mdpy-defs.h - mbochs.c
Virtualization APIs
QEMU Machine Protocol (QMP) Reference Manual
Inter-VM Shared Memory (IVSHMEM)
User Guides
Looking Glass Quickstart Guide
Developer Guides
Linux Device Drivers (3rd Edition)
Data Plane Development Kit: IVSHMEM Programming Guide
Specifications
Hyper-V Hypervisor Top Level Functional Specification (TLFS)