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title: On paravirtualized hardware
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In this section, the focus is oriented towards Virtual I/O Devices (VIRTIO), also known as the `virtio` family of devices:
> This list is not meant to be exhaustive
{.is-info}
## Graphical frame buffer
* [`virtio-gpu`](/virt/virtio/gpu): paravirtual GPU.
* Provides a subset of the host GPU capabilities to a guest virtual machine
* [`virtio-gpu`](/virt/virtio/gpu):
* Paravirtual GPU that provides a subset of the host GPU capabilities to a guest virtual machine
## Video decoding/encoding
* [`virtio-video`](/virt/virtio/video): paravirtual video device
* Provides encoding and decoding capabilities to a guest virtual machine
* [`virtio-video`](/virt/virtio/video):
* Paravirtual video device that provides encoding and decoding capabilities to a guest virtual machine
## Sound
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* [`virtio-blk`](/virt/virtio/blk)
* [`virtio-scsi`](/virt/virtio/scsi)
* [`virtio-fs`](/virt/virtio/fs)
## Network
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## Input devices
* [`virtio-kbd`](/virt/virtio/blk)
* [`virtio-`](/virt/virtio/scsi)
* [`virtio-tablet`](/virt/virtio/tabket)
## Miscellaneous
* [`virtio-rng`](/virt/virtio/rng)
* [`virtio-crypto`](/virt/virtio/crypto)
* [`virtio-balloon`](/virt/virtio/balloon)
* [`virtio-iommu`](/virt/virtio/iommu)
* [`virtio-console`](/virt/virtio/console)
## Virtual I/O Devices specifications
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* Below is a table showing support of `virtio` devices depending on the specification version
| **Paravirtual device** | Spec 1.0 | Spec 1.1 | Spec 1.2 |
| **Paravirtual device** | Spec. 1.0 | Spec. 1.1 | Spec. 1.2 |
| :- | :-: | :-: | :-: |
| *virtio-gpu* | No | No | **Yes** |
| *virtio-video* | No | No | **Yes** |
| *virtio-snd* | No | No | **Yes** |
| *virtio-blk* | No | No | No |
| *virtio-scsi* | No | No | No |
| *virtio-fs* | No | No | No |
| *virtio-net* | No | No | No |
| *virtio-keyboard* | No | No | No |
| *virtio-tablet* | No | No | No |
| *virtio-wayland* | No | No | No |
| *virtio-console* | No | No | No |
| *`virtio-gpu`* | No | **Yes** | **Yes** |
| *`virtio-video`* | No | No | **Yes** |
| *`virtio-snd`* | No | No | **Yes** |
| *`virtio-blk`* | **Yes** | **Yes** | **Yes** |
| *`virtio-scsi`* | **Yes** | **Yes** | **Yes** |
| *`virtio-fs`* | No | No | ? |
| *`virtio-net`* | **Yes** | **Yes** | **Yes** |
| *`virtio-keyboard`* | No | No | ? |
| *`virtio-tablet`* | No | No | ? |
| *`virtio-wayland`* | No | No | ? |
| *`virtio-console`* | **Yes** | **Yes** | **Yes** |
## Resources