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# Emulated chipsets

## Description

> There are two kinds of emulated chipsets that are currently supported by Phyllome OS: `i440fx`, `Q35`. Eventually, the `virt` model, which ships alongside the Cloud Hypervisor, will also be supported. 
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| **Support** | i440fx | Q35 | virt |
| :- | :-: | :-: | :-: |
| *Firmware* | SeaBIOS OVMF | SeaBIOS OVMF | Rust firmware |
| *PS/2 devices* | **Yes** | **Yes** | No | 
| *USB Controller* | **Yes** | **Yes** | ? | 
| *SATA Controller* | No | **Yes** | ? |
| *IDE Controller* | Yes | No | No |
| *Floppy Controller* | **Yes** | No | No |
| *TPM Support* | No | **Yes** | ? |
| *PCI-Express Bus* | No | **Yes** | **Yes** |
| *PCI Bus* | **Yes** | No | No |
| Virtual Function I/O | No | **Yes** | **Yes** |

## Dedicated page (upcoming)

> To be created and populated. It would be great to talk about these virtual chipsets versions (now there is the `Q35 6.1`). is there any breaking changes between revisions?
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* `i440fx`
* `Q35`
* `virt`

## Resources

* [Official documentation](https://wiki.qemu.org/Features/Q35) on Q35