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QNX Hypervisor and QNX Hypervisor for Safety
The QNX Hypervisor and QNX Hypervisor for Safety products allow you to run multiple OSs on a target system so you can separate critical and non-critical functions, support a wide variety of applications, and reduce hardware costs.
Virtual Device Developer's API Reference
The Virtual Device Developer's API Reference presents the QNX hypervisor public virtual device (vdev) API. It is intended for use by developers writing virtual devices (vdevs) in a QNX hypervisor system.
types.h
vdev API base types
vdev_t
Data type for representing a structure with vdev information

QNX Momentics IDE User's Guide
This User's Guide describes version 8.0 of the Integrated Development Environment (IDE) that's part of the QNX Tool Suite.
QNX Software Development Platform
QNX SDP is a cross-compiling and debugging environment, including an IDE and command-line tools, for building binary images and programs for target boards running the QNX OS 8.0.
QNX Software in the Cloud
QNX Software in the Cloud enables developers to use the QNX software in Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure (Azure).
QNX Toolkit for Visual Studio Code
This User's Guide describes the QNX^® Toolkit for Visual Studio Code. The guide introduces you to the QNX Toolkit by explaining the QNX development environment and how to build, run, and debug your QNX^® Operating System (OS) applications and systems.
QNX Hypervisor and QNX Hypervisor for Safety
The QNX Hypervisor and QNX Hypervisor for Safety products allow you to run multiple OSs on a target system so you can separate critical and non-critical functions, support a wide variety of applications, and reduce hardware costs.
- User's Guide
  This User's Guide explains the QNX hypervisor architecture and provides instructions for installing and running a QNX hypervisor system, changing system components and configuration, and using hypervisor features such as virtual devices (vdevs).
- Virtual Device Developer's Guide
  The Virtual Device Developer's Guide is intended for use by developers writing virtual devices (vdevs) in a QNX hypervisor system.
- Virtual Device Developer's API Reference
  The Virtual Device Developer's API Reference presents the QNX hypervisor public virtual device (vdev) API. It is intended for use by developers writing virtual devices (vdevs) in a QNX hypervisor system.
  - Function Safety
    This section provides an overview of the restrictions that may apply when using the functions in this API.
  - aarch64/vmid.h
    Functions to access a guest's VMID (ARM)
  - abi.h
    Application binary interface (ABI) information
  - cdev.h
    Support routines for virtual character devices
  - firmware.h
    Functions for working with the firmware components of the VM presented to the guest
  - gasp.h
    Definitions and functions for working in guest address spaces
  - guest.h
    Controls for manipulating a guest system
  - hpci.h
    Host PCI interface for vdevs
  - hw_pci.h
    PCI support for vdevs
  - log.h
    Controls for logging messages
  - types.h
    vdev API base types
    - Definitions in types.h
      Preprocessor macro definitions for the types.h header file
    - fw_table_payload_fmt_t
      Table payload formats
    - gasp_region
      Description of a guest resource
    - gasp_region_flags_t
      Data type for flags describing guest address space regions
    - guest_intr_t
      Virtual interrupt information
    - guest_intr_assign_type_t
      Interrupt types
    - guest_intr_level_t
      Data type for storing the level of an interrupt line
    - guest_intr_notifications_t
      Data type for flags describing when to call the interrupt handler for an interrupt on a PIC vdev
    - guest_intr_state_t
      Data type for guest interrupt states
    - qvm_sched_info
      Scheduling information for pulses and threads
    - qvm_state_block
      Base structure to describe a data element (typically in the guest)
    - qvm_state_flags_t
      Data type for storing qvm state flags
    - qvm_state_types_t
      Data type for storing the type of a qvm_state_block object
    - vdev_t
      Data type for representing a structure with vdev information
  - utils.h
    Miscellaneous utility functions
  - vdev-core.h
    Definitions and functions that support vdev control functions and callbacks
  - vio.h
    Definitions and functions for working with VIRTIO vdevs
  - vpci.h
    Controls for virtual PCI (vPCI) devices
  - wdog.h
    Constants, data types, and functions to support virtual watchdog devices
  - x86_64/apic.h
    Definitions for the virtual APIC bus (x86)
Typographical Conventions, Support, and Licensing
This section describes the typographical conventions used throughout the documentation, explains how to obtain technical support, and provides some information about licensing.

vdev_t

Data type for representing a structure with vdev information

Synopsis:

#include <qvm/types.h>

typedef struct vdev_s vdev_t;

Description:

The vdev_t data type represents the vdev_s structure, which stores vdev information. The data type is used for arguments given to vdev configuration functions.

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