Virtio-Loopback: A Hardware Abstraction Layer for Non-Virtualized Environments

Explore the virtio-loopback Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) for non-virtualized environments in this 35-minute conference talk by Michele Paolino from Virtual Open Systems. Learn about the design and implementation of virtio-loopback, a project drafted by the Virtualization Expert Group (EG-VIRT) to abstract hardware dependencies for the AGL framework and applications. Discover how this technology enables user space programs to run unmodified across real hardware, virtualized systems, and cloud environments. Gain insights into the objectives, architecture, and results of the virtio-loopback implementation, and understand its potential impact on software portability and hardware abstraction in non-virtualized settings.