Crate firmware_pcat

PCAT BIOS helper device.

A bespoke virtual device that works in-tandem with the custom Hyper-V PCAT BIOS running within the guest.

Provides interfaces to fetch various bits of VM machine topology and configuration, along with hooks into various VMM runtime services (e.g: event logging, efficient busy-waiting, generation ID, etc…).

Modules

• config
  Static config info which gets queried by the PCAT BIOS.

Structs

• PcatBiosDevice
  PCAT BIOS helper device.
• PcatBiosRuntimeDeps
  PCAT device runtime dependencies.

Enums

• PcatBiosDeviceInitError
  Errors which may occur during PCAT BIOS helper device initialization.
• PcatEvent
  PCAT event

Traits

• PcatLogger
  Platform interface to emit PCAT events.

Functions

• default_cmos_values
  Returns the default values PCAT BIOS expects to find in RTC CMOS memory.