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RSoC: VirtIO - 1

See merge request !324

content/news/rsoc-virtio-1.md

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+title = "RSoC: virtio drivers - 1"
+author = "Andy-Python-Programmer"
+date = "2023-06-28"
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+
+## Introduction
+Hello everyone, I am [Anhad Singh](https://github.com/Andy-Python-Programmer/) and I am working on `virtio` drivers for 
+Redox OS as part of RSoC 2023 :^)
+
+## What is VirtIO?
+Briefly, VirtIO is a standardized interface which allows the guest operating system to accesses simplified virtual
+devices such as block storage, networking adaptors and graphic cards. The VirtIO devices are minimal since they are 
+implemented with the bare necessities to be able to send and recieve data.
+
+<img src="/img/virtio.png" class="img-responsive" alt="virtio overview">
+
+## Why VirtIO?
+Full virtualization allows to run any operating system virtualized. However, the hypervisor is 
+required to emulate physical devices like graphic cards. This leads to slow performance due to the complexity 
+and inefficiency in the emulation process.
+
+Since Redox’s primary development happens by testing and running it in virtual machine, it makes sense to 
+efficiently make use of the virtual environment that it is being run in; getting the most out of the development 
+time.
+
+## What I have accomplished so far and whats next?
+So far into RSoC, I was able to get the `virtio-blk` and `virtio-net` drivers fully working. I continue to work on
+those drivers and get them upstreamed by this week. Next week I will start working on `virtio-gpu` to get a taste of 
+GPU acceleration on Redox 🙃🚀
+
+See you next week!