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- Specifications like these are best developed as open specifications and just like open-source code, it should stand on the shoulders of previous work.
It A virtual platform specification should be built upon already published work, where VIRTIO is the most prominent standard we have found, but add to it if this is not enough. It is clear seems that the automotive industry needs to do more and that it may needs to extend some areas. At minimum it should review and bolster support for the parts most needed in the automotive industry, clarify which parts are required vs optional, and this work result should (will) one way or another make sure that different automotive initiatives combine into common agreements.
The project group has discussed and found consensus on how that automotive virtual platform specification should be donecan achieve this:
For an automotive virtualized platform, VIRTIO is primarily a starting point because the defined devices enable running only basic system functionality but lack the multimedia and other although increasing in breadth over time. Participating companies in this Hypervisor Group are also involved in proposing new functionality in future VIRTIO specifications, to cover audio, multimedia, and hardware accelerators and other unique hardware devices often found in automotive environments.
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