Hardware

Drivers and hardware support: PCI and Plug and Play, interrupt controllers, ACPI and power, security hardware, kernel modules, device firmware, the Device Manager, core built-in drivers, hypervisor guest support, USB, input, touchpads, storage controllers, networking, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, display, audio, sensors, serial and debug I/O, game controllers, cameras, printers, docks, and driver and bare-metal certification.

Roadmap Overviews

One page per drivers and hardware roadmap file, each following the page contract.

Document	Topics
PCI, Plug and Play and Resource Manager	Locked config access, boot scan, D-state transitions, planned device tree and allocator
APIC and Interrupt Routing	Local and I/O APIC, vector allocator, timer calibration, planned x2APIC and shootdown
ACPI and Power Management	Table parsing, dormant ACPICA, power button and shutdown, refused S3 and S4
Security Hardware and DMA Safety	SMEP and SMAP status, random generator, TPM transport, Secure Boot, planned IOMMU and CET
Kernel Module System	Built-in drivers today, `.kmod` format tag, planned loader and driver model
Firmware Loader and Device Blobs	Planned `request_firmware()`, manifests, hashing and licence audit
Device Manager and Driver Diagnostics	Where device facts live today, planned registry, `lspci` and window
Core Built-in Drivers	HPET clock, polled NVMe, per-driver MSI, planned ECAM and hot-plug
Hypervisor Abstraction and Guest Support	Hypervisor detection, VirtualBox and VirtIO pointers, planned guest additions
USB Stack	xHCI host, boot HID and mass storage, planned core layer, hubs and class drivers
Input System	PS/2 keyboard and mouse, merged input sources, planned layouts and wheel
I2C and Precision Touchpad	Why I2C touchpads do not work yet and the planned stack
Storage Controllers and Removable Media	Block-device table, AHCI, ATAPI, VirtIO-blk, USB and NVMe disks
Network Drivers	The built-in RTL8139, the Ethernet layer, planned e1000, VirtIO-net and 2.5 GbE modules
Wi-Fi Drivers	Planned Wi-Fi manager, chip drivers, WPA2 supplicant and `netsh wlan`
Bluetooth	Planned in-kernel HCI, L2CAP, profiles, pairing and `btctl`
GPU and Display Drivers	GOP framebuffer, Bochs page flip, planned display drivers and multi-head
Audio Drivers	Planned audio interface, AC97, HDA, VirtIO Sound and USB audio
Hardware Monitoring and Sensors	The embedded controller transport, planned sensor class and events
Serial, Parallel and Debug I/O	The kernel console UART and crash path, planned COM devices, LPT, GPIO and SPI
Game Controllers and Haptics	Why gamepads are ignored today, planned controller class and rumble
Cameras and Imaging Devices	Planned UVC driver, privacy enforcement and scanner class
Printing and Scanning Device Path	Planned USB printer class, IPP-over-USB hand-off and multifunction devices
Docking, Thunderbolt and USB4	Planned dock topology, Thunderbolt security and external DMA report
Driver Hardware Certification Matrix	Boot certification today, planned per-driver matrix and release gate

Validation

Document	Topics
Bare-Metal Boot Lab Inventory	Certification classes and manual evidence for real hardware

Specifications

Reference specifications live outside the docs tree, grouped by area:

Area	Scope
CPU	x86-64 Long Mode, AMD64, Intel SDM
Bus	PCI and PCIe enumeration, BAR mapping
Firmware	ACPI tables, UEFI boot services
Interrupts	APIC, I/O APIC, interrupt routing