other: 0.939 device: 0.825 graphic: 0.751 performance: 0.723 semantic: 0.658 boot: 0.639 socket: 0.596 vnc: 0.538 permissions: 0.505 PID: 0.471 network: 0.421 files: 0.301 debug: 0.243 KVM: 0.231 Loading virtio-input-host-pci drivers before boot? To allow using passthrough devices in grub and other preboot menus? Currently virtio-input devices cannot be used before the kernel loads. This is not really a full bug but it would be much more useful if you can use the keyboard+mouse this way. This can not be fixed on the QEMU side. If you want to have virtio-input support in seabios or grub for example, you've got to ask the seabios or grub project to add it.