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 Here is the list of device backends that we support:
 
 - [I2C](https://github.com/rust-vmm/vhost-device/blob/master/src/i2c/README.md)
+
+## Separation of Concerns
+
+The binaries built by this repository can be run with any VMM which
+can act as a vhost-user master. Typically they have been tested with
+[QEMU](https://www.qemu.org) although the rust-vmm project does
+provide a [vhost-user
+master](https://github.com/rust-vmm/vhost/tree/main/src/vhost_user)
+crate for rust based VMMs.
+
+While it's possible to implement all parts of the backend inside the
+vhost-device workspace consideration should be given to separating the
+VirtQueue handling and response logic to a crate in [vm-virtio
+devices](https://github.com/rust-vmm/vm-virtio/tree/main/crates/devices).
+This way a monolithic rust-vmm VMM implementation can reuse the core
+logic to service the virtio requests directly in the application.
+