[libvirt] [PATCH v4 2/3] qemu: Implement extended loader and nvram

[Eric Blake]

On 08/21/2014 02:50 AM, Michal Privoznik wrote:
> QEMU now supports UEFI with the following command line:
> 
>   -drive file=/usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_CODE.fd,if=pflash,format=raw,unit=0,readonly=on \
>   -drive file=/usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_VARS.fd,if=pflash,format=raw,unit=1 \
> 
> where the first line reflects <loader> and the second one <nvram>.
> Moreover, these two lines obsoletes the -bios argument.

s/obsoletes/obsolete/

> 
> Note that UEFI is unusable without ACPI. This is handled properly now.
> Among with this extension, the variable file is expected to be
> writable and hence we need security drivers to label it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn at redhat.com>
> ---

> +    case VIR_DOMAIN_LOADER_TYPE_PFLASH:
> +        /* UEFI is supported only for x86_64 currently */
> +        if (def->os.arch != VIR_ARCH_X86_64) {
> +            virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED,
> +                           _("pflash is not supported for %s guest achitecture"),

s/achitecture/architecture/


> +
> +        if (loader->readonly) {
> +            if (!virQEMUCapsGet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_DRIVE_READONLY)) {
> +                virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s",
> +                               _("this qemu doesn't support passing "
> +                                 "readonly attribute"));
> +                goto cleanup;
> +            }
> +
> +            virBufferAsprintf(&buf, ",readonly=%s",
> +                              virTristateSwitchTypeToString(loader->readonly));
> +        }
> +
> +        virCommandAddArg(cmd, "-drive");
> +        virCommandAddArgBuffer(cmd, &buf);
> +
> +        if (loader->nvram) {
> +            virBufferFreeAndReset(&buf);
> +            virBufferAsprintf(&buf,
> +                              "file=%s,if=pflash,format=raw,unit=%d",
> +                              loader->nvram, unit);

Hmm.  Here, it looks like readonly='on' is supported ONLY for
type='pflash', and not for type='rom'.  In that case, I'd write the .rng
of patch 1 as (rough draft):

<element name='loader'>
  <choice>
    <group> <!-- bios, default loader type -->
      <optional>
        <attribute name='type'>
          <value>rom</value>
        </attribute>
      </optional>
    </group>
    <group> <!-- pflash, for OVMF use -->
      <attribute name='type'>
        <value>pflash</value>
      </attribute>
      <optional>
        <attribute name='readonly'...>
      </optional>
      <optional>
        nvram stuff...
      </optional>
    </group>
  </choice>
  <ref name='absFileName'>
</element>

-- 
Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

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