[libvirt] [PATCH 0/3] Make UEFI firmware config simpler

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 01:14:42PM -0400, Cole Robinson wrote:
> On 10/03/2016 11:49 AM, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> > This series lets apps enabled UEFI for a guest by
> > simply doing
> > 
> >   <loader firmware='uefi'/>
> > 
> > with the other (existing) attributes being auto-filled
> > with correct QEMU specific defaults.
> > 
> 
> Wasn't clear from the commit messages, but just listing explicitly that after
> these patches the secboot firmware can be selected with:
> 
>   <loader firmware='uefi' secure='on'/>
> 
> correct?

Yeah, that should work.

> I think from virt-manager's perspective this is all sufficient, though we may
> continue to use the old method since it allows us to list multiple rom+nvram
> pairs if they exist (like system packages vs the upstream binaries). But
> certainly I think this interface is what tools like oz will want, to simplify
> the 'just give me uefi' case
> 
> Still though, the ./configure option isn't very flexible and is getting pretty
> unwieldy. I figure at some point we are going to need to do something akin to
> gerd's suggested /etc/libvirt/firmware.d
> 
> https://www.redhat.com/archives/virt-tools-list/2014-September/msg00145.html

This matches up with Rich Jones' request from libguestfs POV - I think
its really a QEMU level config rather than libvirt though, eg /etc/qemu
material


Regards,
Daniel
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