[libvirt-users] Cannot boot libvirt guests with OVMF. Raw qemu-kvm works as expected

Ryan Barry rbarry at redhat.com
Mon Aug 3 22:39:30 UTC 2015


On 08/03/2015 01:43 PM, Ryan Barry wrote:
> Using:
> 
> edk2.git-0-20150803.b1141.ga0973dc.x86_64
> edk2.git-ovmf-x64-0-20150802.b1139.gb234418.noarch
> 
> On Fedora 22.
> 
> Provisioning a i440FX system in virt-manager and attempting to boot
> results in successful EFI initialization, but the VM exits ungracefully
> after the bootloader (with F22 and CentOS 7 installer images). There's
> no really useful information in any of the logs.
> 
> Using qemu-kvm directly (qemu-kvm -bios
> /usr/share/edk2.git/ovmf-x64/OVMF_CODE-pure-efi.fd -m 1G -cdrom
> ~rbarry/Downloads/Fedora-Server-netinst-x86_64-22.iso) boots and loads
> successfully.

Just to update --

This appears to be related to secureboot. Using a VM which has secure
boot enabled is successful

> 
> What's the difference here? Where can I go for troubleshooting?
> 
> libvirt XML is below:
> 
> <domain type='kvm'>
>   <name>fedora22</name>
>   <uuid>7f363d28-881f-4240-97eb-9b8d49cfb282</uuid>
>   <memory unit='KiB'>2097152</memory>
>   <currentMemory unit='KiB'>2097152</currentMemory>
>   <vcpu placement='static'>1</vcpu>
>   <os>
>     <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-i440fx-2.3'>hvm</type>
>     <loader readonly='yes'
> type='pflash'>/usr/share/edk2.git/ovmf-x64/OVMF_CODE-pure-efi.fd</loader>
>     <nvram>/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/fedora22_VARS.fd</nvram>
>   </os>
>   <features>
>     <acpi/>
>     <apic/>
>     <pae/>
>   </features>
>   <cpu mode='custom' match='exact'>
>     <model fallback='allow'>Haswell-noTSX</model>
>   </cpu>
>   <clock offset='utc'>
>     <timer name='rtc' tickpolicy='catchup'/>
>     <timer name='pit' tickpolicy='delay'/>
>     <timer name='hpet' present='no'/>
>   </clock>
>   <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
>   <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
>   <on_crash>restart</on_crash>
>   <pm>
>     <suspend-to-mem enabled='no'/>
>     <suspend-to-disk enabled='no'/>
>   </pm>
>   <devices>
>     <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-kvm</emulator>
>     <disk type='file' device='disk'>
>       <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/>
>       <source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/fedora22.qcow2'/>
>       <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
>       <boot order='1'/>
>       <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x07'
> function='0x0'/>
>     </disk>
>     <disk type='file' device='cdrom'>
>       <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
>       <source
> file='/home/rbarry/Downloads/Fedora-Server-netinst-x86_64-22.iso'/>
>       <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
>       <readonly/>
>       <boot order='2'/>
>       <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
>     </disk>
>     <controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-ehci1'>
>       <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x06'
> function='0x7'/>
>     </controller>
>     <controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-uhci1'>
>       <master startport='0'/>
>       <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x06'
> function='0x0' multifunction='on'/>
>     </controller>
>     <controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-uhci2'>
>       <master startport='2'/>
>       <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x06'
> function='0x1'/>
>     </controller>
>     <controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-uhci3'>
>       <master startport='4'/>
>       <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x06'
> function='0x2'/>
>     </controller>
>     <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
>     <controller type='ide' index='0'>
>       <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01'
> function='0x1'/>
>     </controller>
>     <controller type='virtio-serial' index='0'>
>       <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x05'
> function='0x0'/>
>     </controller>
>     <interface type='network'>
>       <mac address='52:54:00:35:b6:00'/>
>       <source network='default'/>
>       <model type='virtio'/>
>       <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03'
> function='0x0'/>
>     </interface>
>     <serial type='pty'>
>       <target port='0'/>
>     </serial>
>     <console type='pty'>
>       <target type='serial' port='0'/>
>     </console>
>     <channel type='unix'>
>       <source mode='bind'
> path='/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/channel/target/fedora22.org.qemu.guest_agent.0'/>
>       <target type='virtio' name='org.qemu.guest_agent.0'/>
>       <address type='virtio-serial' controller='0' bus='0' port='1'/>
>     </channel>
>     <channel type='spicevmc'>
>       <target type='virtio' name='com.redhat.spice.0'/>
>       <address type='virtio-serial' controller='0' bus='0' port='2'/>
>     </channel>
>     <input type='tablet' bus='usb'/>
>     <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
>     <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/>
>     <graphics type='spice' autoport='yes'>
>       <image compression='off'/>
>     </graphics>
>     <sound model='ich6'>
>       <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x04'
> function='0x0'/>
>     </sound>
>     <video>
>       <model type='qxl' ram='65536' vram='65536' vgamem='16384' heads='1'/>
>       <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02'
> function='0x0'/>
>     </video>
>     <redirdev bus='usb' type='spicevmc'>
>     </redirdev>
>     <redirdev bus='usb' type='spicevmc'>
>     </redirdev>
>     <memballoon model='virtio'>
>       <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x08'
> function='0x0'/>
>     </memballoon>
>   </devices>
> </domain>
> 

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