- Package:
- src:libvirt
- Source:
- libvirt
- Submitter:
- Christoph Anton Mitterer
- Date:
- 2017-10-27 22:27:03 UTC
- Severity:
- wishlist
Hi.
IMHO it would be helpful to add a README.Debian with instructions about
how one can male libvirt based systems using the ovmf firmware, e.g.
OVMF and libvirt
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In order to make libvirt managed QEMU VMs use another system firmware (than the
default) one has to set the pathname of the firmware file in the
“domain/os/loader” element of the VM’s XML-configuration.
For example:
<domain type='kvm'>
<name>Virtual-Machine-Name</name>
<uuid>df03d579-9a26-4724-bf54-f9c339b1359f</uuid>
<os>
<type>hvm</type>
<loader>/usr/share/ovmf/OVMF.fd</loader>
…
</os>
…
</domain>
Note, that the XML-configuration cannot be edited directly but for example via:
# virsh edit Virtual-Machine-Name
For more information see:
• Documentation in the package libvirt-doc
file:///usr/share/doc/libvirt-doc/formatdomain.html#elementsOSBIOS
• Online Documentation
http://libvirt.org/formatdomain.html#elementsOSBIOS
The documentation requested describes an interface of libvirt, not of OVMF. It would make more sense to me that this documentation be maintained in the libvirt package so it can be kept up to date and in sync with the interface itself.