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From 19b683f075d11b920552990d16b9a7a82eed12e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
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From: Andrea Bolognani <abologna@redhat.com>
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Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2022 19:32:32 +0100
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Subject: [PATCH] virt-install: Recommend '--boot uefi'
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Firmware autoselection is the way to go in most cases, so
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recommend that instead of telling users that they should provide
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all information manually.
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Signed-off-by: Andrea Bolognani <abologna@redhat.com>
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(cherry picked from commit f2b5aaf458764ec7ecf105038e5f2f7cc26b6c17)
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Resolves: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2112154
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Signed-off-by: Jonathon Jongsma <jjongsma@redhat.com>
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---
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man/virt-install.rst | 4 ++--
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1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/man/virt-install.rst b/man/virt-install.rst
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index 3a6e8dcd2..684f22655 100644
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--- a/man/virt-install.rst
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+++ b/man/virt-install.rst
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@@ -955,13 +955,13 @@ Some examples:
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Configure the VM to boot from UEFI. In order for virt-install to know the
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correct UEFI parameters, libvirt needs to be advertising known UEFI binaries
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via domcapabilities XML, so this will likely only work if using properly
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- configured distro packages.
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+ configured distro packages. This is the recommended UEFI setup.
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``--boot loader=/.../OVMF_CODE.fd,loader.readonly=yes,loader.type=pflash,nvram.template=/.../OVMF_VARS.fd,loader_secure=no``
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Specify that the virtual machine use the custom OVMF binary as boot firmware,
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mapped as a virtual flash chip. In addition, request that libvirt instantiate
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the VM-specific UEFI varstore from the custom "/.../OVMF_VARS.fd" varstore
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- template. This is the recommended UEFI setup, and should be used if
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+ template. This setup is not recommended, and should only be used if
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--boot uefi doesn't know about your UEFI binaries. If your UEFI firmware
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supports Secure boot feature you can enable it via loader_secure.
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--
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2.39.1
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