Hi Nux, I think kvm is the same like VMware. Have a look here.
„Do I need a host with EFI firmware? No. The host's firmware is totally independent of the virtual machine's firmware, so BIOS hosts can run EFI virtual machines, and EFI hosts can run BIOS virtual machines. „ https://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-28494 Von > Am 27.03.2019 um 13:06 schrieb Nux! <n...@li.nux.ro>: > > Stupid question: does the hypervisor need to be running in EFI mode as well > for this to work properly? > > I don't think that's a requirement at all, but just making sure. I am > avoiding EFI like the plague, but at some point I'll need to bite the bullet. > > -- > Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology! > > Nux! > www.nux.ro > > ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Nathan Johnson" <njohn...@ena.com.INVALID> >> To: "dev" <dev@cloudstack.apache.org> >> Sent: Wednesday, 13 March, 2019 14:29:29 >> Subject: Proposal for EFI firmware support on KVM > >> I've put together an approach for EFI support that we would like to get some >> feedback on before I create a PR. Constructive criticism would be >> appreciated. >> >> I've added the following properties to be configured in the agent.properties: >> >> guest.loader.efi - boolean to switch efi on. This must be true before it >> will >> inject any <loader> entries into the domain xml >> guest.loader.image - this would be the path to the bios/efi image >> guest.loader.nvram - this optionally points to an nvram image >> >> >> Even when a host is configured so that it can use EFI, it will only actually >> create a virtual machine when both of the following conditions are met: >> >> 1) the host has guest.locader.efi set to true in its agent.properties >> 2) the vm has the vm details parameter efi=true >> >> At present there is no automatic way for the management server to know in >> advance which hosts have EFI enabled. I suppose this could be approximated >> using tags. It might be nice to make this more automatic, and have the >> resource planner aware of the efi toggle on the VM, but I'm not sure how best >> to implement that or if it's even worth it. >> >> Thanks in advance! >> >> >> Nathan Johnson >> Senior R&D Engineer >> Education Networks of America
