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Nux! www.nux.ro ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sven Vogel" <sven.vo...@qform.de> > To: "dev" <dev@cloudstack.apache.org> > Sent: Wednesday, 27 March, 2019 22:34:24 > Subject: Re: Proposal for EFI firmware support on KVM > 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
