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Bug 1656651

Summary:	Enable OVMF at build time
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	nucleo <alekcejk>
Component:	xen	Assignee:	Michael Young <m.a.young>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	29	CC:	jforbes, m.a.young, robinlee.sysu
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Last Closed:	2018-12-13 02:16:05 UTC	Type:	Bug
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Description nucleo 2018-12-06 00:00:39 UTC

--enable-ovmf build time option was enabled in Debian xen packages as it does not require any non-free components, see this bug:

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=858962

So, please, if possible, enable this option in Fedora xen packages.

Comment 1 Michael Young 2018-12-09 23:08:07 UTC

I am considering your request, but you can actually use UEFI on the current Fedora 29 build when starting guests directly with xl.
Assuming you have the edk2-ovmf package installed (which is likely) run something like
cat /usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_{VARS,CODE}.fd >/var/tmp/ovmf.bin
and set
bios = 'ovmf'
bios_path_override = '/var/tmp/ovmf.bin'
serial = 'pty'
in your domU guest configuration file in /etc/xen . I don't know how easy it is to do if you are doing it indirectly for example by using virt-manager.

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2018-12-11 19:38:34 UTC

xen-4.11.1-1.fc29 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 29. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-98e04c96dd

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2018-12-12 03:33:37 UTC

xen-4.11.1-1.fc29 has been pushed to the Fedora 29 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-98e04c96dd

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2018-12-13 02:16:05 UTC

xen-4.11.1-1.fc29 has been pushed to the Fedora 29 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.