Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2023 10:12:31 -0400 From: Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org> To: David Horn <dhorn2000@gmail.com> Cc: emulation@freebsd.org, "gjb@freebsd.org" <gjb@freebsd.org>, lwhsu@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Qemu EFI Firmware files/docs (aarch64) Message-ID: <CAPyFy2B7wKL0wo1Hfa6E7YaXd5-qqkzEdnKYynUiS=zsaG93Bg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAG7WopmtzHy1pGNkJ4Ggs7_K7HWMynNjWCLBXCyy6RXWS%2BcG-Q@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAG7WopmtzHy1pGNkJ4Ggs7_K7HWMynNjWCLBXCyy6RXWS%2BcG-Q@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, 28 Sept 2023 at 07:42, David Horn <dhorn2000@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> A) Is `edk2-aarch64-code.fd` included with Qemu the canonical and
> correct firmware for UEFI aarch64 , or is there a better one ?[1]
The Cirrus-CI smoke test switched to using the uefi image provided by
QEMU as of commit 7d9794b34bcd. I am not aware of any reason to use a
different one.
> B) I think a bit of clarity on both the Wiki and the release
> announcement would be useful. I am willing to assist with the wiki
> update if I can get an 'ack' from some folks here on the best
> firmware.
I think the arm64 VM section of the release notes should just be
removed, starting from "Note regarding arm64/aarch64 virtual machine
images". Standard QEMU instructions should apply to amd64 and arm64.
For reference, Cirrus-CI's smoke test invocation:
for amd64:
QEMU="qemu-system-x86_64 -drive
if=pflash,format=raw,readonly=on,file=${OVMF}"
for arm64:
QEMU="qemu-system-aarch64 -cpu cortex-a57 -M virt -bios
edk2-aarch64-code.fd"
and the rest of the arguments are common to both:
$QEMU -m 256M -nodefaults \
-serial stdio -vga none -nographic -monitor none \
-snapshot -hda $hda 2>&1 | tee ${BOOTLOG}
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