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Subject: Re: bhyve: UEFI - preserve NVRAM between host system reboots?
To: Nils Beyer <nbe@renzel.net>
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Hi Nils,

> is it somehow possible to preserve the contents of the NVRAMs of the VMs bet-
> ween host system reboots? "bhyvectl --destroy" kills them, too...

  Being worked on - hope to have something shortly.

later,

Peter.