UEFI firmwares may want to use a non-volatile memory to store some
variables. os.nvram tag is used to specify image file path for this
store.
'format' attribute is used to specify this image format.
---
src/qemu/qemu_command.c | 8 ++++++--
src/qemu/qemu_process.c | 17 +++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index 4ff31dc..26f294c 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -9132,10 +9132,14 @@ qemuBuildDomainLoaderCommandLine(virCommandPtr cmd,
virCommandAddArgBuffer(cmd, &buf);
if (loader->nvram) {
+ const char* format;
+
+ format = loader->format <= 0 ? "raw" :
+ virStorageFileFormatTypeToString(loader->format);
virBufferFreeAndReset(&buf);
virBufferAsprintf(&buf,
- "file=%s,if=pflash,format=raw,unit=%d",
- loader->nvram, unit);
+ "file=%s,if=pflash,format=%s,unit=%d",
+ loader->nvram, format, unit);
virCommandAddArg(cmd, "-drive");
virCommandAddArgBuffer(cmd, &buf);
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
index 4201962..733282c 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
#include "virstring.h"
#include "virhostdev.h"
#include "storage/storage_driver.h"
+#include "storage/storage_backend.h"
#include "configmake.h"
#include "nwfilter_conf.h"
#include "netdev_bandwidth_conf.h"
@@ -4014,6 +4015,22 @@ qemuPrepareNVRAM(virQEMUDriverConfigPtr cfg,
goto cleanup;
}
+ /* if the nvram format is configured and it is not equal to 'raw'
+ * we should convert the master var store instead of copy it */
+ if (loader->format > VIR_STORAGE_FILE_RAW) {
+ if (virStorageBackendConvertImage(master_nvram_path,
+ VIR_STORAGE_FILE_RAW,
+ loader->nvram,
+ loader->format,
+ cfg->user, cfg->group,
+ S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR) == 0)
+ return 0;
+ virReportError(VIR_ERR_OPERATION_FAILED,
+ _("Failed to conver master var storage %s to %s "
+ "for loader"), master_nvram_path, loader->nvram);
+ goto cleanup;
+ }
+
if ((srcFD = virFileOpenAs(master_nvram_path, O_RDONLY,
0, -1, -1, 0)) < 0) {
virReportSystemError(-srcFD,
--
1.8.3.1
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