I am having trouble when I `virsh create test.xml` with an aarch64 guest on a macOS (Apple Silicon) host. I've wrestled with a variety of issues but the one I simply haven't been able to get past is this regarding the UEFI firmware: error: Failed to create domain from test.xml error: operation failed: Unable to find any firmware to satisfy 'efi' This is with `virsh --version` of 7.9.0 and `qemu-system-aarch64 --version` of 6.1.0, both installed via the common `brew` tool from its main 'homebrew/core' tap. I have confirmed that the loader/nvram files referenced do exist. Running `qemu-system-aarch64 -L help` outputs two lines: /opt/homebrew/Cellar/qemu/6.1.0_1/bin/../share/qemu-firmware /opt/homebrew/Cellar/qemu/6.1.0_1/bin/../share/qemu The …/share/qemu-firmware folder does NOT exist, but symlinking it to a …/share/qemu/firmware folder which does exist does not improve the situation. I have also tried renaming the …/share/qemu/firmware folder (e.g. `mv firmware zzz-firmware`) as some notes I found led me to believe that libvirst might ignore my loader/nvram settings entirely if QEMU had the "new" firmware JSON configuration stuff there? But again no improvement…. How can I debug this further? What should I try next? thanks, -natevw --- the test.xml domain configuration I am trying --- <domain type="qemu" xmlns:qemu="http://libvirt.org/schemas/domain/qemu/1.0";> <name>test1</name> <uuid>D45FCA3E-B873-4608-A0B8-3D8529E7CFB7</uuid> <memory unit="MiB">2048</memory> <cpu mode="host-model" check="partial" /> <vcpu>2</vcpu> <clock offset="utc"/> <qemu:commandline> <qemu:arg value='-accel'/> <qemu:arg value='hvf'/> </qemu:commandline> <os firmware="efi"> <type arch="aarch64" machine="virt">hvm</type> <loader readonly="yes" secure="no" type="pflash">/opt/homebrew/share/qemu/edk2-aarch64-code.fd</loader> <nvram template="/opt/homebrew/share/qemu/edk2-arm-vars.fd">/Users/me/vm_testing/vm-test1.efi.fd</nvram> <bootmenu enable="no"/> <boot dev="hd"/> </os> <features> <acpi/> <gic version="3"/> <pae/> </features> <devices> <emulator>/opt/homebrew/bin/qemu-system-aarch64</emulator> <disk type="file" device="disk"> <driver name="qemu" type="qcow2"/> <source file="/Users/me/vm_testing/vm-test1.qcow2"/> <target dev="vda" bus="virtio"/> </disk> <interface type="network"> <source network="default"/> <model type="virtio"/> </interface> <console type="pty"> <target type="serial" port="0"/> </console> <rng model="virtio"> <backend model="random">/dev/urandom</backend> </rng> </devices> </domain>
