On 22/12/2014 10:40, Zhang Haoyu wrote: >> 2) the FAT driver is not free, which prevents distribution in Fedora and >> several other distributions >> > Sorry, I cannot follow you, > the "FAT" mentioned above means FAT filesystem? > what's the relationship between OVMF and FAT? > > I want to use OVMF to enable UEFI to support GPT partition for P2V scenario. Yes, I mean FAT filesystem. The EFI system partition (the one with BOOTX64.EFI) is FAT. The filesystem driver is not free, and without the driver you cannot boot a UEFI system. So Fedora and other distributions that do not allow non-free or patent-encumbered software cannot distribute a useful OVMF build. Paolo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
