On 2014/12/22 17:52, Paolo Bonzini wrote: > > > 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,thanks. > 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
