On Mon, Jan 10, 2022 at 02:50:27PM -0600, Glenn Washburn wrote: > Package: qemu-efi-arm > Version: 2020.11-2 > > Hello Maintainers, > > There seems to be an issue with the 32-bit ARM UEFI firmware VARS file, > at /usr/share/AAVMF/AAVMF32_VARS.fd. When I try to use it, I get a Data > exception and a failure to boot the firmware. > > This issue can be reproduced using the following command: > > qemu-system-arm -display none -machine virt -drive \ > > if=pflash,format=raw,unit=1,readonly=on,file=/usr/share/AAVMF/AAVMF32_VARS.fd > \ > -drive \ > > if=pflash,format=raw,unit=0,readonly=on,file=/usr/share/AAVMF/AAVMF32_CODE.fd > \ > -monitor file:/dev/null -serial file:/dev/stdout > > It can be seen that the VARS file is at issue here because the > following command boots as expected: > > qemu-system-arm -display none -machine virt -drive \ > > if=pflash,format=raw,unit=0,readonly=on,file=/usr/share/AAVMF/AAVMF32_CODE.fd > \ > -monitor file:/dev/null -serial file:/dev/stdout
Hi Glenn, The VARS file needs to be writeable. You should typically make a copy per-guest and omit the readonly=on bit for that file on the QEMU command line. -dann
