On Sun, Feb 28, 2021 at 09:28:26PM +0000, vit9696 wrote: > Thomas, macOS is not really "special" here, it is rather that you will not > frequently use boot options in a VM. One of the most popular uses for boot > options is to switch between the operating systems, but for virtual machines > it is rarely the case. However, macOS does indeed use boot options for itself. > One example is to install updates. As long as the created boot option is not > valid an automated reboot during the update installation may result in the > wrong bootloader being chosen or in a stall within the firmware UI awaiting > manual boot option selection. > > Michael, does your suggestion mean that the default approach will be to keep > the new behaviour, but if you manually specify an older q35 machine version it > will provide the original behaviour. If so, it seems fair to me. > > Best regards, > Vitaly
Exactly. Vitaly, could you cook up a patch like this? -- MST
