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From 5eda67359f6fa49b3cc1500f0b2dd88811865a69 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
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From: "Richard W.M. Jones" <rjones@redhat.com>
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Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2015 15:24:15 +0100
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Subject: [PATCH] v2v: efi: Support output of UEFI guests, for some output
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 drivers (RHBZ#1184690).
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Add the Types.target_firmware type, which stores our final decision
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for whether the guest requires BIOS or UEFI on the target.
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Not all output modes support UEFI.  In order to fail as early as
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possible if conversion isn't going to be possible, there is an
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output#supported_firmware method which returns the list of supported
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target_firmware.
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Add the target_firmware parameter to output#create_metadata so it can
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select the correct firmware in the final metadata.
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(cherry picked from commit 40558450dd87190c9dc2649cadbf284ae0a21606)
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---
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 v2v/output_glance.ml   |  7 ++++++-
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 v2v/output_libvirt.ml  | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++------
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 v2v/output_libvirt.mli |  2 +-
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 v2v/output_local.ml    |  6 ++++--
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 v2v/output_null.ml     |  4 +++-
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 v2v/output_qemu.ml     | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
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 v2v/output_rhev.ml     |  7 ++++++-
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 v2v/output_vdsm.ml     |  7 ++++++-
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 v2v/types.ml           |  9 ++++++++-
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 v2v/types.mli          |  9 ++++++++-
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 v2v/utils.ml           | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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 v2v/v2v.ml             | 20 +++++++++++++++++++-
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 v2v/virt-v2v.pod       | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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 13 files changed, 172 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/v2v/output_glance.ml b/v2v/output_glance.ml
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index c2fb553..f120cfa 100644
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--- a/v2v/output_glance.ml
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+++ b/v2v/output_glance.ml
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@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ object
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   method as_options = "-o glance"
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+  method supported_firmware = [ TargetBIOS ]
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+
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   method prepare_targets source targets =
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     (* This does nothing useful except to check that the user has
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      * supplied all the correct auth environment variables to make
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@@ -60,7 +62,10 @@ object
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         { t with target_file = target_file }
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     ) targets
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-  method create_metadata source targets guestcaps inspect =
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+  method create_metadata source targets guestcaps inspect target_firmware =
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+    (* See #supported_firmware above. *)
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+    assert (target_firmware = TargetBIOS);
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+
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     (* Upload the disk image (there should only be one - see above). *)
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     let { target_file = target_file; target_format = target_format } =
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       List.hd targets in
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diff --git a/v2v/output_libvirt.ml b/v2v/output_libvirt.ml
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index 368f235..48d39e2 100644
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--- a/v2v/output_libvirt.ml
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+++ b/v2v/output_libvirt.ml
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@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ let append_attr attr = function
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   | PCData _ | Comment _ -> assert false
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   | Element e -> e.e_attrs <- e.e_attrs @ [attr]
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-let create_libvirt_xml ?pool source targets guestcaps target_features =
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+let create_libvirt_xml ?pool source targets guestcaps
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+                       target_features target_firmware =
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   let memory_k = source.s_memory /^ 1024L in
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   (* We have the machine features of the guest when it was on the
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@@ -113,6 +114,23 @@ let create_libvirt_xml ?pool source targets guestcaps target_features =
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   let features = List.sort compare (StringSet.elements features) in
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+  (* The <os> section subelements. *)
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+  let os_section =
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+    let loader =
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+      match target_firmware with
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+      | TargetBIOS -> []
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+      | TargetUEFI ->
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+         (* danpb is proposing that libvirt supports <loader type="efi"/>,
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+          * (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1217444#c6) but
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+          * until that day we have to use a bunch of heuristics. XXX
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+          *)
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+         let code, vars_template = find_uefi_firmware guestcaps.gcaps_arch in
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+         [ e "loader" ["type", "pflash"] [ PCData code ];
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+           e "nvram" ["template", vars_template] [] ] in
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+
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+    (e "type" ["arch", guestcaps.gcaps_arch] [PCData "hvm"]) :: loader in
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+
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+  (* Disks. *)
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   let disks =
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     let block_prefix =
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       match guestcaps.gcaps_block_bus with
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@@ -281,9 +299,7 @@ let create_libvirt_xml ?pool source targets guestcaps target_features =
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       e "memory" ["unit", "KiB"] [PCData (Int64.to_string memory_k)];
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       e "currentMemory" ["unit", "KiB"] [PCData (Int64.to_string memory_k)];
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       e "vcpu" [] [PCData (string_of_int source.s_vcpu)];
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-      e "os" [] [
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-        e "type" ["arch", guestcaps.gcaps_arch] [PCData "hvm"];
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-      ];
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+      e "os" [] os_section;
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       e "features" [] (List.map (fun s -> e s [] []) features);
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       e "on_poweroff" [] [PCData "destroy"];
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@@ -305,6 +321,8 @@ class output_libvirt verbose oc output_pool = object
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     | None -> sprintf "-o libvirt -os %s" output_pool
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     | Some uri -> sprintf "-o libvirt -oc %s -os %s" uri output_pool
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+  method supported_firmware = [ TargetBIOS; TargetUEFI ]
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+
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   method prepare_targets source targets =
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     (* Get the capabilities from libvirt. *)
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     let cmd =
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@@ -360,7 +378,7 @@ class output_libvirt verbose oc output_pool = object
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         { t with target_file = target_file }
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     ) targets
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-  method create_metadata source targets guestcaps _ =
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+  method create_metadata source targets guestcaps _ target_firmware =
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     (* We copied directly into the final pool directory.  However we
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      * have to tell libvirt.
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      *)
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@@ -385,7 +403,7 @@ class output_libvirt verbose oc output_pool = object
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     (* Create the metadata. *)
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     let doc =
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       create_libvirt_xml ~pool:output_pool source targets
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-        guestcaps target_features in
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+        guestcaps target_features target_firmware in
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     let tmpfile, chan = Filename.open_temp_file "v2vlibvirt" ".xml" in
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     DOM.doc_to_chan chan doc;
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diff --git a/v2v/output_libvirt.mli b/v2v/output_libvirt.mli
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index da41956..def1b05 100644
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--- a/v2v/output_libvirt.mli
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+++ b/v2v/output_libvirt.mli
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@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@ val output_libvirt : bool -> string option -> string -> Types.output
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     {!Types.output} object specialized for writing output to
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     libvirt. *)
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-val create_libvirt_xml : ?pool:string -> Types.source -> Types.target list -> Types.guestcaps -> string list -> DOM.doc
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+val create_libvirt_xml : ?pool:string -> Types.source -> Types.target list -> Types.guestcaps -> string list -> Types.target_firmware -> DOM.doc
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 (** This is called from {!Output_local} to generate the libvirt XML. *)
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diff --git a/v2v/output_local.ml b/v2v/output_local.ml
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index ffcfad0..3df0769 100644
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--- a/v2v/output_local.ml
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+++ b/v2v/output_local.ml
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@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ class output_local verbose dir = object
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   method as_options = sprintf "-o local -os %s" dir
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+  method supported_firmware = [ TargetBIOS; TargetUEFI ]
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+
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   method prepare_targets source targets =
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     List.map (
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       fun t ->
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@@ -36,7 +38,7 @@ class output_local verbose dir = object
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         { t with target_file = target_file }
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     ) targets
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-  method create_metadata source targets guestcaps _ =
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+  method create_metadata source targets guestcaps _ target_firmware =
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     (* We don't know what target features the hypervisor supports, but
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      * assume a common set that libvirt supports.
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      *)
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@@ -48,7 +50,7 @@ class output_local verbose dir = object
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     let doc =
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       Output_libvirt.create_libvirt_xml source targets
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-        guestcaps target_features in
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+        guestcaps target_features target_firmware in
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     let name = source.s_name in
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     let file = dir // name ^ ".xml" in
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diff --git a/v2v/output_null.ml b/v2v/output_null.ml
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index 97495e6..81aaf5f 100644
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--- a/v2v/output_null.ml
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+++ b/v2v/output_null.ml
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@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ object
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   method as_options = "-o null"
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+  method supported_firmware = [ TargetBIOS; TargetUEFI ]
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+
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   method prepare_targets source targets =
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     List.map (
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       fun t ->
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@@ -46,7 +48,7 @@ object
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         { t with target_file = target_file }
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     ) targets
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-  method create_metadata _ _ _ _ = ()
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+  method create_metadata _ _ _ _ _ = ()
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 end
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 let output_null = new output_null
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diff --git a/v2v/output_qemu.ml b/v2v/output_qemu.ml
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index 77152a4..c593030 100644
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--- a/v2v/output_qemu.ml
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+++ b/v2v/output_qemu.ml
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@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ object
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   method as_options =
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     sprintf "-o qemu -os %s%s" dir (if qemu_boot then " --qemu-boot" else "")
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+  method supported_firmware = [ TargetBIOS; TargetUEFI ]
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+
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   method prepare_targets source targets =
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     List.map (
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       fun t ->
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@@ -38,20 +40,44 @@ object
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         { t with target_file = target_file }
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     ) targets
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-  method create_metadata source targets guestcaps inspect =
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+  method create_metadata source targets guestcaps inspect target_firmware =
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     let name = source.s_name in
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     let file = dir // name ^ ".sh" in
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+    let uefi_firmware =
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+      match target_firmware with
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+      | TargetBIOS -> None
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+      | TargetUEFI ->
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+         Some (find_uefi_firmware guestcaps.gcaps_arch) in
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+
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     let chan = open_out file in
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     let fpf fs = fprintf chan fs in
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     let nl = " \\\n\t" in
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     fpf "#!/bin/sh -\n";
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     fpf "\n";
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+
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+    (match uefi_firmware with
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+     | None -> ()
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+     | Some (_, vars_template) ->
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+        fpf "# Make a copy of the UEFI variables template\n";
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+        fpf "uefi_vars=\"$(mktemp)\"\n";
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+        fpf "cp %s \"$uefi_vars\"\n" (quote vars_template);
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+        fpf "\n"
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+    );
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+
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     fpf "/usr/libexec/qemu-kvm";
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     fpf "%s-no-user-config -nodefaults" nl;
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     fpf "%s-name %s" nl (quote source.s_name);
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     fpf "%s-machine accel=kvm:tcg" nl;
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+
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+    (match uefi_firmware with
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+     | None -> ()
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+     | Some (code, _) ->
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+        fpf "%s-drive if=pflash,format=raw,file=%s,readonly" nl (quote code);
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+        fpf "%s-drive if=pflash,format=raw,file=\"$uefi_vars\"" nl
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+    );
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+
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     fpf "%s-m %Ld" nl (source.s_memory /^ 1024L /^ 1024L);
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     if source.s_vcpu > 1 then
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       fpf "%s-smp %d" nl source.s_vcpu;
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diff --git a/v2v/output_rhev.ml b/v2v/output_rhev.ml
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index 0671e14..826bb5f 100644
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--- a/v2v/output_rhev.ml
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+++ b/v2v/output_rhev.ml
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@@ -122,6 +122,8 @@ object
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       | Some `Server -> " --vmtype server"
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       | Some `Desktop -> " --vmtype desktop")
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+  method supported_firmware = [ TargetBIOS ]
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+
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   (* RHEV doesn't support serial consoles.  This causes the conversion
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    * step to remove it.
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    *)
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@@ -276,7 +278,10 @@ object
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     )
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   (* This is called after conversion to write the OVF metadata. *)
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-  method create_metadata source targets guestcaps inspect =
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+  method create_metadata source targets guestcaps inspect target_firmware =
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+    (* See #supported_firmware above. *)
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+    assert (target_firmware = TargetBIOS);
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+
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     (* Create the metadata. *)
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     let ovf = OVF.create_ovf verbose source targets guestcaps inspect
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       output_alloc vmtype esd_uuid image_uuids vol_uuids vm_uuid in
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diff --git a/v2v/output_vdsm.ml b/v2v/output_vdsm.ml
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index c7a243e..35edeb5 100644
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--- a/v2v/output_vdsm.ml
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+++ b/v2v/output_vdsm.ml
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@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ object
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       | Some `Server -> " --vmtype server"
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       | Some `Desktop -> " --vmtype desktop")
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+  method supported_firmware = [ TargetBIOS ]
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+
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   (* RHEV doesn't support serial consoles.  This causes the conversion
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    * step to remove it.
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    *)
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@@ -163,7 +165,10 @@ object
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       ?clustersize path format size
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   (* This is called after conversion to write the OVF metadata. *)
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-  method create_metadata source targets guestcaps inspect =
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+  method create_metadata source targets guestcaps inspect target_firmware =
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+    (* See #supported_firmware above. *)
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+    assert (target_firmware = TargetBIOS);
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+
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     (* Create the metadata. *)
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     let ovf = OVF.create_ovf verbose source targets guestcaps inspect
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       output_alloc vmtype dd_uuid
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diff --git a/v2v/types.ml b/v2v/types.ml
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index 01c65a3..41d2686 100644
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--- a/v2v/types.ml
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+++ b/v2v/types.ml
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@@ -216,6 +216,12 @@ target_overlay.ov_source = %s
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     t.target_overlay.ov_overlay_file
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     t.target_overlay.ov_source.s_qemu_uri
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+type target_firmware = TargetBIOS | TargetUEFI
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+
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+let string_of_target_firmware = function
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+  | TargetBIOS -> "bios"
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+  | TargetUEFI -> "uefi"
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+
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 type inspect = {
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   i_root : string;
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   i_type : string;
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@@ -305,8 +311,9 @@ end
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 class virtual output verbose = object
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   method virtual as_options : string
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   method virtual prepare_targets : source -> target list -> target list
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+  method virtual supported_firmware : target_firmware list
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   method check_target_free_space (_ : source) (_ : target list) = ()
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   method disk_create = (new Guestfs.guestfs ())#disk_create
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-  method virtual create_metadata : source -> target list -> guestcaps -> inspect -> unit
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+  method virtual create_metadata : source -> target list -> guestcaps -> inspect -> target_firmware -> unit
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   method keep_serial_console = true
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 end
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diff --git a/v2v/types.mli b/v2v/types.mli
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index 9fc9e29..da398d3 100644
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--- a/v2v/types.mli
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+++ b/v2v/types.mli
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@@ -133,6 +133,10 @@ type target = {
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 val string_of_target : target -> string
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+type target_firmware = TargetBIOS | TargetUEFI
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+
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+val string_of_target_firmware : target_firmware -> string
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+
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 type inspect = {
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   i_root : string;                      (** Root device. *)
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   i_type : string;                      (** Usual inspection fields. *)
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@@ -195,10 +199,13 @@ class virtual output : bool -> object
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       This is just used for pretty-printing log messages. *)
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   method virtual prepare_targets : source -> target list -> target list
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   (** Called before conversion to prepare the output. *)
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+  method virtual supported_firmware : target_firmware list
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+  (** Does this output method support UEFI?  Allows us to abort early if
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+      conversion is impossible. *)
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   method check_target_free_space : source -> target list -> unit
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   (** Called before conversion.  Can be used to check there is enough space
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       on the target, using the [target.target_estimated_size] field. *)
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-  method virtual create_metadata : source -> target list -> guestcaps -> inspect -> unit
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+  method virtual create_metadata : source -> target list -> guestcaps -> inspect -> target_firmware -> unit
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   (** Called after conversion to finish off and create metadata. *)
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   method disk_create : ?backingfile:string -> ?backingformat:string -> ?preallocation:string -> ?compat:string -> ?clustersize:int -> string -> string -> int64 -> unit
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   (** Called in order to create disks on the target.  The method has the
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diff --git a/v2v/utils.ml b/v2v/utils.ml
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index 477033d..e9d3262 100644
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--- a/v2v/utils.ml
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+++ b/v2v/utils.ml
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@@ -84,6 +84,35 @@ let qemu_supports_sound_card = function
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   | USBAudio
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     -> false
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+(* Find the UEFI firmware. *)
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+let find_uefi_firmware guest_arch =
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+  let files =
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+    match guest_arch with
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+    | "i386" | "i486" | "i586" | "i686" ->
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+       [ "/usr/share/edk2.git/ovmf-ia32/OVMF_CODE-pure-efi.fd",
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+         "/usr/share/edk2.git/ovmf-ia32/OVMF_VARS-pure-efi.fd" ]
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+    | "x86_64" ->
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+       [ "/usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_CODE.fd",
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+         "/usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_VARS.fd";
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+         "/usr/share/edk2.git/ovmf-x64/OVMF_CODE-pure-efi.fd",
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+         "/usr/share/edk2.git/ovmf-x64/OVMF_VARS-pure-efi.fd" ]
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+    | "aarch64" ->
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+       [ "/usr/share/AAVMF/AAVMF_CODE.fd",
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+         "/usr/share/AAVMF/AAVMF_VARS.fd";
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+         "/usr/share/edk2.git/aarch64/QEMU_EFI-pflash.raw",
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+         "/usr/share/edk2.git/aarch64/vars-template-pflash.raw" ]
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+    | arch ->
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+       error (f_"don't know how to convert UEFI guests for architecture %s")
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+             guest_arch in
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+  let rec loop = function
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+    | [] ->
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+       error (f_"cannot find firmware for UEFI guests.\n\nYou probably need to install OVMF, or Gerd's firmware repo (https://www.kraxel.org/repos/), or AAVMF (if using aarch64)")
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+    | ((code, vars_template) as ret) :: rest ->
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+       if Sys.file_exists code && Sys.file_exists vars_template then ret
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+       else loop rest
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+  in
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+  loop files
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+
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 let compare_app2_versions app1 app2 =
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   let i = compare app1.Guestfs.app2_epoch app2.Guestfs.app2_epoch in
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   if i <> 0 then i
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diff --git a/v2v/v2v.ml b/v2v/v2v.ml
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index eb1c66e..859b92a 100644
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--- a/v2v/v2v.ml
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+++ b/v2v/v2v.ml
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@@ -217,6 +217,24 @@ let rec main () =
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   msg (f_"Inspecting the overlay");
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   let inspect = inspect_source ~verbose g root_choice in
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+  (* Does the guest require UEFI on the target? *)
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+  let target_firmware =
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+    match source.s_firmware with
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+    | BIOS -> TargetBIOS
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+    | UEFI -> TargetUEFI
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+    | UnknownFirmware ->
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+       if inspect.i_uefi then TargetUEFI else TargetBIOS in
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+  let supported_firmware = output#supported_firmware in
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+  if not (List.mem target_firmware supported_firmware) then
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+    error (f_"this guest cannot run on the target, because the target does not support %s firmware (supported firmware on target: %s)")
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+          (string_of_target_firmware target_firmware)
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+          (String.concat " "
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+            (List.map string_of_target_firmware supported_firmware));
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+  (match target_firmware with
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+   | TargetBIOS -> ()
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+   | TargetUEFI ->
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+       info ~prog (f_"This guest requires UEFI on the target to boot."));
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+
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   (* The guest free disk space check and the target free space
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    * estimation both require statvfs information from mountpoints, so
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    * get that information first.
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@@ -409,7 +427,7 @@ let rec main () =
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   (* Create output metadata. *)
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   msg (f_"Creating output metadata");
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-  output#create_metadata source targets guestcaps inspect;
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+  output#create_metadata source targets guestcaps inspect target_firmware;
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   (* Save overlays if --debug-overlays option was used. *)
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   if debug_overlays then (
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diff --git a/v2v/virt-v2v.pod b/v2v/virt-v2v.pod
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index 5ee3bd8..7d24ceb 100644
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--- a/v2v/virt-v2v.pod
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+++ b/v2v/virt-v2v.pod
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@@ -699,6 +699,37 @@ loaded.
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 =back
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+=head1 UEFI
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+
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+VMware allows you to present UEFI firmware to guests (instead of the
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+ordinary PC BIOS).  Virt-v2v can convert these guests, but requires
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+that UEFI is supported by the target hypervisor.
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+
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+Currently KVM supports OVMF, a partially open source UEFI firmware,
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+and can run these guests.
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+
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+Since OVMF support was only recently added to KVM (in 2014/2015), not
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+all target environments support UEFI guests yet:
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+
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+=over 4
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+
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+=item UEFI on libvirt, qemu
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+
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+Supported.  Virt-v2v will generate the correct libvirt XML (metadata)
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+automatically, but note that the same version of OVMF must be
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+installed on the conversion host as is installed on the target
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+hypervisor, else you will have to adjust paths in the metadata.
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+
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+=item UEFI on OpenStack
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+
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+Not supported.
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+
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+=item UEFI on RHEV
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+
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+Not supported.
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+
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+=back
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+
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 =head1 NETWORKS AND BRIDGES
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 Guests are usually connected to one or more networks, and when
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-- 
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1.8.3.1
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