4 The Open Virtual Machine Firmware (OVMF) project aims
5 to support firmware for Virtual Machines using the edk2
6 code base. More information can be found at:
8 http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/tianocore/index.php?title=OVMF
15 * IA32 and X64 architectures
16 * QEMU (0.10.0 or later)
17 - Video, keyboard, IDE, CD-ROM, serial
19 - Optional NIC support. Requires QEMU (0.12.2 or later)
21 * UEFI Windows 8 boots
25 * Stabilize UEFI Linux boot
26 * Test/Stabilize UEFI Self-Certification Tests (SCT) results
31 * Build environment capable of build the edk2 MdeModulePkg.
32 * A properly configured ASL compiler:
33 - Intel ASL compiler: Available from http://www.acpica.org
34 - Microsoft ASL compiler: Available from http://www.acpi.info
36 Update Conf/target.txt ACTIVE_PLATFORM for OVMF:
37 PEI arch DXE arch UEFI interfaces
38 * OvmfPkg/OvmfPkgIa32.dsc IA32 IA32 IA32
39 * OvmfPkg/OvmfPkgIa32X64.dsc IA32 X64 X64
40 * OvmfPkg/OvmfPkgX64.dsc X64 X64 X64
42 Update Conf/target.txt TARGET_ARCH based on the .dsc file:
44 * OvmfPkg/OvmfPkgIa32.dsc IA32
45 * OvmfPkg/OvmfPkgIa32X64.dsc IA32 X64
46 * OvmfPkg/OvmfPkgX64.dsc X64
48 Following the edk2 build process, you will find the OVMF binaries
49 under the $WORKSPACE/Build/*/*/FV directory. The actual path will
50 depend on how your build is configured. You can expect to find
53 - Please note! This filename has changed. Older releases used OVMF.Fv.
55 - This file is not built separately any longer, starting with svn r13520.
57 More information on building OVMF can be found at:
59 http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/tianocore/index.php?title=How_to_build_OVMF
61 === RUNNING OVMF on QEMU ===
63 * QEMU 0.9.1 or later is required.
64 * Either copy, rename or symlink OVMF.FD => bios.bin
65 * Be sure to use qemu-system-x86_64, if you are using and X64 firmware.
66 (qemu-system-x86_64 works for the IA32 firmware as well, of course.)
67 * Use the QEMU -L parameter to specify the directory where the bios.bin
69 * Optionally you can use the QEMU -serial command to capture the
70 OVMF debug messages. For example: -serial file:serial.log
71 * The EFI shell is built into OVMF builds at this time, so it should
72 run automatically if a UEFI boot application is not found on the
74 * On Linux, newer version of QEMU may enable KVM feature, and this might
75 cause OVMF to fail to boot. The QEMU '-no-kvm' may allow OVMF to boot.
79 On systems with the bash shell you can use OvmfPkg/build.sh to simplify
80 building and running OVMF.
82 So, for example, to build + run OVMF X64:
83 $ OvmfPkg/build.sh -a X64
84 $ OvmfPkg/build.sh -a X64 qemu
86 And to run a 64-bit UEFI bootable ISO image:
87 $ OvmfPkg/build.sh -a X64 qemu -cdrom /path/to/disk-image.iso
89 To build a 32-bit OVMF without debug serial messages using GCC 4.5:
90 $ OvmfPkg/build.sh -a IA32 -b RELEASE -t GCC45
92 === Network Support ===
94 To add network drivers to OVMF:
96 * Download UEFI drivers for the e1000 NIC
97 - http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=17515&lang=eng
98 - Install the drivers into a directory called Intel3.5 in your WORKSPACE
100 * Include the drivers in OVMF during the build:
101 - Add '-D NETWORK_ENABLE' to your build command
102 - For example: build -D NETWORK_ENABLE
104 * Use the QEMU -net parameter to enable NIC support.
105 - QEMU does not support UEFI DHCP or UEFI PXE Boot, so long timeouts will
106 occur when NICs are enabled. The long timeouts can be avoided by
107 interrupts the boot sequence by pressing a key when the logo appears.
108 - Example: Enable e1000 NIC with a DHCP server and restrict packet
110 -net nic,model=e1000 -net user,restrict=yes -net user,dhcpstart=10.0.2.10
111 - Example: Enable e1000 NIC with a DHCP server, restrict packet forwarding,
112 and generate PCAP file:
113 -net nic,model=e1000 -net user,restrict=yes -net user,dhcpstart=10.0.2.10
114 -net dump,file=a.pcap
115 - Example: Enable 2 e1000 NICs with a DHCP server and restrict
117 -net nic,model=e1000,addr=3 -net nic,model=e1000,addr=4
118 -net user,restrict=yes -net user,dhcpstart=10.0.2.10
120 === UNIXGCC Debug ===
122 If you build with the UNIXGCC toolchain, then debugging will be disabled
123 due to larger image sizes being produced by the UNIXGCC toolchain. The
124 first choice recommendation is to use GCC44 or newer instead.
126 If you must use UNIXGCC, then you can override the build options for
127 particular libraries and modules in the .dsc to re-enable debugging
128 selectively. For example:
130 OvmfPkg/Library/PlatformBdsLib/PlatformBdsLib.inf {
132 GCC:*_*_*_CC_FLAGS = -UMDEPKG_NDEBUG
134 IntelFrameworkModulePkg/Universal/BdsDxe/BdsDxe.inf {
136 GCC:*_*_*_CC_FLAGS = -UMDEPKG_NDEBUG