Bug#1060042: qemu-efi-aarch64: Saving OVMF configuration changes fail

[dann frazier]

On Thu, Feb 15, 2024 at 10:06:35AM +, Simon John wrote:
> I have the same problem when changing settings or even
> starting an existing aarch64 VM in virt-manager, the error
> I get is:
> 
> Error starting domain: operation failed: Unable to find
> 'efi' firmware that is compatible with the current
> configuration
> 
> Downgrading to qemu-efi-aarch64_2023.11-6_all.deb and
> qemu-efi-arm_2023.11-6_all.deb fixes the issue, so the
> breakage is in -7

Hi Simon,

I see nothing in common between the issue you are describing and
this bug. Please report a new issue.

  -dann

Bug#1060042: qemu-efi-aarch64: Saving OVMF configuration changes fail

[Simon John]

I have the same problem when changing settings or even starting an 
existing aarch64 VM in virt-manager, the error I get is:


Error starting domain: operation failed: Unable to find 'efi' firmware 
that is compatible with the current configuration


Downgrading to qemu-efi-aarch64_2023.11-6_all.deb and 
qemu-efi-arm_2023.11-6_all.deb fixes the issue, so the breakage is in -7


--
Simon John

Bug#1060042: qemu-efi-aarch64: Saving OVMF configuration changes fail

[Helge Konetzka]

Package: qemu-efi-aarch64
Version: 2022.11-6
Severity: normal
X-Debbugs-Cc: d...@zapateado.de

Dear Maintainer,

* What led up to the situation?

In OVMF setup I am trying to change the display resolution to 1024x768.


* What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or ineffective)?

I tested two different cases

A)
cp -r /usr/share/qemu-efi-aarch64 ./
qemu-system-aarch64 -M virt -cpu max -device ramfb -device qemu-xhci -device
usb-kbd \
-bios qemu-efi-aarch64/QEMU_EFI.fd

B)
cp -r /usr/share/AAVMF ./
qemu-system-aarch64 -M virt -cpu max -device ramfb -device qemu-xhci -device
usb-kbd \
-drive file=AAVMF/AAVMF_CODE.fd,format=raw,if=pflash,index=0,read-
only=on \
-drive file=AAVMF/AAVMF_VARS.fd,format=raw,if=pflash,index=1,read-
only=off

After starting in both cases the following steps led to the situation:
* Enter OVMF Setup with ESC
* Navigate Device Manager -> OVMF Platform Configuration
* Change Preferred Resolution to 1024x768
* Save with F10 and Y

The configuration was not saved. The following message was shown:
"Submit Fail For Form: OVMF Settings"

This issue seems to be similar to
https://bugzilla.proxmox.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4606


* What was the outcome of this action?

It was not possible to change the preferred resolution with the installed
firmware.

Changing the preferred resolution with an ovmf firmware from external sources
worked.


* What outcome did you expect instead?

Changing the preferred resolution with qemu-efi-aarch64 firmware works


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 12.4
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 6.1.0-17-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.utf8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

-- no debconf information