提交 241ab97d 编写于 作者: M Michal Privoznik

docs: Document some -boot option limitations on UEFI

It was brought to my attention that some -boot options may not
work with UEFI. For instance, rebootTimeout is very SeaBIOS
specific,splash logo is not implemented yet on OVMF, and so on.
We should document this limitation at least.
Signed-off-by: NMichal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com>
上级 a0670aef
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elements are mutually exclusive. <span class="since">Since 0.1.3,
per-device boot since 0.8.8</span>
</dd>
<dt><code>smbios</code></dt>
<dd>How to populate SMBIOS information visible in the guest.
The <code>mode</code> attribute must be specified, and is either
"emulate" (let the hypervisor generate all values), "host" (copy
all of Block 0 and Block 1, except for the UUID, from the host's
SMBIOS values;
the <a href="html/libvirt-libvirt-host.html#virConnectGetSysinfo">
<code>virConnectGetSysinfo</code></a> call can be
used to see what values are copied), or "sysinfo" (use the values in
the <a href="#elementsSysinfo">sysinfo</a> element). If not
specified, the hypervisor default is used. <span class="since">
Since 0.8.7</span>
</dd>
</dl>
<p>Up till here the BIOS/UEFI configuration knobs are generic enough to
be implemented by majority (if not all) firmwares out there. However,
from now on not every single setting makes sense to all firmwares. For
instance, <code>rebootTimeout</code> doesn't make sense for UEFI,
<code>useserial</code> might not be usable with a BIOS firmware that
doesn't produce any output onto serial line, etc. Moreover, firmwares
don't usually export their capabilities for libvirt (or users) to check.
And the set of their capabilities can change with every new release.
Hence users are advised to try the settings they use before relying on
them in production.</p>
<dl>
<dt><code>bootmenu</code></dt>
<dd> Whether or not to enable an interactive boot menu prompt on guest
startup. The <code>enable</code> attribute can be either "yes" or "no".
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in range [0, 65535] inclusive and it is ignored unless <code>enable</code>
is set to "yes". <span class="since">Since 1.2.8</span>
</dd>
<dt><code>smbios</code></dt>
<dd>How to populate SMBIOS information visible in the guest.
The <code>mode</code> attribute must be specified, and is either
"emulate" (let the hypervisor generate all values), "host" (copy
all of Block 0 and Block 1, except for the UUID, from the host's
SMBIOS values;
the <a href="html/libvirt-libvirt-host.html#virConnectGetSysinfo">
<code>virConnectGetSysinfo</code></a> call can be
used to see what values are copied), or "sysinfo" (use the values in
the <a href="#elementsSysinfo">sysinfo</a> element). If not
specified, the hypervisor default is used. <span class="since">
Since 0.8.7</span>
</dd>
<dt><code>bios</code></dt>
<dd>This element has attribute <code>useserial</code> with possible
values <code>yes</code> or <code>no</code>. It enables or disables
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