From: Fiona Ebner <f.ebner@proxmox.com>
To: pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com
Subject: [pve-devel] [PATCH docs] qm: ovmf: mention that an RNG device is required for PXE boot
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2025 13:13:46 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250814111358.235632-1-f.ebner@proxmox.com> (raw)
The restriction was added with an update to the EDK2 packages for
Proxmox VE 8.4. The issue was mentioned in the known issues section,
but should also be mentioned in the docs as requested here:
https://bugzilla.proxmox.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2767#c5
Signed-off-by: Fiona Ebner <f.ebner@proxmox.com>
---
qm.adoc | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/qm.adoc b/qm.adoc
index 55633fb..f798043 100644
--- a/qm.adoc
+++ b/qm.adoc
@@ -1136,6 +1136,10 @@ you need to set the client resolution in the OVMF menu (which you can reach
with a press of the ESC button during boot), or you have to choose
SPICE as the display type.
+When using OVMF with PXE boot, you have to add an xref:qm_virtio_rng[RNG device]
+to the VM. For security reasons, the OVMF firmware disables PXE boot for guests
+without a random number generator.
+
[[qm_tpm]]
Trusted Platform Module (TPM)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
--
2.47.2
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