From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from firstgate.proxmox.com (firstgate.proxmox.com [212.224.123.68]) by lore.proxmox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 26DB51FF165 for ; Thu, 14 Aug 2025 13:12:28 +0200 (CEST) Received: from firstgate.proxmox.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by firstgate.proxmox.com (Proxmox) with ESMTP id A687310189; Thu, 14 Aug 2025 13:14:06 +0200 (CEST) From: Fiona Ebner To: pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2025 13:13:46 +0200 Message-ID: <20250814111358.235632-1-f.ebner@proxmox.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.47.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Bm-Milter-Handled: 55990f41-d878-4baa-be0a-ee34c49e34d2 X-Bm-Transport-Timestamp: 1755170009807 X-SPAM-LEVEL: Spam detection results: 0 AWL -0.023 Adjusted score from AWL reputation of From: address BAYES_00 -1.9 Bayes spam probability is 0 to 1% DMARC_MISSING 0.1 Missing DMARC policy KAM_DMARC_STATUS 0.01 Test Rule for DKIM or SPF Failure with Strict Alignment SPF_HELO_NONE 0.001 SPF: HELO does not publish an SPF Record SPF_PASS -0.001 SPF: sender matches SPF record Subject: [pve-devel] [PATCH docs] qm: ovmf: mention that an RNG device is required for PXE boot X-BeenThere: pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Proxmox VE development discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Reply-To: Proxmox VE development discussion Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: pve-devel-bounces@lists.proxmox.com Sender: "pve-devel" 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 --- 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 _______________________________________________ pve-devel mailing list pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com https://lists.proxmox.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pve-devel