From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from firstgate.proxmox.com (firstgate.proxmox.com [IPv6:2a01:7e0:0:424::9]) by lore.proxmox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 613011FF146 for ; Tue, 09 Jun 2026 14:12:19 +0200 (CEST) Received: from firstgate.proxmox.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by firstgate.proxmox.com (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 29E74F012; Tue, 9 Jun 2026 14:12:19 +0200 (CEST) From: Dominik Csapak To: pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com Subject: [PATCH manager v2] ui: qemu: boot order: warn of missing pxe support for ovmf Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2026 14:11:15 +0200 Message-ID: <20260609121144.2627513-1-d.csapak@proxmox.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.47.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-SPAM-LEVEL: Spam detection results: 0 AWL 0.049 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 Message-ID-Hash: OAGLB4WLB34PVL2L5XEVDLSNCMM532LT X-Message-ID-Hash: OAGLB4WLB34PVL2L5XEVDLSNCMM532LT X-MailFrom: d.csapak@proxmox.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; loop; banned-address; emergency; member-moderation; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.10 Precedence: list List-Id: Proxmox VE development discussion List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: OVMF can only use PXE/network boot when a virtual RNG device is added for VMs, but this is not obvious from the UI or the error behavior. Add a small warning to the boot order edit that says what is necessary. Signed-off-by: Dominik Csapak --- changes from v1: * removed stray debug log statement..., sry for the noise www/manager6/qemu/BootOrderEdit.js | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+) diff --git a/www/manager6/qemu/BootOrderEdit.js b/www/manager6/qemu/BootOrderEdit.js index 521a3d6e..6ae1f506 100644 --- a/www/manager6/qemu/BootOrderEdit.js +++ b/www/manager6/qemu/BootOrderEdit.js @@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Ext.define('PVE.qemu.BootOrderPanel', { let grid = me.lookup('grid'); let marker = me.lookup('marker'); let emptyWarning = me.lookup('emptyWarning'); + let rngPxeWarning = me.lookup('rngPxeWarning'); marker.originalValue = undefined; @@ -43,6 +44,18 @@ Ext.define('PVE.qemu.BootOrderPanel', { view.inUpdate = false; marker.checkDirty(); emptyWarning.setHidden(val !== ''); + + let showRngPxeWarning = false; + if ( + view.vmconfig?.bios?.toLowerCase().includes('ovmf') && + !view.vmconfig?.rng0 && + val?.includes('net') + ) { + showRngPxeWarning = true; + } + + rngPxeWarning.setHidden(!showRngPxeWarning); + grid.getView().refresh(); }, }, @@ -238,6 +251,15 @@ Ext.define('PVE.qemu.BootOrderPanel', { userCls: 'pmx-hint', value: gettext('Warning: No devices selected, the VM will probably not boot!'), }, + { + xtype: 'displayfield', + reference: 'rngPxeWarning', + userCls: 'pmx-hint', + hidden: true, + value: gettext( + 'Warning: PXE boot with OVMF only works when a Virtio RNG device is added!', + ), + }, { // for dirty marking and 'reset' function xtype: 'field', -- 2.47.3