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 EB0201FF13A for ; Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:41:52 +0200 (CEST) Received: from firstgate.proxmox.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by firstgate.proxmox.com (Proxmox) with ESMTP id E62F2F912; Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:41:50 +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: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:40:36 +0200 Message-ID: <20260610134117.3100390-1-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: XQQ2AXHEO4SM442NT3H3BMHB7GF567QT X-Message-ID-Hash: XQQ2AXHEO4SM442NT3H3BMHB7GF567QT 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 Reviewed-by: Fiona Ebner --- changes from v1: * incorporated fionas feedback (thanks!) * include r-b trailer from fiona www/manager6/qemu/BootOrderEdit.js | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) diff --git a/www/manager6/qemu/BootOrderEdit.js b/www/manager6/qemu/BootOrderEdit.js index 521a3d6e..08e71913 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 +44,14 @@ Ext.define('PVE.qemu.BootOrderPanel', { view.inUpdate = false; marker.checkDirty(); emptyWarning.setHidden(val !== ''); + + let showRngPxeWarning = + view.vmconfig?.bios === 'ovmf' && + !view.vmconfig?.rng0 && + val?.includes('net'); + + rngPxeWarning.setHidden(!showRngPxeWarning); + grid.getView().refresh(); }, }, @@ -238,6 +247,13 @@ 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: For PXE boot with OVMF, you must add a VirtIO RNG device!'), + }, { // for dirty marking and 'reset' function xtype: 'field', -- 2.47.3