From: Philipp Giersfeld <philipp.giersfeld@canarybit.eu>
To: Fiona Ebner <f.ebner@proxmox.com>
Cc: Proxmox VE development discussion <pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com>
Subject: Re: [pve-devel] [PATCH edk2-firmware v3 2/5] Add OVMF targets for AMD SEV-ES and SEV-SNP
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2025 13:31:54 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2oyay6zqur67bbgfk7vt425ibk7my37jsguzes7zgjokxxdx5k@yv2uzpisjimf> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <f69d7f3c-d655-4173-b9e1-746b9e1f4fb3@proxmox.com>
On 25/03/05 03:18PM, Fiona Ebner wrote:
> Am 24.02.25 um 13:37 schrieb Philipp Giersfeld:
> > AMD SEV-SNP boots with a single volatile firmware image OVMF.fd via the
> > -bios option.
> >
> > Currently, an SEV-enabled VM will not boot with an OVMF
> > firmware that was compiled with `SECURE_BOOT_ENABLE` [1].
> >
> > Furthermore, during testing, SEV-enabled amchines did not boot with
> > `SMM_REQUIRE`.
> >
> > Therefore, introduce a new target build-ovmf-cvm that builds OVMF
> > firmware suitable for AMD SEV.
> >
> > [1] https://github.com/tianocore/edk2/pull/6285
> >
>
> This has been merged in edk2-stable202502, which is already out now. I'd
> prefer going directly for that tag. Can we avoid splitting out the
> SMM_REQUIRE flag then?
>
(Assuming you mean the SECURE_BOOT flag)
Yes, I also prefer going directly for edk2-stable202502. I already tested it
briefly and will prepare an updated version of the patch.
Splitting out SMM cannot be avoided since SEV-ES and SEV-SNP do not support it [1,2].
[1] https://www.qemu.org/docs/master/system/i386/amd-memory-encryption.html
[2] https://www.amd.com/content/dam/amd/en/documents/epyc-technical-docs/specifications/56421.pdf
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Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-02-24 12:37 [pve-devel] [PATCH edk2-firmware/qemu-server/manager v3 0/5] AMD SEV-SNP Philipp Giersfeld
2025-02-24 12:37 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH edk2-firmware v3 1/5] Update edk2 to edkstable202411 Philipp Giersfeld
2025-03-05 16:51 ` [pve-devel] applied: " Thomas Lamprecht
2025-02-24 12:37 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH edk2-firmware v3 2/5] Add OVMF targets for AMD SEV-ES and SEV-SNP Philipp Giersfeld
2025-03-05 14:18 ` Fiona Ebner
2025-03-05 15:35 ` Thomas Lamprecht
2025-03-11 12:31 ` Philipp Giersfeld [this message]
2025-02-24 12:37 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH qemu-server v3 3/5] Convert policy calculation Philipp Giersfeld
2025-03-05 15:35 ` Fiona Ebner
2025-02-24 12:37 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH qemu-server v3 4/5] config: add AMD SEV-SNP support Philipp Giersfeld
2025-03-05 15:35 ` Fiona Ebner
2025-03-11 13:56 ` Philipp Giersfeld
2025-03-11 14:22 ` Fiona Ebner
2025-02-24 12:37 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH pve-manager v3 5/5] Add configuration options for AMD SEV-SNP Philipp Giersfeld
2025-03-05 8:31 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH edk2-firmware/qemu-server/manager v3 0/5] " Philipp Giersfeld
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