From: Christian Ludwig <christian_ludwig@genua.de>
To: <pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com>
Subject: [PATCH pve-docs v3 18/19] pvesm: document the efi-firmware content type
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2026 11:12:38 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5e80861762a37873e3567e892ade5b69c98cb340.1793029144.git@genua.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1793029144.git@genua.de>
Describe the content type and list it for the backends that support it.
Signed-off-by: Christian Ludwig <christian_ludwig@genua.de>
---
pve-storage-cephfs.adoc | 4 ++--
pve-storage-cifs.adoc | 4 ++--
pve-storage-dir.adoc | 5 +++--
pve-storage-nfs.adoc | 4 ++--
pvesm.adoc | 5 +++++
5 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/pve-storage-cephfs.adoc b/pve-storage-cephfs.adoc
index 7df0613..6d83be7 100644
--- a/pve-storage-cephfs.adoc
+++ b/pve-storage-cephfs.adoc
@@ -124,8 +124,8 @@ The `cephfs` backend is a POSIX-compliant filesystem, on top of a Ceph cluster.
.Storage features for backend `cephfs`
[width="100%",cols="m,m,3*d",options="header"]
|==============================================================================
-|Content types |Image formats |Shared |Snapshots |Clones
-|vztmpl iso backup snippets |none |yes |yes^[1]^ |no
+|Content types |Image formats |Shared |Snapshots |Clones
+|vztmpl iso backup snippets efi-firmware |none |yes |yes^[1]^ |no
|==============================================================================
^[1]^ While no known bugs exist, snapshots are not yet guaranteed to be stable,
as they lack sufficient testing.
diff --git a/pve-storage-cifs.adoc b/pve-storage-cifs.adoc
index 1664764..53ef141 100644
--- a/pve-storage-cifs.adoc
+++ b/pve-storage-cifs.adoc
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ features available.
.Storage features for backend `cifs`
[width="100%",cols="m,m,3*d",options="header"]
|==============================================================================
-|Content types |Image formats |Shared |Snapshots |Clones
-|images rootdir vztmpl iso backup snippets |raw qcow2 vmdk |yes |qcow2 |qcow2
+|Content types |Image formats |Shared |Snapshots |Clones
+|images rootdir vztmpl iso backup snippets efi-firmware |raw qcow2 vmdk |yes |qcow2 |qcow2
|==============================================================================
Examples
diff --git a/pve-storage-dir.adoc b/pve-storage-dir.adoc
index 9905017..250ef58 100644
--- a/pve-storage-dir.adoc
+++ b/pve-storage-dir.adoc
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ storage backends.
|Backup files |`dump/`
|Snippets |`snippets/`
|Import |`import/`
+|EFI firmware |`efi-firmware/`
|===========================================================
@@ -119,8 +120,8 @@ feature to create clones.
.Storage features for backend `dir`
[width="100%",cols="m,m,3*d",options="header"]
|==============================================================================
-|Content types |Image formats |Shared |Snapshots |Clones
-|images rootdir vztmpl iso backup snippets |raw qcow2 vmdk subvol |no |qcow2 |qcow2
+|Content types |Image formats |Shared |Snapshots |Clones
+|images rootdir vztmpl iso backup snippets efi-firmware |raw qcow2 vmdk subvol |no |qcow2 |qcow2
|==============================================================================
diff --git a/pve-storage-nfs.adoc b/pve-storage-nfs.adoc
index ea5bbdc..33793b3 100644
--- a/pve-storage-nfs.adoc
+++ b/pve-storage-nfs.adoc
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ to implement snapshots and cloning.
.Storage features for backend `nfs`
[width="100%",cols="m,m,3*d",options="header"]
|==============================================================================
-|Content types |Image formats |Shared |Snapshots |Clones
-|images rootdir vztmpl iso backup snippets |raw qcow2 vmdk |yes |qcow2 |qcow2
+|Content types |Image formats |Shared |Snapshots |Clones
+|images rootdir vztmpl iso backup snippets efi-firmware |raw qcow2 vmdk |yes |qcow2 |qcow2
|==============================================================================
Examples
diff --git a/pvesm.adoc b/pvesm.adoc
index 5bd24b2..b1e2b73 100644
--- a/pvesm.adoc
+++ b/pvesm.adoc
@@ -250,6 +250,11 @@ import:::
OVAs and VM disk images that can be imported from this storage
+efi-firmware:::
+
+Custom EFI firmware images (raw images with the `.fd` extension) for use with
+OVMF-based VMs
+
shared::
Indicate that this is a single storage with the same contents on all nodes (or
--
2.34.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-27 10:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-27 10:12 [PATCH v3 00/19] Support for custom EFI firmware Christian Ludwig
2026-10-27 10:12 ` [PATCH pve-storage v3 01/19] plugin: add efi-firmware content type Christian Ludwig
2026-10-27 10:12 ` [PATCH pve-storage v3 02/19] test: get_subdir: cover the " Christian Ludwig
2026-10-27 10:12 ` [PATCH pve-storage v3 03/19] plugins: allow the efi-firmware content type on file based storages Christian Ludwig
2026-10-27 10:12 ` [PATCH pve-storage v3 04/19] plugin: support efi-firmware volumes in volume export and import Christian Ludwig
2026-10-27 10:12 ` [PATCH pve-storage v3 05/19] api: status: support efi-firmware in upload and download-url Christian Ludwig
2026-10-27 10:12 ` [PATCH pve-storage v3 06/19] test: volume access: cover efi-firmware volumes Christian Ludwig
2026-10-27 10:12 ` [PATCH pve-storage v3 07/19] test: list volumes: " Christian Ludwig
2026-10-27 10:12 ` [PATCH pve-storage v3 08/19] test: cover efi-firmware volumes in parse_volname and path_to_volume_id Christian Ludwig
2026-10-27 10:12 ` [PATCH qemu-server v3 09/19] config: define bios schema as property-string Christian Ludwig
2026-10-27 10:12 ` [PATCH qemu-server v3 10/19] bios: add a custom firmware sub-property Christian Ludwig
2026-10-27 10:12 ` [PATCH qemu-server v3 11/19] api: check the custom firmware of the bios option Christian Ludwig
2026-10-27 10:12 ` [PATCH qemu-server v3 12/19] test: custom firmware in " Christian Ludwig
2026-10-27 10:12 ` [PATCH qemu-server v3 13/19] test: custom firmware volumes in replication and migration Christian Ludwig
2026-10-27 10:12 ` [PATCH pve-manager v3 14/19] ui: storage: add efi-firmware content type support Christian Ludwig
2026-10-27 10:12 ` [PATCH pve-manager v3 15/19] ui: form: support other content types in the ISO selector Christian Ludwig
2026-10-27 10:12 ` [PATCH pve-manager v3 16/19] ui: qemu: allow selecting a custom EFI firmware image Christian Ludwig
2026-10-27 10:12 ` [PATCH pve-manager v3 17/19] ui: migrate: refuse migration with a local custom " Christian Ludwig
2026-10-27 10:12 ` Christian Ludwig [this message]
2026-10-27 10:12 ` [PATCH pve-docs v3 19/19] qm: document the custom firmware of the bios option Christian Ludwig
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