From: Christian Ludwig <christian_ludwig@genua.de>
To: <pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com>, <-b@genua.de>, <cludwig@genua.de>
Subject: [PATCH pve-docs 13/13] qm: Document efi-firmware VM option
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2026 11:29:38 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aoLUgmGa86Jedgs6@pc43.vpn.genua.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <e9670c8e-1101-4591-9534-09217632176b@pc43.vpn.genua.de>
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Signed-off-by: Christian Ludwig <christian_ludwig@genua.de>
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qm.adoc | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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diff --git a/qm.adoc b/qm.adoc
index 5b46cdc..141187b 100644
--- a/qm.adoc
+++ b/qm.adoc
@@ -1246,6 +1246,39 @@ NOTE: The markers `ms-cert=2023` and `ms-cert=2023w` may indicate partial
enrollment. The VM start task log will warn about this. You should apply the
enrollment procedure for such EFI disks too.
+[[qm_custom_efi_firmware]]
+Custom EFI Firmware
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+By default, {pve} uses the system-provided OVMF firmware images. If you need a
+custom or vendor-specific EFI firmware code image, you can override the default
+firmware with the `efi-firmware` VM option.
+
+The firmware image must first be uploaded to a storage that has the
+`efi-firmware` content type enabled.
+
+To configure a VM to use a custom firmware image:
+
+----
+# qm set <vmid> -efi-firmware <storage>:efi-firmware/<name>
+----
+
+For example:
+
+----
+# qm set 100 -efi-firmware local:efi-firmware/custom-ovmf-code.fd
+----
+
+NOTE: The `efi-firmware` option requires `bios` to be set to `ovmf`. The
+custom image replaces only the firmware code (pflash0); the EFI vars disk
+(`efidisk0`) is still used as normal for storing UEFI variables.
+
+To remove a custom firmware assignment and revert to the default OVMF image:
+
+----
+# qm set <vmid> -delete efi-firmware
+----
+
[[qm_tpm]]
Trusted Platform Module (TPM)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
--
2.34.1
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2026-08-17 9:29 [PATCH storage/qemu 0/13]: Custom UEFI firmware in PVE Christian Ludwig
2026-08-17 9:29 ` [PATCH pve-storage 1/13] Add efi-firmware content type Christian Ludwig
2026-08-17 9:29 ` [PATCH pve-storage 2/13] Test for " Christian Ludwig
2026-08-17 9:29 ` [PATCH pve-storage 3/13] Allow efi-firmware in file-based storage Christian Ludwig
2026-08-17 9:29 ` [PATCH pve-storage 4/13] Extend storage API endpoints for efi-firmware Christian Ludwig
2026-08-17 9:29 ` [PATCH pve-storage 5/13] Volume access check test " Christian Ludwig
2026-08-17 9:29 ` [PATCH pve-storage 6/13] efi-firmware storage path to volume conversion test Christian Ludwig
2026-08-17 9:29 ` [PATCH qemu-server 07/13] Add efi-firmware key to VM config schema Christian Ludwig
2026-08-17 9:29 ` [PATCH qemu-server 08/13] Add efi-firmware support to the API Christian Ludwig
2026-08-17 9:29 ` [PATCH qemu-server 09/13] Generate efi-firmware Qemu command line Christian Ludwig
2026-08-17 9:29 ` [PATCH qemu-server 10/13] test: efi-firmware key in VM config Christian Ludwig
2026-08-17 9:29 ` [PATCH qemu-server 11/13] test: efi-firmware volumes replication Christian Ludwig
2026-08-17 9:29 ` [PATCH pve-docs 12/13] pvesm: Document efi-firmware content type Christian Ludwig
2026-08-17 9:29 ` Christian Ludwig [this message]
2026-08-17 11:59 ` [PATCH storage/qemu 0/13]: Custom UEFI firmware in PVE Christian Ludwig
2026-08-17 11:59 ` [PATCH pve-storage 1/13] Add efi-firmware content type Christian Ludwig
2026-08-17 11:59 ` [PATCH pve-storage 2/13] Test for " Christian Ludwig
2026-08-17 11:59 ` [PATCH pve-storage 3/13] Allow efi-firmware in file-based storage Christian Ludwig
2026-08-17 11:59 ` [PATCH pve-storage 4/13] Extend storage API endpoints for efi-firmware Christian Ludwig
2026-08-17 11:59 ` [PATCH pve-storage 5/13] Volume access check test " Christian Ludwig
2026-08-17 11:59 ` [PATCH pve-storage 6/13] efi-firmware storage path to volume conversion test Christian Ludwig
2026-08-17 11:59 ` [PATCH qemu-server 07/13] Add efi-firmware key to VM config schema Christian Ludwig
2026-08-17 11:59 ` [PATCH qemu-server 08/13] Add efi-firmware support to the API Christian Ludwig
2026-08-17 11:59 ` [PATCH qemu-server 09/13] Generate efi-firmware Qemu command line Christian Ludwig
2026-08-17 11:59 ` [PATCH qemu-server 10/13] test: efi-firmware key in VM config Christian Ludwig
2026-08-17 11:59 ` [PATCH qemu-server 11/13] test: efi-firmware volumes replication Christian Ludwig
2026-08-17 11:59 ` [PATCH pve-docs 12/13] pvesm: Document efi-firmware content type Christian Ludwig
2026-08-17 11:59 ` [PATCH pve-docs 13/13] qm: Document efi-firmware VM option Christian Ludwig
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