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Berrang=C3=A9 --- NEWS.rst | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst index 7a80116de3..71f1f21472 100644 --- a/NEWS.rst +++ b/NEWS.rst @@ -24,6 +24,23 @@ v12.1.0 (unreleased) example Secure Boot support, is available for the selected architectur= e and machine type. =20 + * qemu: Add support for uefi-vars device and firmware builds using it + + This is particularly noteworthy for people running aarch64 VMs with the + 'virt' machine type, as it makes it finally possible to use Secure Boot + with that combination. + + In most cases, no special steps are needed to take advantage of this: + assuming that you have installed a recent version of QEMU, as well as a + build of edk2 that includes the necessary binaries, you can just `enab= le + Secure Boot `__ as you normally would. + + To explicitly request that the uefi-vars device is used even for scena= rios + where that would normally not be the case, it's enough to add an empty + ```` element in the domain XML. More details are available = in + the `guest firmware configuration `__ + section of the documentation. + * **Improvements** =20 * **Bug fixes** --=20 2.53.0