From 1dd24167b874b7463ac5f6cf40d6436ca7f76c42 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michal Privoznik Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 11:05:08 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] news: Document firmware autoselection for QEMU driver Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik Reviewed-by: Andrea Bolognani Reviewed-by: Erik Skultety --- docs/news.xml | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/news.xml b/docs/news.xml index 81466c3d55..896700fa97 100644 --- a/docs/news.xml +++ b/docs/news.xml @@ -66,6 +66,22 @@ virtio device version is presented to the guest. + + + qemu: Enable firmware autoselection + + + Libvirt allows users to provide loader path for some time now. + However, this puts some burden on users because they need to + know what firmware meets their requirements. Now that QEMU + ships firmware description files this burden can be moved onto + libvirt. It is as easy as setting the firmware + attribute in the os element (accepted values are + bios and efi). Moreover, libvirt + automatically enables domain features needed for firmware it + chooses. + +