ref: 4505f10cf5232db91219ac69205dbdc9722b7ea0
parent: 2f5c35d159876ab702d037c7ec3785cffb51fe5a
author: Jacob Moody <moody@posixcafe.org>
date: Tue Dec 5 23:26:48 EST 2023
OVMF.md: mention that you will be unable to use vesa
--- a/OVMF.md
+++ b/OVMF.md
@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
QEMU and OVMF
=============
-# UEFI considered #harmful
+# Don't
-Just don't use UEFI. It's terrible. It's entirely non-standardized. BIOS boot
-is exactly the same everywhere, and just works.
+BIOS works and is the preferred way to boot when using qemu.
-# But I Like UEFI
+# Invocation
-Fine.
+You must specify both the uefi executable itself along
+with the efi variable flash. The later of which may be
+written to by the guest operating system as a word of caution.
+
```
qemu-system-x86_64 \
-enable-kvm \
@@ -18,3 +20,9 @@
-drive file=OVMF_VARS_4M.fd,format=raw,if=pflash,unit=1 \
....
```
+
+# Running
+
+You will be unable to use the default 'vesa' monitor type. You may
+enter 'none' or set 'monitor=none' in plan9.ini when booting a terminal to
+keep the efi gop.