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1# -*- Mode: Python -*-
2#
3# Copyright (C) 2018 Red Hat, Inc.
4#
5# Authors:
6#  Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@redhat.com>
7#  Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>
8#
9# This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or
10# later. See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
11
12##
13# = Firmware
14##
15
16{ 'include' : 'common.json' }
17{ 'include' : 'block-core.json' }
18
19##
20# @FirmwareOSInterface:
21#
22# Lists the firmware-OS interface types provided by various firmware
23# that is commonly used with QEMU virtual machines.
24#
25# @bios: Traditional x86 BIOS interface. For example, firmware built
26#        from the SeaBIOS project usually provides this interface.
27#
28# @openfirmware: The interface is defined by the (historical) IEEE
29#                1275-1994 standard. Examples for firmware projects that
30#                provide this interface are: OpenBIOS, OpenHackWare,
31#                SLOF.
32#
33# @uboot: Firmware interface defined by the U-Boot project.
34#
35# @uefi: Firmware interface defined by the UEFI specification. For
36#        example, firmware built from the edk2 (EFI Development Kit II)
37#        project usually provides this interface.
38#
39# Since: 3.0
40##
41{ 'enum' : 'FirmwareOSInterface',
42  'data' : [ 'bios', 'openfirmware', 'uboot', 'uefi' ] }
43
44##
45# @FirmwareDevice:
46#
47# Defines the device types that firmware can be mapped into.
48#
49# @flash: The firmware executable and its accompanying NVRAM file are to
50#         be mapped into a pflash chip each.
51#
52# @kernel: The firmware is to be loaded like a Linux kernel. This is
53#          similar to @memory but may imply additional processing that
54#          is specific to the target architecture and machine type.
55#
56# @memory: The firmware is to be mapped into memory.
57#
58# Since: 3.0
59##
60{ 'enum' : 'FirmwareDevice',
61  'data' : [ 'flash', 'kernel', 'memory' ] }
62
63##
64# @FirmwareTarget:
65#
66# Defines the machine types that firmware may execute on.
67#
68# @architecture: Determines the emulation target (the QEMU system
69#                emulator) that can execute the firmware.
70#
71# @machines: Lists the machine types (known by the emulator that is
72#            specified through @architecture) that can execute the
73#            firmware. Elements of @machines are supposed to be concrete
74#            machine types, not aliases. Glob patterns are understood,
75#            which is especially useful for versioned machine types.
76#            (For example, the glob pattern "pc-i440fx-*" matches
77#            "pc-i440fx-2.12".) On the QEMU command line, "-machine
78#            type=..." specifies the requested machine type (but that
79#            option does not accept glob patterns).
80#
81# Since: 3.0
82##
83{ 'struct' : 'FirmwareTarget',
84  'data'   : { 'architecture' : 'SysEmuTarget',
85               'machines'     : [ 'str' ] } }
86
87##
88# @FirmwareFeature:
89#
90# Defines the features that firmware may support, and the platform
91# requirements that firmware may present.
92#
93# @acpi-s3: The firmware supports S3 sleep (suspend to RAM), as defined
94#           in the ACPI specification. On the "pc-i440fx-*" machine
95#           types of the @i386 and @x86_64 emulation targets, S3 can be
96#           enabled with "-global PIIX4_PM.disable_s3=0" and disabled
97#           with "-global PIIX4_PM.disable_s3=1". On the "pc-q35-*"
98#           machine types of the @i386 and @x86_64 emulation targets, S3
99#           can be enabled with "-global ICH9-LPC.disable_s3=0" and
100#           disabled with "-global ICH9-LPC.disable_s3=1".
101#
102# @acpi-s4: The firmware supports S4 hibernation (suspend to disk), as
103#           defined in the ACPI specification. On the "pc-i440fx-*"
104#           machine types of the @i386 and @x86_64 emulation targets, S4
105#           can be enabled with "-global PIIX4_PM.disable_s4=0" and
106#           disabled with "-global PIIX4_PM.disable_s4=1". On the
107#           "pc-q35-*" machine types of the @i386 and @x86_64 emulation
108#           targets, S4 can be enabled with "-global
109#           ICH9-LPC.disable_s4=0" and disabled with "-global
110#           ICH9-LPC.disable_s4=1".
111#
112# @amd-sev: The firmware supports running under AMD Secure Encrypted
113#           Virtualization, as specified in the AMD64 Architecture
114#           Programmer's Manual. QEMU command line options related to
115#           this feature are documented in
116#           "docs/amd-memory-encryption.txt".
117#
118# @enrolled-keys: The variable store (NVRAM) template associated with
119#                 the firmware binary has the UEFI Secure Boot
120#                 operational mode turned on, with certificates
121#                 enrolled.
122#
123# @requires-smm: The firmware requires the platform to emulate SMM
124#                (System Management Mode), as defined in the AMD64
125#                Architecture Programmer's Manual, and in the Intel(R)64
126#                and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer's Manual. On
127#                the "pc-q35-*" machine types of the @i386 and @x86_64
128#                emulation targets, SMM emulation can be enabled with
129#                "-machine smm=on". (On the "pc-q35-*" machine types of
130#                the @i386 emulation target, @requires-smm presents
131#                further CPU requirements; one combination known to work
132#                is "-cpu coreduo,-nx".) If the firmware is marked as
133#                both @secure-boot and @requires-smm, then write
134#                accesses to the pflash chip (NVRAM) that holds the UEFI
135#                variable store must be restricted to code that executes
136#                in SMM, using the additional option "-global
137#                driver=cfi.pflash01,property=secure,value=on".
138#                Furthermore, a large guest-physical address space
139#                (comprising guest RAM, memory hotplug range, and 64-bit
140#                PCI MMIO aperture), and/or a high VCPU count, may
141#                present high SMRAM requirements from the firmware. On
142#                the "pc-q35-*" machine types of the @i386 and @x86_64
143#                emulation targets, the SMRAM size may be increased
144#                above the default 16MB with the "-global
145#                mch.extended-tseg-mbytes=uint16" option. As a rule of
146#                thumb, the default 16MB size suffices for 1TB of
147#                guest-phys address space and a few tens of VCPUs; for
148#                every further TB of guest-phys address space, add 8MB
149#                of SMRAM. 48MB should suffice for 4TB of guest-phys
150#                address space and 2-3 hundred VCPUs.
151#
152# @secure-boot: The firmware implements the software interfaces for UEFI
153#               Secure Boot, as defined in the UEFI specification. Note
154#               that without @requires-smm, guest code running with
155#               kernel privileges can undermine the security of Secure
156#               Boot.
157#
158# @verbose-dynamic: When firmware log capture is enabled, the firmware
159#                   logs a large amount of debug messages, which may
160#                   impact boot performance. With log capture disabled,
161#                   there is no boot performance impact. On the
162#                   "pc-i440fx-*" and "pc-q35-*" machine types of the
163#                   @i386 and @x86_64 emulation targets, firmware log
164#                   capture can be enabled with the QEMU command line
165#                   options "-chardev file,id=fwdebug,path=LOGFILEPATH
166#                   -device isa-debugcon,iobase=0x402,chardev=fwdebug".
167#                   @verbose-dynamic is mutually exclusive with
168#                   @verbose-static.
169#
170# @verbose-static: The firmware unconditionally produces a large amount
171#                  of debug messages, which may impact boot performance.
172#                  This feature may typically be carried by certain UEFI
173#                  firmware for the "virt-*" machine types of the @arm
174#                  and @aarch64 emulation targets, where the debug
175#                  messages are written to the first (always present)
176#                  PL011 UART. @verbose-static is mutually exclusive
177#                  with @verbose-dynamic.
178#
179# Since: 3.0
180##
181{ 'enum' : 'FirmwareFeature',
182  'data' : [ 'acpi-s3', 'acpi-s4', 'amd-sev', 'enrolled-keys',
183             'requires-smm', 'secure-boot', 'verbose-dynamic',
184             'verbose-static' ] }
185
186##
187# @FirmwareFlashFile:
188#
189# Defines common properties that are necessary for loading a firmware
190# file into a pflash chip. The corresponding QEMU command line option is
191# "-drive file=@filename,format=@format". Note however that the
192# option-argument shown here is incomplete; it is completed under
193# @FirmwareMappingFlash.
194#
195# @filename: Specifies the filename on the host filesystem where the
196#            firmware file can be found.
197#
198# @format: Specifies the block format of the file pointed-to by
199#          @filename, such as @raw or @qcow2.
200#
201# Since: 3.0
202##
203{ 'struct' : 'FirmwareFlashFile',
204  'data'   : { 'filename' : 'str',
205               'format'   : 'BlockdevDriver' } }
206
207##
208# @FirmwareMappingFlash:
209#
210# Describes loading and mapping properties for the firmware executable
211# and its accompanying NVRAM file, when @FirmwareDevice is @flash.
212#
213# @executable: Identifies the firmware executable. The firmware
214#              executable may be shared by multiple virtual machine
215#              definitions. The corresponding QEMU command line option
216#              is "-drive
217#              if=pflash,unit=0,readonly=on,file=@executable.@filename,format=@executable.@format".
218#
219# @nvram-template: Identifies the NVRAM template compatible with
220#                  @executable. Management software instantiates an
221#                  individual copy -- a specific NVRAM file -- from
222#                  @nvram-template.@filename for each new virtual
223#                  machine definition created. @nvram-template.@filename
224#                  itself is never mapped into virtual machines, only
225#                  individual copies of it are. An NVRAM file is
226#                  typically used for persistently storing the
227#                  non-volatile UEFI variables of a virtual machine
228#                  definition. The corresponding QEMU command line
229#                  option is "-drive
230#                  if=pflash,unit=1,readonly=off,file=FILENAME_OF_PRIVATE_NVRAM_FILE,format=@nvram-template.@format".
231#
232# Since: 3.0
233##
234{ 'struct' : 'FirmwareMappingFlash',
235  'data'   : { 'executable'     : 'FirmwareFlashFile',
236               'nvram-template' : 'FirmwareFlashFile' } }
237
238##
239# @FirmwareMappingKernel:
240#
241# Describes loading and mapping properties for the firmware executable,
242# when @FirmwareDevice is @kernel.
243#
244# @filename: Identifies the firmware executable. The firmware executable
245#            may be shared by multiple virtual machine definitions. The
246#            corresponding QEMU command line option is "-kernel
247#            @filename".
248#
249# Since: 3.0
250##
251{ 'struct' : 'FirmwareMappingKernel',
252  'data'   : { 'filename' : 'str' } }
253
254##
255# @FirmwareMappingMemory:
256#
257# Describes loading and mapping properties for the firmware executable,
258# when @FirmwareDevice is @memory.
259#
260# @filename: Identifies the firmware executable. The firmware executable
261#            may be shared by multiple virtual machine definitions. The
262#            corresponding QEMU command line option is "-bios
263#            @filename".
264#
265# Since: 3.0
266##
267{ 'struct' : 'FirmwareMappingMemory',
268  'data'   : { 'filename' : 'str' } }
269
270##
271# @FirmwareMapping:
272#
273# Provides a discriminated structure for firmware to describe its
274# loading / mapping properties.
275#
276# @device: Selects the device type that the firmware must be mapped
277#          into.
278#
279# Since: 3.0
280##
281{ 'union'         : 'FirmwareMapping',
282  'base'          : { 'device' : 'FirmwareDevice' },
283  'discriminator' : 'device',
284  'data'          : { 'flash'  : 'FirmwareMappingFlash',
285                      'kernel' : 'FirmwareMappingKernel',
286                      'memory' : 'FirmwareMappingMemory' } }
287
288##
289# @Firmware:
290#
291# Describes a firmware (or a firmware use case) to management software.
292#
293# It is possible for multiple @Firmware elements to match the search
294# criteria of management software. Applications thus need rules to pick
295# one of the many matches, and users need the ability to override distro
296# defaults.
297#
298# It is recommended to create firmware JSON files (each containing a
299# single @Firmware root element) with a double-digit prefix, for example
300# "50-ovmf.json", "50-seabios-256k.json", etc, so they can be sorted in
301# predictable order. The firmware JSON files should be searched for in
302# three directories:
303#
304#   - /usr/share/qemu/firmware -- populated by distro-provided firmware
305#                                 packages (XDG_DATA_DIRS covers
306#                                 /usr/share by default),
307#
308#   - /etc/qemu/firmware -- exclusively for sysadmins' local additions,
309#
310#   - $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/qemu/firmware -- exclusively for per-user local
311#                                       additions (XDG_CONFIG_HOME
312#                                       defaults to $HOME/.config).
313#
314# Top-down, the list of directories goes from general to specific.
315#
316# Management software should build a list of files from all three
317# locations, then sort the list by filename (i.e., last pathname
318# component). Management software should choose the first JSON file on
319# the sorted list that matches the search criteria. If a more specific
320# directory has a file with same name as a less specific directory, then
321# the file in the more specific directory takes effect. If the more
322# specific file is zero length, it hides the less specific one.
323#
324# For example, if a distro ships
325#
326#   - /usr/share/qemu/firmware/50-ovmf.json
327#
328#   - /usr/share/qemu/firmware/50-seabios-256k.json
329#
330# then the sysadmin can prevent the default OVMF being used at all with
331#
332#   $ touch /etc/qemu/firmware/50-ovmf.json
333#
334# The sysadmin can replace/alter the distro default OVMF with
335#
336#   $ vim /etc/qemu/firmware/50-ovmf.json
337#
338# or they can provide a parallel OVMF with higher priority
339#
340#   $ vim /etc/qemu/firmware/10-ovmf.json
341#
342# or they can provide a parallel OVMF with lower priority
343#
344#   $ vim /etc/qemu/firmware/99-ovmf.json
345#
346# @description: Provides a human-readable description of the firmware.
347#               Management software may or may not display @description.
348#
349# @interface-types: Lists the types of interfaces that the firmware can
350#                   expose to the guest OS. This is a non-empty, ordered
351#                   list; entries near the beginning of @interface-types
352#                   are considered more native to the firmware, and/or
353#                   to have a higher quality implementation in the
354#                   firmware, than entries near the end of
355#                   @interface-types.
356#
357# @mapping: Describes the loading / mapping properties of the firmware.
358#
359# @targets: Collects the target architectures (QEMU system emulators)
360#           and their machine types that may execute the firmware.
361#
362# @features: Lists the features that the firmware supports, and the
363#            platform requirements it presents.
364#
365# @tags: A list of auxiliary strings associated with the firmware for
366#        which @description is not appropriate, due to the latter's
367#        possible exposure to the end-user. @tags serves development and
368#        debugging purposes only, and management software shall
369#        explicitly ignore it.
370#
371# Since: 3.0
372#
373# Examples:
374#
375# {
376#     "description": "SeaBIOS",
377#     "interface-types": [
378#         "bios"
379#     ],
380#     "mapping": {
381#         "device": "memory",
382#         "filename": "/usr/share/seabios/bios-256k.bin"
383#     },
384#     "targets": [
385#         {
386#             "architecture": "i386",
387#             "machines": [
388#                 "pc-i440fx-*",
389#                 "pc-q35-*"
390#             ]
391#         },
392#         {
393#             "architecture": "x86_64",
394#             "machines": [
395#                 "pc-i440fx-*",
396#                 "pc-q35-*"
397#             ]
398#         }
399#     ],
400#     "features": [
401#         "acpi-s3",
402#         "acpi-s4"
403#     ],
404#     "tags": [
405#         "CONFIG_BOOTSPLASH=n",
406#         "CONFIG_ROM_SIZE=256",
407#         "CONFIG_USE_SMM=n"
408#     ]
409# }
410#
411# {
412#     "description": "OVMF with SB+SMM, empty varstore",
413#     "interface-types": [
414#         "uefi"
415#     ],
416#     "mapping": {
417#         "device": "flash",
418#         "executable": {
419#             "filename": "/usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_CODE.secboot.fd",
420#             "format": "raw"
421#         },
422#         "nvram-template": {
423#             "filename": "/usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_VARS.fd",
424#             "format": "raw"
425#         }
426#     },
427#     "targets": [
428#         {
429#             "architecture": "x86_64",
430#             "machines": [
431#                 "pc-q35-*"
432#             ]
433#         }
434#     ],
435#     "features": [
436#         "acpi-s3",
437#         "amd-sev",
438#         "requires-smm",
439#         "secure-boot",
440#         "verbose-dynamic"
441#     ],
442#     "tags": [
443#         "-a IA32",
444#         "-a X64",
445#         "-p OvmfPkg/OvmfPkgIa32X64.dsc",
446#         "-t GCC48",
447#         "-b DEBUG",
448#         "-D SMM_REQUIRE",
449#         "-D SECURE_BOOT_ENABLE",
450#         "-D FD_SIZE_4MB"
451#     ]
452# }
453#
454# {
455#     "description": "OVMF with SB+SMM, SB enabled, MS certs enrolled",
456#     "interface-types": [
457#         "uefi"
458#     ],
459#     "mapping": {
460#         "device": "flash",
461#         "executable": {
462#             "filename": "/usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_CODE.secboot.fd",
463#             "format": "raw"
464#         },
465#         "nvram-template": {
466#             "filename": "/usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_VARS.secboot.fd",
467#             "format": "raw"
468#         }
469#     },
470#     "targets": [
471#         {
472#             "architecture": "x86_64",
473#             "machines": [
474#                 "pc-q35-*"
475#             ]
476#         }
477#     ],
478#     "features": [
479#         "acpi-s3",
480#         "amd-sev",
481#         "enrolled-keys",
482#         "requires-smm",
483#         "secure-boot",
484#         "verbose-dynamic"
485#     ],
486#     "tags": [
487#         "-a IA32",
488#         "-a X64",
489#         "-p OvmfPkg/OvmfPkgIa32X64.dsc",
490#         "-t GCC48",
491#         "-b DEBUG",
492#         "-D SMM_REQUIRE",
493#         "-D SECURE_BOOT_ENABLE",
494#         "-D FD_SIZE_4MB"
495#     ]
496# }
497#
498# {
499#     "description": "UEFI firmware for ARM64 virtual machines",
500#     "interface-types": [
501#         "uefi"
502#     ],
503#     "mapping": {
504#         "device": "flash",
505#         "executable": {
506#             "filename": "/usr/share/AAVMF/AAVMF_CODE.fd",
507#             "format": "raw"
508#         },
509#         "nvram-template": {
510#             "filename": "/usr/share/AAVMF/AAVMF_VARS.fd",
511#             "format": "raw"
512#         }
513#     },
514#     "targets": [
515#         {
516#             "architecture": "aarch64",
517#             "machines": [
518#                 "virt-*"
519#             ]
520#         }
521#     ],
522#     "features": [
523#
524#     ],
525#     "tags": [
526#         "-a AARCH64",
527#         "-p ArmVirtPkg/ArmVirtQemu.dsc",
528#         "-t GCC48",
529#         "-b DEBUG",
530#         "-D DEBUG_PRINT_ERROR_LEVEL=0x80000000"
531#     ]
532# }
533##
534{ 'struct' : 'Firmware',
535  'data'   : { 'description'     : 'str',
536               'interface-types' : [ 'FirmwareOSInterface' ],
537               'mapping'         : 'FirmwareMapping',
538               'targets'         : [ 'FirmwareTarget' ],
539               'features'        : [ 'FirmwareFeature' ],
540               'tags'            : [ 'str' ] } }
541