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1# -*- Mode: Python -*-
2# vim: filetype=python
3#
4# Copyright (C) 2018 Red Hat, Inc.
5#
6# Authors:
7#  Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@redhat.com>
8#  Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>
9#
10# This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or
11# later. See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
12
13##
14# = Firmware
15##
16
17{ 'pragma': {
18    'member-name-exceptions': [
19        'FirmwareArchitecture' # x86_64
20    ] } }
21
22##
23# @FirmwareOSInterface:
24#
25# Lists the firmware-OS interface types provided by various firmware
26# that is commonly used with QEMU virtual machines.
27#
28# @bios: Traditional x86 BIOS interface. For example, firmware built
29#        from the SeaBIOS project usually provides this interface.
30#
31# @openfirmware: The interface is defined by the (historical) IEEE
32#                1275-1994 standard. Examples for firmware projects that
33#                provide this interface are: OpenBIOS and SLOF.
34#
35# @uboot: Firmware interface defined by the U-Boot project.
36#
37# @uefi: Firmware interface defined by the UEFI specification. For
38#        example, firmware built from the edk2 (EFI Development Kit II)
39#        project usually provides this interface.
40#
41# Since: 3.0
42##
43{ 'enum' : 'FirmwareOSInterface',
44  'data' : [ 'bios', 'openfirmware', 'uboot', 'uefi' ] }
45
46##
47# @FirmwareDevice:
48#
49# Defines the device types that firmware can be mapped into.
50#
51# @flash: The firmware executable and its accompanying NVRAM file are to
52#         be mapped into a pflash chip each.
53#
54# @kernel: The firmware is to be loaded like a Linux kernel. This is
55#          similar to @memory but may imply additional processing that
56#          is specific to the target architecture and machine type.
57#
58# @memory: The firmware is to be mapped into memory.
59#
60# Since: 3.0
61##
62{ 'enum' : 'FirmwareDevice',
63  'data' : [ 'flash', 'kernel', 'memory' ] }
64
65##
66# @FirmwareArchitecture:
67#
68# Enumeration of architectures for which Qemu uses additional
69# firmware files.
70#
71# @aarch64: 64-bit Arm.
72#
73# @arm: 32-bit Arm.
74#
75# @i386: 32-bit x86.
76#
77# @loongarch64: 64-bit LoongArch. (since: 7.1)
78#
79# @x86_64: 64-bit x86.
80#
81# Since: 3.0
82##
83{ 'enum' : 'FirmwareArchitecture',
84  'data' : [ 'aarch64', 'arm', 'i386', 'loongarch64', 'x86_64' ] }
85
86##
87# @FirmwareTarget:
88#
89# Defines the machine types that firmware may execute on.
90#
91# @architecture: Determines the emulation target (the QEMU system
92#                emulator) that can execute the firmware.
93#
94# @machines: Lists the machine types (known by the emulator that is
95#            specified through @architecture) that can execute the
96#            firmware. Elements of @machines are supposed to be concrete
97#            machine types, not aliases. Glob patterns are understood,
98#            which is especially useful for versioned machine types.
99#            (For example, the glob pattern "pc-i440fx-*" matches
100#            "pc-i440fx-2.12".) On the QEMU command line, "-machine
101#            type=..." specifies the requested machine type (but that
102#            option does not accept glob patterns).
103#
104# Since: 3.0
105##
106{ 'struct' : 'FirmwareTarget',
107  'data'   : { 'architecture' : 'FirmwareArchitecture',
108               'machines'     : [ 'str' ] } }
109
110##
111# @FirmwareFeature:
112#
113# Defines the features that firmware may support, and the platform
114# requirements that firmware may present.
115#
116# @acpi-s3: The firmware supports S3 sleep (suspend to RAM), as defined
117#           in the ACPI specification. On the "pc-i440fx-*" machine
118#           types of the @i386 and @x86_64 emulation targets, S3 can be
119#           enabled with "-global PIIX4_PM.disable_s3=0" and disabled
120#           with "-global PIIX4_PM.disable_s3=1". On the "pc-q35-*"
121#           machine types of the @i386 and @x86_64 emulation targets, S3
122#           can be enabled with "-global ICH9-LPC.disable_s3=0" and
123#           disabled with "-global ICH9-LPC.disable_s3=1".
124#
125# @acpi-s4: The firmware supports S4 hibernation (suspend to disk), as
126#           defined in the ACPI specification. On the "pc-i440fx-*"
127#           machine types of the @i386 and @x86_64 emulation targets, S4
128#           can be enabled with "-global PIIX4_PM.disable_s4=0" and
129#           disabled with "-global PIIX4_PM.disable_s4=1". On the
130#           "pc-q35-*" machine types of the @i386 and @x86_64 emulation
131#           targets, S4 can be enabled with "-global
132#           ICH9-LPC.disable_s4=0" and disabled with "-global
133#           ICH9-LPC.disable_s4=1".
134#
135# @amd-sev: The firmware supports running under AMD Secure Encrypted
136#           Virtualization, as specified in the AMD64 Architecture
137#           Programmer's Manual. QEMU command line options related to
138#           this feature are documented in
139#           "docs/system/i386/amd-memory-encryption.rst".
140#
141# @amd-sev-es: The firmware supports running under AMD Secure Encrypted
142#              Virtualization - Encrypted State, as specified in the AMD64
143#              Architecture Programmer's Manual. QEMU command line options
144#              related to this feature are documented in
145#              "docs/system/i386/amd-memory-encryption.rst".
146#
147# @amd-sev-snp: The firmware supports running under AMD Secure Encrypted
148#               Virtualization - Secure Nested Paging, as specified in the
149#               AMD64 Architecture Programmer's Manual. QEMU command line
150#               options related to this feature are documented in
151#               "docs/system/i386/amd-memory-encryption.rst".
152#
153# @intel-tdx: The firmware supports running under Intel Trust Domain
154#             Extensions (TDX).
155#
156# @enrolled-keys: The variable store (NVRAM) template associated with
157#                 the firmware binary has the UEFI Secure Boot
158#                 operational mode turned on, with certificates
159#                 enrolled.
160#
161# @requires-smm: The firmware requires the platform to emulate SMM
162#                (System Management Mode), as defined in the AMD64
163#                Architecture Programmer's Manual, and in the Intel(R)64
164#                and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer's Manual. On
165#                the "pc-q35-*" machine types of the @i386 and @x86_64
166#                emulation targets, SMM emulation can be enabled with
167#                "-machine smm=on". (On the "pc-q35-*" machine types of
168#                the @i386 emulation target, @requires-smm presents
169#                further CPU requirements; one combination known to work
170#                is "-cpu coreduo,nx=off".) If the firmware is marked as
171#                both @secure-boot and @requires-smm, then write
172#                accesses to the pflash chip (NVRAM) that holds the UEFI
173#                variable store must be restricted to code that executes
174#                in SMM, using the additional option "-global
175#                driver=cfi.pflash01,property=secure,value=on".
176#                Furthermore, a large guest-physical address space
177#                (comprising guest RAM, memory hotplug range, and 64-bit
178#                PCI MMIO aperture), and/or a high VCPU count, may
179#                present high SMRAM requirements from the firmware. On
180#                the "pc-q35-*" machine types of the @i386 and @x86_64
181#                emulation targets, the SMRAM size may be increased
182#                above the default 16MB with the "-global
183#                mch.extended-tseg-mbytes=uint16" option. As a rule of
184#                thumb, the default 16MB size suffices for 1TB of
185#                guest-phys address space and a few tens of VCPUs; for
186#                every further TB of guest-phys address space, add 8MB
187#                of SMRAM. 48MB should suffice for 4TB of guest-phys
188#                address space and 2-3 hundred VCPUs.
189#
190# @secure-boot: The firmware implements the software interfaces for UEFI
191#               Secure Boot, as defined in the UEFI specification. Note
192#               that without @requires-smm, guest code running with
193#               kernel privileges can undermine the security of Secure
194#               Boot.
195#
196# @verbose-dynamic: When firmware log capture is enabled, the firmware
197#                   logs a large amount of debug messages, which may
198#                   impact boot performance. With log capture disabled,
199#                   there is no boot performance impact. On the
200#                   "pc-i440fx-*" and "pc-q35-*" machine types of the
201#                   @i386 and @x86_64 emulation targets, firmware log
202#                   capture can be enabled with the QEMU command line
203#                   options "-chardev file,id=fwdebug,path=LOGFILEPATH
204#                   -device isa-debugcon,iobase=0x402,chardev=fwdebug".
205#                   @verbose-dynamic is mutually exclusive with
206#                   @verbose-static.
207#
208# @verbose-static: The firmware unconditionally produces a large amount
209#                  of debug messages, which may impact boot performance.
210#                  This feature may typically be carried by certain UEFI
211#                  firmware for the "virt-*" machine types of the @arm
212#                  and @aarch64 emulation targets, where the debug
213#                  messages are written to the first (always present)
214#                  PL011 UART. @verbose-static is mutually exclusive
215#                  with @verbose-dynamic.
216#
217# Since: 3.0
218##
219{ 'enum' : 'FirmwareFeature',
220  'data' : [ 'acpi-s3', 'acpi-s4',
221             'amd-sev', 'amd-sev-es', 'amd-sev-snp',
222             'intel-tdx',
223             'enrolled-keys', 'requires-smm', 'secure-boot',
224             'verbose-dynamic', 'verbose-static' ] }
225
226##
227# @FirmwareFormat:
228#
229# Formats that are supported for firmware images.
230#
231# @raw: Raw disk image format.
232#
233# @qcow2: The QCOW2 image format.
234#
235# Since: 3.0
236##
237{ 'enum': 'FirmwareFormat',
238  'data': [ 'raw', 'qcow2' ] }
239
240##
241# @FirmwareFlashFile:
242#
243# Defines common properties that are necessary for loading a firmware
244# file into a pflash chip. The corresponding QEMU command line option is
245# "-drive file=@filename,format=@format". Note however that the
246# option-argument shown here is incomplete; it is completed under
247# @FirmwareMappingFlash.
248#
249# @filename: Specifies the filename on the host filesystem where the
250#            firmware file can be found.
251#
252# @format: Specifies the block format of the file pointed-to by
253#          @filename, such as @raw or @qcow2.
254#
255# Since: 3.0
256##
257{ 'struct' : 'FirmwareFlashFile',
258  'data'   : { 'filename' : 'str',
259               'format'   : 'FirmwareFormat' } }
260
261
262##
263# @FirmwareFlashMode:
264#
265# Describes how the firmware build handles code versus variable
266# persistence.
267#
268# @split: the executable file contains code while the NVRAM
269#         template provides variable storage. The executable
270#         must be configured read-only and can be shared between
271#         multiple guests. The NVRAM template must be cloned
272#         for each new guest and configured read-write.
273#
274# @combined: the executable file contains both code and
275#            variable storage. The executable must be cloned
276#            for each new guest and configured read-write.
277#            No NVRAM template will be specified.
278#
279# @stateless: the executable file contains code and variable
280#             storage is not persisted. The executable must
281#             be configured read-only and can be shared
282#             between multiple guests. No NVRAM template
283#             will be specified.
284#
285# Since: 7.0.0
286##
287{ 'enum': 'FirmwareFlashMode',
288  'data': [ 'split', 'combined', 'stateless' ] }
289
290##
291# @FirmwareMappingFlash:
292#
293# Describes loading and mapping properties for the firmware executable
294# and its accompanying NVRAM file, when @FirmwareDevice is @flash.
295#
296# @mode: Describes how the firmware build handles code versus variable
297#        storage. If not present, it must be treated as if it was
298#        configured with value @split. Since: 7.0.0
299#
300# @executable: Identifies the firmware executable. The @mode
301#              indicates whether there will be an associated
302#              NVRAM template present. The preferred
303#              corresponding QEMU command line options are
304#                  -drive if=none,id=pflash0,readonly=on,file=@executable.@filename,format=@executable.@format
305#                  -machine pflash0=pflash0
306#              or equivalent -blockdev instead of -drive. When
307#              @mode is @combined the executable must be
308#              cloned before use and configured with readonly=off.
309#              With QEMU versions older than 4.0, you have to use
310#                  -drive if=pflash,unit=0,readonly=on,file=@executable.@filename,format=@executable.@format
311#
312# @nvram-template: Identifies the NVRAM template compatible with
313#                  @executable, when @mode is set to @split,
314#                  otherwise it should not be present.
315#                  Management software instantiates an
316#                  individual copy -- a specific NVRAM file -- from
317#                  @nvram-template.@filename for each new virtual
318#                  machine definition created. @nvram-template.@filename
319#                  itself is never mapped into virtual machines, only
320#                  individual copies of it are. An NVRAM file is
321#                  typically used for persistently storing the
322#                  non-volatile UEFI variables of a virtual machine
323#                  definition. The preferred corresponding QEMU
324#                  command line options are
325#                      -drive if=none,id=pflash1,readonly=off,file=FILENAME_OF_PRIVATE_NVRAM_FILE,format=@nvram-template.@format
326#                      -machine pflash1=pflash1
327#                  or equivalent -blockdev instead of -drive.
328#                  With QEMU versions older than 4.0, you have to use
329#                      -drive if=pflash,unit=1,readonly=off,file=FILENAME_OF_PRIVATE_NVRAM_FILE,format=@nvram-template.@format
330#
331# Since: 3.0
332##
333{ 'struct' : 'FirmwareMappingFlash',
334  'data'   : { '*mode': 'FirmwareFlashMode',
335               'executable'     : 'FirmwareFlashFile',
336               '*nvram-template' : 'FirmwareFlashFile' } }
337
338##
339# @FirmwareMappingKernel:
340#
341# Describes loading and mapping properties for the firmware executable,
342# when @FirmwareDevice is @kernel.
343#
344# @filename: Identifies the firmware executable. The firmware executable
345#            may be shared by multiple virtual machine definitions. The
346#            corresponding QEMU command line option is "-kernel
347#            @filename".
348#
349# Since: 3.0
350##
351{ 'struct' : 'FirmwareMappingKernel',
352  'data'   : { 'filename' : 'str' } }
353
354##
355# @FirmwareMappingMemory:
356#
357# Describes loading and mapping properties for the firmware executable,
358# when @FirmwareDevice is @memory.
359#
360# @filename: Identifies the firmware executable. The firmware executable
361#            may be shared by multiple virtual machine definitions. The
362#            corresponding QEMU command line option is "-bios
363#            @filename".
364#
365# Since: 3.0
366##
367{ 'struct' : 'FirmwareMappingMemory',
368  'data'   : { 'filename' : 'str' } }
369
370##
371# @FirmwareMapping:
372#
373# Provides a discriminated structure for firmware to describe its
374# loading / mapping properties.
375#
376# @device: Selects the device type that the firmware must be mapped
377#          into.
378#
379# Since: 3.0
380##
381{ 'union'         : 'FirmwareMapping',
382  'base'          : { 'device' : 'FirmwareDevice' },
383  'discriminator' : 'device',
384  'data'          : { 'flash'  : 'FirmwareMappingFlash',
385                      'kernel' : 'FirmwareMappingKernel',
386                      'memory' : 'FirmwareMappingMemory' } }
387
388##
389# @Firmware:
390#
391# Describes a firmware (or a firmware use case) to management software.
392#
393# It is possible for multiple @Firmware elements to match the search
394# criteria of management software. Applications thus need rules to pick
395# one of the many matches, and users need the ability to override distro
396# defaults.
397#
398# It is recommended to create firmware JSON files (each containing a
399# single @Firmware root element) with a double-digit prefix, for example
400# "50-ovmf.json", "50-seabios-256k.json", etc, so they can be sorted in
401# predictable order. The firmware JSON files should be searched for in
402# three directories:
403#
404#   - /usr/share/qemu/firmware -- populated by distro-provided firmware
405#                                 packages (XDG_DATA_DIRS covers
406#                                 /usr/share by default),
407#
408#   - /etc/qemu/firmware -- exclusively for sysadmins' local additions,
409#
410#   - $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/qemu/firmware -- exclusively for per-user local
411#                                       additions (XDG_CONFIG_HOME
412#                                       defaults to $HOME/.config).
413#
414# Top-down, the list of directories goes from general to specific.
415#
416# Management software should build a list of files from all three
417# locations, then sort the list by filename (i.e., last pathname
418# component). Management software should choose the first JSON file on
419# the sorted list that matches the search criteria. If a more specific
420# directory has a file with same name as a less specific directory, then
421# the file in the more specific directory takes effect. If the more
422# specific file is zero length, it hides the less specific one.
423#
424# For example, if a distro ships
425#
426#   - /usr/share/qemu/firmware/50-ovmf.json
427#
428#   - /usr/share/qemu/firmware/50-seabios-256k.json
429#
430# then the sysadmin can prevent the default OVMF being used at all with
431#
432#   $ touch /etc/qemu/firmware/50-ovmf.json
433#
434# The sysadmin can replace/alter the distro default OVMF with
435#
436#   $ vim /etc/qemu/firmware/50-ovmf.json
437#
438# or they can provide a parallel OVMF with higher priority
439#
440#   $ vim /etc/qemu/firmware/10-ovmf.json
441#
442# or they can provide a parallel OVMF with lower priority
443#
444#   $ vim /etc/qemu/firmware/99-ovmf.json
445#
446# @description: Provides a human-readable description of the firmware.
447#               Management software may or may not display @description.
448#
449# @interface-types: Lists the types of interfaces that the firmware can
450#                   expose to the guest OS. This is a non-empty, ordered
451#                   list; entries near the beginning of @interface-types
452#                   are considered more native to the firmware, and/or
453#                   to have a higher quality implementation in the
454#                   firmware, than entries near the end of
455#                   @interface-types.
456#
457# @mapping: Describes the loading / mapping properties of the firmware.
458#
459# @targets: Collects the target architectures (QEMU system emulators)
460#           and their machine types that may execute the firmware.
461#
462# @features: Lists the features that the firmware supports, and the
463#            platform requirements it presents.
464#
465# @tags: A list of auxiliary strings associated with the firmware for
466#        which @description is not appropriate, due to the latter's
467#        possible exposure to the end-user. @tags serves development and
468#        debugging purposes only, and management software shall
469#        explicitly ignore it.
470#
471# Since: 3.0
472#
473# .. qmp-example::
474#
475#     {
476#         "description": "SeaBIOS",
477#         "interface-types": [
478#             "bios"
479#         ],
480#         "mapping": {
481#             "device": "memory",
482#             "filename": "/usr/share/seabios/bios-256k.bin"
483#         },
484#         "targets": [
485#             {
486#                 "architecture": "i386",
487#                 "machines": [
488#                     "pc-i440fx-*",
489#                     "pc-q35-*"
490#                 ]
491#             },
492#             {
493#                 "architecture": "x86_64",
494#                 "machines": [
495#                     "pc-i440fx-*",
496#                     "pc-q35-*"
497#                 ]
498#             }
499#         ],
500#         "features": [
501#             "acpi-s3",
502#             "acpi-s4"
503#         ],
504#         "tags": [
505#             "CONFIG_BOOTSPLASH=n",
506#             "CONFIG_ROM_SIZE=256",
507#             "CONFIG_USE_SMM=n"
508#         ]
509#     }
510#
511#     {
512#         "description": "OVMF with SB+SMM, empty varstore",
513#         "interface-types": [
514#             "uefi"
515#         ],
516#         "mapping": {
517#             "device": "flash",
518#             "executable": {
519#                 "filename": "/usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_CODE.secboot.fd",
520#                 "format": "raw"
521#             },
522#             "nvram-template": {
523#                 "filename": "/usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_VARS.fd",
524#                 "format": "raw"
525#             }
526#         },
527#         "targets": [
528#             {
529#                 "architecture": "x86_64",
530#                 "machines": [
531#                     "pc-q35-*"
532#                 ]
533#             }
534#         ],
535#         "features": [
536#             "acpi-s3",
537#             "amd-sev",
538#             "requires-smm",
539#             "secure-boot",
540#             "verbose-dynamic"
541#         ],
542#         "tags": [
543#             "-a IA32",
544#             "-a X64",
545#             "-p OvmfPkg/OvmfPkgIa32X64.dsc",
546#             "-t GCC48",
547#             "-b DEBUG",
548#             "-D SMM_REQUIRE",
549#             "-D SECURE_BOOT_ENABLE",
550#             "-D FD_SIZE_4MB"
551#         ]
552#     }
553#
554#     {
555#         "description": "OVMF with SB+SMM, SB enabled, MS certs enrolled",
556#         "interface-types": [
557#             "uefi"
558#         ],
559#         "mapping": {
560#             "device": "flash",
561#             "executable": {
562#                 "filename": "/usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_CODE.secboot.fd",
563#                 "format": "raw"
564#             },
565#             "nvram-template": {
566#                 "filename": "/usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_VARS.secboot.fd",
567#                 "format": "raw"
568#             }
569#         },
570#         "targets": [
571#             {
572#                 "architecture": "x86_64",
573#                 "machines": [
574#                     "pc-q35-*"
575#                 ]
576#             }
577#         ],
578#         "features": [
579#             "acpi-s3",
580#             "amd-sev",
581#             "enrolled-keys",
582#             "requires-smm",
583#             "secure-boot",
584#             "verbose-dynamic"
585#         ],
586#         "tags": [
587#             "-a IA32",
588#             "-a X64",
589#             "-p OvmfPkg/OvmfPkgIa32X64.dsc",
590#             "-t GCC48",
591#             "-b DEBUG",
592#             "-D SMM_REQUIRE",
593#             "-D SECURE_BOOT_ENABLE",
594#             "-D FD_SIZE_4MB"
595#         ]
596#     }
597#
598#     {
599#         "description": "OVMF with SEV-ES support",
600#         "interface-types": [
601#             "uefi"
602#         ],
603#         "mapping": {
604#             "device": "flash",
605#             "executable": {
606#                 "filename": "/usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_CODE.fd",
607#                 "format": "raw"
608#             },
609#             "nvram-template": {
610#                 "filename": "/usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_VARS.fd",
611#                 "format": "raw"
612#             }
613#         },
614#         "targets": [
615#             {
616#                 "architecture": "x86_64",
617#                 "machines": [
618#                     "pc-q35-*"
619#                 ]
620#             }
621#         ],
622#         "features": [
623#             "acpi-s3",
624#             "amd-sev",
625#             "amd-sev-es",
626#             "verbose-dynamic"
627#         ],
628#         "tags": [
629#             "-a X64",
630#             "-p OvmfPkg/OvmfPkgX64.dsc",
631#             "-t GCC48",
632#             "-b DEBUG",
633#             "-D FD_SIZE_4MB"
634#         ]
635#     }
636#
637#     {
638#         "description": "UEFI firmware for ARM64 virtual machines",
639#         "interface-types": [
640#             "uefi"
641#         ],
642#         "mapping": {
643#             "device": "flash",
644#             "executable": {
645#                 "filename": "/usr/share/AAVMF/AAVMF_CODE.fd",
646#                 "format": "raw"
647#             },
648#             "nvram-template": {
649#                 "filename": "/usr/share/AAVMF/AAVMF_VARS.fd",
650#                 "format": "raw"
651#             }
652#         },
653#         "targets": [
654#             {
655#                 "architecture": "aarch64",
656#                 "machines": [
657#                     "virt-*"
658#                 ]
659#             }
660#         ],
661#         "features": [
662#
663#         ],
664#         "tags": [
665#             "-a AARCH64",
666#             "-p ArmVirtPkg/ArmVirtQemu.dsc",
667#             "-t GCC48",
668#             "-b DEBUG",
669#             "-D DEBUG_PRINT_ERROR_LEVEL=0x80000000"
670#         ]
671#     }
672##
673{ 'struct' : 'Firmware',
674  'data'   : { 'description'     : 'str',
675               'interface-types' : [ 'FirmwareOSInterface' ],
676               'mapping'         : 'FirmwareMapping',
677               'targets'         : [ 'FirmwareTarget' ],
678               'features'        : [ 'FirmwareFeature' ],
679               'tags'            : [ 'str' ] } }
680