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