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diff --git a/system/edk2-ovmf/README b/system/edk2-ovmf/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..411848ec2b7c4 --- /dev/null +++ b/system/edk2-ovmf/README @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +edk2-ovmf (Secure Boot enabled UEFI firmware for Qemu) + +edk2-ovmf provides Secure Boot enabled 64- and 32-bit UEFI firmware +that can be used with Qemu, as well as EFI varstores with pre-enrolled +Secure Boot keys. This allows for running virtual machines with +operating systems that require Secure Boot, such as Windows 11. + +Please note that, according to the TianoCore team, although the firmware +is sufficient to run virtual machines, it does not provide the full +protective capabilities of Secure Boot. See the whitepaper in the doc +directory for details. + +Qemu needs to connect to TPM v2 in order to run Windows 11; see swtpm +on SBo. |