ipxe-qemu doesn't symlink efi-virtio.rom

[Ali]

On ARM64 when using a virtio-net-pcie device, qemu expects to find the efi-virtio.rom in /usr/share/qemu. Several roms are symlinked from /usr/lib/ipxe/qemu/ to /usr/share/qemu but efi-virtio.rom isn't.

[Christian Ehrhardt  (paelzer)]

Hi,
Those that are already added were part of:
  8 ipxe (1.0.0+git-20150424.a25a16d-1ubuntu1) xenial; urgency=medium
[...]
 13 - d/ipxe-qemu.links: Add compat links from /usr/share/qemu to
 14 /usr/lib/ipxe/qemu.
[...]
 17 -- Serge Hallyn <email address hidden> Mon, 08 Feb 2016 20:35:02 -0800

I can confirm that this doesn't cover any of the efi images.
But then it is stated as "compat links" as the old images where formerly found at the old location.
I'm not sure maybe the efi images never where at the old place and this is the reasons they got not "compat" link.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Ali (asaidi)]

Hi Chris,

Yes, I think that is it and the qemu package is built specifying the new location:
DATAPATH = /usr/share/qemu:/usr/share/seabios:/usr/lib/ipxe/qemu

I built a new version from source and didn't override the location which explains the problem.

Thanks,
Ali

[Christian Ehrhardt  (paelzer)]

Ok, nice so solved for you - right ?

[Ali (asaidi)]

Yep