[AMD Official Use Only - Internal Distribution Only] Hi Developers, One more please - for Kata 2.0.0, kata-runtime, qemu OVMF In /etc/kata-containers/configuration.toml -- ====== # WARNING: - any parameter specified here will take priority over the default # parameter value of the same name used to start the virtual machine. # Do not set values here unless you understand the impact of doing so as you # may stop the virtual machine from booting. # To see the list of default parameters, enable hypervisor debug, create a # container and look for 'default-kernel-parameters' log entries. kernel_params = " root=/dev/vda1 rootflags=data=ordered,errors=remount-ro agent.log=debug initcall_debug" # Path to the firmware. # If you want that qemu uses the default firmware leave this option empty #firmware = "/usr/local/share/qemu/OVMF_CODE.fd.kata" firmware = "" ========== If I use the default firmware - I get correct results : # ctr run --runtime io.containerd.run.kata.v2 -t --rm docker.io/library/busybox:latest sh / # / # uname -a Linux sandeepg-ubuntu 5.6.0-sev-sev-es-5.6-v3.container #3 SMP Tue Nov 3 06:38:40 UTC 2020 x86_64 GNU/Linux / # # ps -eaf | grep -i qemu root 360867 1 0 15:56 ? 00:00:01 /usr/local/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 -name sandbox-sh -uuid 72820914-dcce-4cea-a01f-3cf9851d136d -machine q35,accel=kvm,kernel_irqchip -cpu host,pmu=off -qmp unix:/run/vc/vm/sh/qmp.sock,server,nowait -m 2048M,slots=10,maxmem=129755M -device pci-bridge,bus=pcie.0,id=pci-bridge-0,chassis_nr=1,shpc=on,addr=2,romfile= -device virtio-serial-pci,disable-modern=false,id=serial0,romfile= -device virtconsole,chardev=charconsole0,id=console0 -chardev socket,id=charconsole0,path=/run/vc/vm/sh/console.sock,server,nowait -device virtio-scsi-pci,id=scsi0,disable-modern=false,romfile= -object rng-random,id=rng0,filename=/dev/urandom -device virtio-rng-pci,rng=rng0,romfile= -device vhost-vsock-pci,disable-modern=false,vhostfd=3,id=vsock-1189071429,guest-cid=1189071429,romfile= -device virtio-9p-pci,disable-modern=false,fsdev=extra-9p-kataShared,mount_tag=kataShared,romfile= -fsdev local,id=extra-9p-kataShared,path=/run/kata-containers/shared/sandboxes/sh/shared,security_model=none,multidevs=remap -rtc base=utc,driftfix=slew,clock=host -global kvm-pit.lost_tick_policy=discard -vga none -no-user-config -nodefaults -nographic --no-reboot -daemonize -object memory-backend-ram,id=dimm1,size=2048M -numa node,memdev=dimm1 -kernel /usr/share/kata-containers/vmlinuz-sev-es-5.6-v3.container -initrd /usr/share/kata-containers/kata-containers-initrd.img -append tsc=reliable no_timer_check rcupdate.rcu_expedited=1 i8042.direct=1 i8042.dumbkbd=1 i8042.nopnp=1 i8042.noaux=1 noreplace-smp reboot=k console=hvc0 console=hvc1 cryptomgr.notests net.ifnames=0 pci=lastbus=0 quiet panic=1 nr_cpus=240 scsi_mod.scan=none root=/dev/vda1 rootflags=data=ordered,errors=remount-ro agent.log=debug initcall_debug -pidfile /run/vc/vm/sh/pid -smp 1,cores=1,threads=1,sockets=240,maxcpus=240 root 360966 360958 0 16:05 pts/2 00:00:00 grep --color=auto -i qemu But if I use : firmware = "/usr/local/share/qemu/OVMF_CODE.fd.kata" I get Error: # ctr run --runtime io.containerd.run.kata.v2 -t --rm docker.io/library/busybox:latest s ctr: failed to launch qemu: exit status 1, error messages from qemu log: qemu: could not load PC BIOS '/usr/local/share/qemu/OVMF_CODE.fd.kata' : unknown Any suggestions please. --Thanking You --Sandeep