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+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 on Qemu, 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.