[PATCH v2 01/38] qemu_firmware: Only set format for custom loader if path is present

9 Feb 2026

We only set the template format if the template path is present,
and we should be consistent with that. The format on its own is
not very interesting anyway.

Signed-off-by: Andrea Bolognani <abologna@redhat.com>
---
 src/qemu/qemu_firmware.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_firmware.c b/src/qemu/qemu_firmware.c
index 52205b72f8..183fdd7ea9 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_firmware.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_firmware.c
@@ -1662,8 +1662,10 @@ qemuFirmwareFillDomainCustom(virDomainDef *def)
     if (!loader)
         return;
 
-    if (!loader->format)
+    if (loader->path &&
+        !loader->format) {
         loader->format = VIR_STORAGE_FILE_RAW;
+    }
 
     if (loader->nvramTemplate &&
         !loader->nvramTemplateFormat) {
-- 
2.53.0

    