[PATCH v3 01/38] qemu_firmware: Only set format for custom loader if path is present

18 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 436b06c388..519828f6f9 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

    