fwupd Website (GitHub) LVFS - Linux Vendor Firmware Service Website FWUPD Explores Improvement For Easier & More Robust Firmware Updating On Linux by Michael Larabel @michaellarabel - September 3, 2022 Speeding up getting firmware updates to end users
Fwupd 1.8.5 Supports More USB4 Docks, New AMD SMU Firmware Version Plugin by Michael Larabel @michaellarabel - September 22, 2022 fwupd 1.8.5 Released (September 22, 2022) Download fwupd 1.7.10 Released (September 22, 2022) Download
Fwupd 1.8.6 Released With Smaller Package Size, New Hardware Support by Michael Larabel @michaellarabel - October 7, 2022 fwupd 1.8.6 Released (October 7, 2022) Website (GitHub) Download Spoiler: Changes 1.8.6 1.8.6 This release adds the following features: Reduce the installed package size by more than 30% Translate more interactive messages This release fixes the following bugs: Allow disabling a DFU device when required Fix a regression when getting the i2c bus number Fix a small memory leak when reloading the parade-lspcon device Fix installing the dbx update when using fwupdtool Improve writing CoSWID and uSWID metadata Only include the last 5 releases in the installed metainfo file Only request the BOS descriptor for newer libgusb versions Prevent high memory usage when loading corrupt SREC files Try harder when trying to find the default ESP volume Use a higher compression preset for the UEFI splash images This release adds support for the following hardware: Focaltech touchpads FPC fingerprint readers Supermicro machines using Redfish
Fwupd 1.8.7 Released With Linux Firmware Updating Support For More Hardware by Michael Larabel @michaellarabel - November 9, 2022 fwupd 1.8.7 Released (November 9, 2022) Website (GitHub) Download Spoiler: Changes 1.8.7 1.8.7 This release adds the following features: Add a new HSI check for the leaked Lenovo 'Key Manifest' hashes Measure system integrity when installing UEFI updates Record more host DMI data when submitting a report for dbx failures Use xz-compressed metadata to reduce bandwidth used by ~25% This release fixes the following bugs: Add documentation for three existing HSI attributes Add re-insert requirement for Analogix devices Allow parsing metadata more than 1MB in size Do not follow symlinks when searching for ESP devices Ensure the config file permission is correct for built-in plugins Fix a compile failure when compiling without efiboot Fix a regression when using fwuptool install-blob with FMAP firmware Only count the Microsoft hashes when getting the dbx version Only use the IFD when the system is Intel-based Support loading CoSWID when only one role has been set This release adds support for the following hardware: Anker Thunderbolt 4 Mini Hub ELAN haptic hardware Fingerprint lenfy devices Goodix GF3258WNC Intel discrete GPUs (experimental) More Star Labs laptops QSI Godzilla Creek Reference Hub
Fwupd 1.8.8 Released For New Hardware, BIOS Rollback Protection For Dell & Lenovo by Michael Larabel @michaellarabel - December 7, 2022 fwupd 1.8.8 Released (December 7, 2022) Website (GitHub) Download (Releases) Spoiler: Changes 1.8.8 1.8.8 This release adds the following features: Add BIOS rollback protection support for Dell and Lenovo systems Generate OVAL rules for openSCAP evaluation Show the signed reports from QA teams in client tools This release fixes the following bugs: Add a X-Gpu category for new hardware support Add more ChromeOS metadata to the report attributes Ensure the device name is set for Intel USB4 devices Fix a critical DFU CSR warning when deploying firmware Fix a Synaptics RMI issue when updating non-secure devices Match more device properties when using GetDetails Move AMD platform rollback protection to level 4 Use the correct AppStream ID for the Key Manifest failure Wait for the Intel GPU to come back after updating This release adds support for the following hardware: Logitech Whiteboard cameras More Goodix MoC devices Several QSI Docks
Fwupd 1.8.9 Released With Support For More Solidigm NVMe SSDs, More USB Docks by Michael Larabel @michaellarabel - January 3, 2023 fwupd 1.8.9 Released (January 3, 2023) Website (GitHub) Download (Releases) Spoiler: Changes 1.8.9 1.8.9 This release adds the following features: Add an interactive request for re-inserting the USB cable Add SHA384 support for TPM hashes Add X-FingerprintReader, X-GraphicsTablet, X-Dock and X-UsbDock categories Allow specifying OR parent requirements in metadata This release fixes the following bugs: Add the fwupd version to the HSI result if the chassis is invalid Allow getting the ESP when there is a block device with no filesystem Allow reinstalling on devices with only-version-upgrade set Do not require the TPM event log to have all reconstructions Fix a tiny memory leak when parsing signed reports Ignore failure to mount the ESP if unsupported Never allow using SHA-1 for checksum validation Return a more useful error if USB recovery failed Skip the fwupdx64.efi BootXXXX entry when measuring system integrity Speed up daemon startup using prepared XPath queries Suggest to turn on ThunderboltAccess for Lenovo systems Use better defaults if the config file is missing This release adds support for the following hardware: More Solidigm NVMe devices More Synaptics Cape devices More Synaptics Prometheus devices Most Texas Instruments USB-4 docks Scaler support for Wacom USB devices Several new Wistron USB-C docks
Fwupd 1.8.10 Adds Support for StarBook Mk VI Laptop, System76’s Launch Heavy Keyboard By Marius Nestor - January 23, 2023 fwupd 1.8.10 Released (January 23, 2023) Website (GitHub) Download (Releases) Spoiler: Changes 1.8.10 1.8.10 This release adds the following features: Add a PE/COFF firmware parser to allow reading coSWID SBoM data Allow dumping CFI SPI chips using devices like CH341a Refactor the HWIDs functionality to include FDT data This release fixes the following bugs: Add back a legacy eMMC GUID to fix a regression Always search for uSWID SBoM data in the image Do not allow LZX compressed cabinet archives Fallback to the checksum if the metadata artifact is invalid Improve FDT parsing compatibility with new OpenBMC images Never call grub2-probe without arguments Respect user requested paths for the ESP even if they are not volumes Speed up ChromeOS startup by a huge amount when using directory remotes Verify the Synaptics RMI signature in more cases This release adds support for the following hardware: Quectel RM520 StarBook Mk VI System76 launch_heavy_1
