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Good afternoon,
Earlier in this cycle I mentioned adding fwupd to BLFS. fwupd is a
package designed to handle firmware updates on some systems, and the
list of compatible systems grows more and more by the day. In addition
to BIOS updates, it also includes firmware updates for wireless mice,
headsets, and other peripherals.
Unfortunately the end of this cycle has crept up on me a bit faster than
I expected, and with everything else that has happened outside of LFS, I
have not had a chance to add it yet.
Given that there are still problems with 13th-14th generation Intel CPUs
as well as some of the Core Ultra series that cause them to simply
burnout with regular usage, and the fact that some Socket AM5 CPUs are
also overvolting themselves due to BIOS-related problems and destroying
both the motherboard *and* the CPU, I think it might be a good time to
bring this up again. Each system has a different way of handling
firmware, but it would be extremely useful for devices which are
supported via fwupd, and it may save supported devices from the failing
CPU fate that **will** happen if the problems aren't taken care of via
firmware updates.
Is adding fwupd and gnome-firmware (and the KDE components necessary for
it to work over there) something that I should still do this cycle? In
terms of testing, there is a simulated device that fwupd can update
firmware on for testing purposes, so editors who don't have supported
devices can still test it that way.
One of the biggest concerns is that a system needs to be booted with
UEFI for fwupd to do some of it's work. We only point users to BLFS for
EFI support, so that's a conversation I would like to bring up at some
point as we're going to start getting to the point where users don't
have CSM support available in their motherboards (for example, the
motherboard for my i9-14900K has it for i7-based chips, but not i9
chips!). Do we need to expand the note in LFS if we add fwupd, or do we
consider making UEFI support the default? That has been standard on
boards for 13 years now...
What are your thoughts?
- Doug
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