Vendor IDs are now compulsory

Richard Hughes <[email protected]> Sat, 13 Sep 2025 14:29:11 +0000
Newsgroups dev.linux.lists.lvfs-announce
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Hi all,

Further to my mail[1] on 2021-02-26 (yes, over 4 years ago!) I've now switc=
hed the LVFS to only build firmware into the metadata when the uploading ve=
ndor has a vendor-id requirement added.

If you've accidentally forgotten to tell me your vendor IDs, or if you need=
 additional vendor IDs added to your account please create a ticket[2] or e=
mail me. If you notice a firmware has been demoted from stable back to emba=
rgo today check in the "problems" tab for the firmware and check for a "Mis=
sing OEM restriction" item. If you see that then please send me an email wi=
th the output of "fwupdmgr get-devices --verbose" showing your device -- I'=
m looking for something like USB:0x1234 or PCI:0x5678.

I don't think this should affect many vendors (just 3 by my count) -- and I=
 don't feel too bad demoting these automatically as firmware without a vend=
or ID isn't currently installable on any non-EOL fwupd version.

Many thanks,

Richard.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/lvfs-announce/CAD2FfiHmFXeqbXLZBiTF0xZmfV+Lo4zu=
[email protected]/T/#u
[2] https://gitlab.com/fwupd/lvfs-website/-/issues