Fwupd 2.0.2 Firmware Updater Adds Support for ASUS ROG Ally, Raspberry Pi Pico
Coming five weeks after fwupd 2.0.1, the fwupd 2.0.2 release adds support for checking AMD hardware configuration MSR (Machine Status Register), support for enumerate-only device emulation to increase test coverage, support for passing a JSON file for emulation instead of ZIP, and new get-version-formats and vercmp commands for fwupdtool.
Fwupd 2.0.2 also adds support for new devices, including ASUS ROG Ally and ROG Ally X, Google GID8 headset, j5create USB-C JCD373, Logitech Sight (as a standalone device), MNT Pocket Reform, Netprisma LCUR57 and FCUN69, Parade PS188, Quectel DFOTA devices, Raspberry Pi Pico, SteelSeries Nova 5, and Telink DFU-HID devices.
Update (by Roy)
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Linux Firmware Updater adds initial community support for ASUS ROG Ally and ROG Ally X
fwupd is a great tool to update firmware easily on Linux and version 2.0.2 was just released, bringing new features and support for more devices. By default, it pulls from the Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS), where hardware vendors can officially put up their firmware. Hopefully more hardware vendors will use it over time, quite a few already do.
Linuxiac:
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Fwupd 2.0.2 Introduces AMD HW Configuration Checks
The latest release of fwupd, a simple tool that aims to make managing firmware updates on Linux-based systems easier and more automatic, is here: version 2.0.2.
This update introduces several useful features that enhance its versatility and testing capabilities. Among the notable changes, adding the ‘get-version-formats‘ and ‘vercmp‘ commands to fwupdtool allows users to get detailed information on firmware version formats and compare them efficiently.
Another welcome addition is support for checking AMD hardware configuration MSR, which promises better handling of AMD systems.