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Fwupd 2.0.9 Linux Firmware Updater Adds Support for Intel Arc ‘Battlemage’ GPUs
Coming a month after fwupd 2.0.8, this release introduces support for Intel Arc ‘Battlemage’ GPUs, the ability to allow installing multiple database certificate updates at the same time, support for showing what certificate signed the EFI authenticated variable, new documentation about updating the KEK and database, as well as the ability to use readline to look up inputs from user, and make it optional.
Fwupd 2.0.9 also adds several devices with broken firmware to the UEFI dbx blocklist, revamps the MEI code to allow devices to use multiple interfaces, rewrites the ModemManger plugin to be simpler and more supportable, simplifies the parsing of USB descriptors, and includes more output when using the fwupdtool get-devices --json command.
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Fwupd 2.0.9 Introduces EFI Certificate Insights
Less than a month after its previous 2.0.8 release, Fwupd, an open-source utility designed to make updating firmware on Linux-based systems easier and more automatic, rolled out its new 2.0.9 version.
The new release enriches its user guidance by adding documentation on updating the Key Exchange Key and the firmware database. In addition, administrators can now install multiple database certificate updates simultaneously, streamlining workflows that previously required piecemeal operations.
For even greater clarity, the update tool will display which certificate signed a given EFI authenticated variable, demystifying one of UEFI security’s more opaque aspects. To top it off, the team has swapped in readline for user input handling, making prompts more familiar and interactive, and they’ve even made it optional for those who prefer minimal dependencies.