On Wed, Jul 26, 2023 at 10:59 AM Vitaly Zaitsev via devel <devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Only Dell, HP and Lenovo laptops are fully supported: > https://fwupd.org/lvfs/devices/ Not just laptops, desktops/workstations too. In the last six years, I've had five different models provided by my employers and they were all fully supported through fwupd. > fwupd is a great tool on laptops but completely useless on desktops > since no motherboard vendors support it. While most custom-built computers don't get full UEFI/BIOS updates, some hardware manufacturers provide firmware files for components used by other vendors in their boards. It's a far cry from being on par with windows, but calling it completely useless is not true either. > Maybe fwupd should start packaging UEFI BIOS images for desktop > motherboards without vendor assistance? Images in BIN format can be > easily downloaded from official websites or extracted from MS Windows > packages. That would require people volunteering to potentially brick their machines in order to test the updates. If something goes wrong, the equipment (and the knowledge) necessary to reprogram a chip is rather scarce. I'm afraid the way forward is to _convince_ vendors to make use of the service, starting with those who already have test accounts. _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
