FWUPD 1.6.1 Adds FreeBSD UEFI Capsule Handling, More Hardware Now Supported

[Rob72]

It really depends on the hardware you have. Most consumer hardware is not supported.

But I have been able to do firmware updates on several Lenovo ThinkPad models, including an X1 Yoga Gen 1 from 2016, but also a newer T14s Gen 1, X13 Gen 1, a L13 Gen 2 and a ThinkPad dock.

Other then ThinkPads, the only device I found update-able has been a Logitech wireless mouse dongle.

[Vistaus]

It really depends on the hardware you have. Most consumer hardware is not supported.

But I have been able to do firmware updates on several Lenovo ThinkPad models, including an X1 Yoga Gen 1 from 2016, but also a newer T14s Gen 1, X13 Gen 1, a L13 Gen 2 and a ThinkPad dock.

Other then ThinkPads, the only device I found update-able has been a Logitech wireless mouse dongle.

Lucky you, 'cause my much newer ThinkPad from 2018 isn't supported at all, despite the fact that Lenovo *does* still publish updates on their support site for it. So clearly it *is* supported, but not through FWUPD. Big fail.

[Rob72]

Lucky you, 'cause my much newer ThinkPad from 2018 isn't supported at all, despite the fact that Lenovo *does* still publish updates on their support site for it. So clearly it *is* supported, but not through FWUPD. Big fail.

You sound a bit disgruntled... What model ThinkPad do you have?

In any case as far as I know, Lenovo started to support firmware updates from Linux with the X1 models, since they are the top models. It was probably around 2018 when it suddenly started getting updates with fwupdmgr. But even with the T14s I got last year, it wasn't until earlier this year that I suddenly started getting updates.

[pal666]

Stupid question: is there any consumer motherboard/brand that is supported?

asus is "evaluating", gigabyte is "testing". i think they do this several years already

[mppix]

asus is "evaluating", gigabyte is "testing". i think they do this several years already

Yeah, I see the same. Disappointing really especially for the 'workstation' boards that these vendors try to sell.