FWUPD 1.7.2 Released With Fixes, Faster & Smaller Daemon
![LVFS](/assets/categories/lvfs.webp)
FWUPD 1.7.2 adds support for handling exported MTD block devices, tweaking the compiler flags to reduce the install size by around 300 Kb, speeding up the FWUPD daemon startup by ~40% by postponing some work, and a variety of fixes. The fixes range from a possible DFU crash to DLI download troubles and other device-specific corrections.
Red Hat's Richard Hughes also happened to share today that the LVFS/FWUPD growth trajectory remains quite uplifting:
Phew, getting back to normal boring linear growth. I was getting worried there 🙂 #lvfs pic.twitter.com/pfDcod8ii3
— Richard Hughes (@hughsient) November 19, 2021
The FWUPD 1.7.2 source download and full list of changes is available from GitHub.