Linux firmware updating utility fwupd 1.8.7 has been launched at this time to your GNU/Linux distribution including assist for brand spanking new gadgets, in addition to numerous enhancements and the standard bug fixes.
As with all new fwupd releases, model 1.8.7 is right here so as to add assist for extra {hardware}, together with extra Linux laptops from Star Labs (most likely the upcoming StarFighter laptop computer), fingerprint lenfy gadgets, ELAN haptic {hardware}, Goodix GF3258WNC, Anker Thunderbolt 4 Mini Hub, QSI Godzilla Creek Reference Hub, in addition to experimental assist for Intel discrete GPUs.
Some new options are current as properly on this launch, comparable to assist for xz-compressed metadata, which ought to cut back the bandwidth used to obtain firmware information by roughly 25 p.c, a brand new HSI examine for the leaked Lenovo ‘Key Manifest’ hashes, in addition to the flexibility to measure system integrity when putting in UEFI updates and file extra host DMI knowledge when submitting a report for DBX failures.
On high of that, fwupd 1.8.7 provides documentation for 3 current HSI attributes, provides assist for loading CoSWID when just one position is ready, provides re-insert requirement for Analogix gadgets, provides the flexibility to parse metadata that’s greater than 1MB in dimension, and ensures that the permission of the configuration file is accurately set for built-in plugins.
Amongst a few of the bugs fastened on this launch, there’s a regression that occurred when utilizing the fwuptool install-blob command with FMAP firmware and a compilation failure when compiling fwupd with out efiboot.
Fwupd 1.8.7 additionally introduces assist for counting solely the Microsoft hashes when getting the DBX model and solely utilizing the IFD when the system is Intel-based, and removes the assist for following symlinks when trying to find ESP gadgets.
For extra particulars concerning the adjustments included in fwupd 1.8.7, take a look at the release notes on the undertaking’s GitHub web page, from the place you too can obtain the supply tarball in the event you fancy compiling this model your self.
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