There is a lot of code in fwupd that just assigns a shared object type to
a FuPlugin, and then for each device on that plugin assigns that same shared
object to each FuDevice.
Rather than proxy several kinds of information stores over two different levels
of abstraction create a 'context' which contains the shared *system* state
between the daemon, the plugins and the daemon.
This will allow us to hold other per-machine state in the future, for instance
the system battery level or AC state.
When this is done, include:
* Including the hash
* Including anything that is not ABI stable in plugins yet
Suggested-by: Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>
I was asked the other day how many machines would support a /dev/mem mmap'd
update mechanism, and I had to say that I didn't know. We use direct port IO in
the SuperIO plugin too, and it would be good to know how quickly we need to
port this to something else.
To do this, rely on the AppStream ID to map to a translated string (providing a
fallback for clients that do not care) and switch the free-form result string
into a set of enumerated values that can be translated.
This fixes some of the problems where some things have to be enabled to "pass"
and other attributes have to be some other state. For cases where we want the
user to "do" something, provide a URL to a wiki page that we update out-of-band
of fwupd releases.
On a system that is not at all locked down running an old kernel several
of the items are a bit confusing.
```
Runtime Suffix -!
✔ fwupd plugins: OK
✔ Linux Kernel: OK
✘ Linux Kernel: Could not open file
✘ Linux Swap: Not encrypted
```
The HSI specification is currently incomplete and in active development.
Sample output for my Lenovo P50 Laptop:
Host Security ID: HSI:2+UA!
HSI-1
✔ UEFI dbx: OK
✔ TPM: v2.0
✔ SPI: Write disabled
✔ SPI: Lock enabled
✔ SPI: SMM required
✔ UEFI Secure Boot: Enabled
HSI-2
✔ TPM Reconstruction: Matched PCR0 reading
HSI-3
✘ Linux Kernel S3 Sleep: Deep sleep available
HSI-4
✘ Intel CET: Unavailable
Runtime Suffix -U
✔ Firmware Updates: Newest release is 8 months old
Runtime Suffix -A
✔ Firmware Attestation: OK
Runtime Suffix -!
✔ fwupd plugins: OK
✔ Linux Kernel: OK
✔ Linux Kernel: Locked down
✘ Linux Swap: Not encrypted
