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Richard Hughes faa35e430b Show a warning if the device has no GType and the plugin has no default This also renames a symbol to make it clear that you can call it more than once. Fixes https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd/issues/3148		2021-04-15 16:52:56 +01:00
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ata.quirk	Simplify the quirk file format	2021-03-03 08:30:34 +00:00
fu-ata-device.c	Add a new internal flag for whether or not to inherit activation	2021-04-06 14:09:12 -05:00
fu-ata-device.h	Allow specifying more than one VendorID for a device	2021-01-04 22:30:20 +00:00
fu-plugin-ata.c	Show a warning if the device has no GType and the plugin has no default	2021-04-15 16:52:56 +01:00
fu-self-test.c	Allow specifying more than one VendorID for a device	2021-01-04 22:30:20 +00:00
meson.build	Move the plugin build logic to the plugins themselves	2021-02-18 14:46:20 +00:00
README.md	Add a new internal flag to opt-in to GUID matching	2021-02-25 15:47:25 +00:00

README.md

ATA

Introduction

This plugin allows updating ATA/ATAPI storage hardware. Devices are enumerated from the block devices and if ID_ATA_DOWNLOAD_MICROCODE is supported they can be updated with appropriate firmware file.

Updating ATA devices is more dangerous than other hardware such as DFU or NVMe and should be tested carefully with the help of the drive vendor.

The device GUID is read from the trimmed model string.

Firmware Format

The daemon will decompress the cabinet archive and extract a firmware blob in an unspecified binary file format.

This plugin supports the following protocol ID:

org.t13.ata

GUID Generation

These device use the Microsoft DeviceInstanceId values, e.g.

IDE\VENDOR[40]REVISION[8]
IDE\0VENDOR[40]

See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/install/identifiers-for-ide-devices for more details.

Update Behavior

The firmware is deployed when the device is in normal runtime mode, but it is only activated when the system is in the final shutdown stages. This is done to minimize the chance of data loss if the switch to the new firmware is not done correctly.

Vendor ID Security

No vendor ID is set as there is no vendor field in the IDENTIFY response.

Quirk use

This plugin uses the following plugin-specific quirks:

Quirk	Description	Minimum fwupd version
`AtaTransferBlocks`	Blocks to transfer, or `0xffff` for max	1.2.4
`AtaTransferMode`	The transfer mode, `0x3`, `0x7` or `0xe`	1.2.4

External interface access

This plugin requires the SG_IO ioctl interface.