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This is a large commit that removes all the providers and turns them into plugins. I think having both providers _and_ plugins was super confusing. Plugins are loaded at runtime so you could in theory develop a new plugin without putting it in the fwupd source tree, although there are no installed headers or PC files as I'm not sure it's a good idea at this stage. This commit moves all the per-provider docs, tests, notes, debug dumps and test data to plugin-specific directories -- these also allows the plugin author to "own" more of the source tree so we don't enforce fu- prefixes and the style guide everywhere. This allows us to run the same action on all the plugins in the future, so we could have a prepare(FuPlugin, FuDevice) and cleanup(FuPlugin, FuDevice) run on *all* plugins, so doing an update using one plugin would allow us to work around hardware quirks in other plugins. If I've broken your out-of-tree provider it's trivial to port to the new API with sed and a fixed up build file. If you need help please let me know.
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fwupd
This project aims to make updating firmware on Linux automatic, safe and reliable.
Additional information is available at the website: http://www.fwupd.org
Adding a new plugin
An extensible architecture allows for providing new plugin types (for reading and writing different firmware) as well as ways quirk their behavior.
If you have a firmware specification and would like to see support in this project, please file an issue and share the spec. Patches are also welcome.
LVFS
This project is configured by default to download firmware from the [Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS)] (https://secure-lvfs.rhcloud.com/lvfs/).
This service is available to all OEMs and firmware creators who would like to make their firmware available to Linux users.
Basic usage flow (command line)
If you have a device with firmware supported by fwupd, this is how you will check for updates and apply them using fwupd's command line tools.
fwupdmgr get-devices
This will display all devices detected by fwupd.
fwupdmgr refresh
This will download the latest metadata from LVFS.
fwupdmgr get-updates
If updates are available for any devices on the system, they'll be displayed.
fwupdmgr update
This will download and apply all updates for your system.
- Updates that can be applied live (Online updates) will be done immediately.
- Updates that require a reboot (Offline updates) will be staged for the next reboot.
Other frontends
Currently [GNOME Software] (https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Software) is the only graphical frontend available. When compiled with firmware support, it will check for updates periodically and automatically download firmware in the background.
After the firmware has been downloaded a popup will be displayed in Gnome Software to perform the update.
On Dell IoT gateways, [Wyse Cloud Client Manager (CCM)] (http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/wyse-cloud-client-manager/pd) has been built with fwupd support. The remote administration interface can be used to download and deploy firmware updates.