On Wed, Jul 26, 2023 at 10:59 AM Vitaly Zaitsev via devel
<devel(a)lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote:
Only Dell, HP and Lenovo laptops are fully supported:
https://fwupd.org/lvfs/devices/
Not just laptops, desktops/workstations too. In the last six years,
I've had five different models provided by my employers and they were
all fully supported through fwupd.
fwupd is a great tool on laptops but completely useless on desktops
since no motherboard vendors support it.
While most custom-built computers don't get full UEFI/BIOS updates,
some hardware manufacturers provide firmware files for components used
by other vendors in their boards. It's a far cry from being on par
with windows, but calling it completely useless is not true either.
Maybe fwupd should start packaging UEFI BIOS images for desktop
motherboards without vendor assistance? Images in BIN format can be
easily downloaded from official websites or extracted from MS Windows
packages.
That would require people volunteering to potentially brick their
machines in order to test the updates. If something goes wrong, the
equipment (and the knowledge) necessary to reprogram a chip is rather
scarce. I'm afraid the way forward is to _convince_ vendors to make
use of the service, starting with those who already have test
accounts.