LVFS – Linux Vendor Firmware Service
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LVFS – Linux Vendor Firmware Service
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Re: LVFS – Linux Vendor Firmware Service
#2I actually did not know this existed. Found the project after all the Samsung SSD talk.
Unfortunately it doesn't seem like Samsung is uploading that much firmware. "Is uploading firmware on behalf of other vendors" according to the site.
Re: LVFS – Linux Vendor Firmware Service
#3I actually did not know this existed. Found the project after all the Samsung SSD talk. Unfortunately it doesn't seem like Samsung is uploading that much firmware. "Is uploading firmware on behalf of other vendors" according to the site.
Make sure you open a support ticket asking for LVFS updates -- it's easy to ignore one person, but much harder to ignore hundreds of people asking for the same thing.
Re: LVFS – Linux Vendor Firmware Service
#4As mentioned, I did not know this exists either, but I wonder what they consider a "Major Linux Distro" ?
> This site is used by all major Linux distributions to provide metadata for clients such as fwupdmgr and GNOME Software.
Based upon that statement and the fact fwupdmgr does not come with Slackware, maybe major equates to GNOME Based ?
But with some extra work, looks like this could be useful for non-GNOME distros.
Re: LVFS – Linux Vendor Firmware Service
#5I use `fwupd`[0] all of the time.
Mandatory: I use arch btw :D
Re: LVFS – Linux Vendor Firmware Service
#6I actually did not know this existed. Found the project after all the Samsung SSD talk. Unfortunately it doesn't seem like Samsung is uploading that much firmware. "Is uploading firmware on behalf of other vendors" according to the site.
Make sure you open a support ticket asking for LVFS updates -- it's easy to ignore one person, but much harder to ignore hundreds of people asking for the same thing.
That is a good point, will do!
With most things I just complain a bit and then go on with my life, but this actually feels like it could work. Samsung does already release some sort of broken Linux livecd for fw updates, seems like LVFS would be easier for everyone.
Re: LVFS – Linux Vendor Firmware Service
#7As mentioned, I did not know this exists either, but I wonder what they consider a "Major Linux Distro" ? > This site is used by all major Linux distributions to provide metadata for clients such as fwupdmgr and GNOME Software. Based upon that statement and the fact fwupdmgr does not come with Slackware, maybe major equates to GNOME Based ? But with some extra work, looks like this could be useful for non-GNOME distr…
fwupd has nothing to do with gnome. It's a cli program and library. That library can be integrated with guis, but it works standalone.
Re: LVFS – Linux Vendor Firmware Service
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
Make sure you open a support ticket asking for LVFS updates -- it's easy to ignore one person, but much harder to ignore hundreds of people asking for the same thing.
That is a good point, will do! With most things I just complain a bit and then go on with my life, but this actually feels like it could work. Samsung does already release some sort of broken Linux livecd for fw updates, seems like LVFS would be easier for everyone.
Samsung actually upload firmware to the LVFS on behalf of a few different OEMs, so they certainly know how. It's a policy decision, not a technical or legal one.
Re: LVFS – Linux Vendor Firmware Service
#9As mentioned, I did not know this exists either, but I wonder what they consider a "Major Linux Distro" ? > This site is used by all major Linux distributions to provide metadata for clients such as fwupdmgr and GNOME Software. Based upon that statement and the fact fwupdmgr does not come with Slackware, maybe major equates to GNOME Based ? But with some extra work, looks like this could be useful for non-GNOME distr…
Is Slackware a major Linux distribution? There's nothing wrong with Slackware, and no reason why fwupd wouldn't work on that distro -- but it's not one that most people would considered "major" IMHO. There are no GNOME deps on fwupd, although there are a couple of GNOME frontends available -- as there is also a CLI and KDE frontend.
Re: LVFS – Linux Vendor Firmware Service
#10I use `fwupd`[0] all of the time. Mandatory: I use arch btw :D [0]( https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/fwupd )
One of the cool things about Fedora or Arch is we get to see these changes in their infancy before most are aware. This, pipewire, etc.
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/SystemFirmwareUpdates