github fwupd/fwupd 1.6.1

latest releases: 1.9.19, 1.9.18, 1.9.17...
2 years ago

This release adds the following features:

      Add FreeBSD UEFI Capsule support
      Add generic ModemManager support for PCI based modems
      Add initial support for USB4 module in the Dell dock
      Add support for sibling requirements
      Add support for the ACPI PHAT table
      Allow building the documentation with gi-docgen and gtk-doc
      Support binary artifact resources in cabinet archives
      Use GProxyResolver to get the system proxy setting for a given URL
    
    This release fixes the following bugs:
    
      Ask the user to confirm all CLI actions
      Check the versions of libfwupd and libfwupdplugin at startup
      Do not prevent firmware updates on desktop hardware
      Do not show an invalid DFU warning on attach
      Fail parsing if wacom firmware sections are not in sorted order
      Fall back to binary files when flashing STM32 hardware
      Fix a critical warning when downloading files
      Fix a possible critical warning due to a bug in type casting
      Fix a regression in updating the WD19TB dock
      Fix GUID generation on pixart hardware
      Fix the VLI i2c device enumeration, e.g. MSP430
      Follow HTTP 3XX redirects when downloading files
      Force the device locker to close() an aborted open()
      Handle bsdisks' UDisks2 implementation on FreeBSD
      Only lock fwupdtool when loading the engine
      Read current Wacom firmware index before finding image to write
      Support all hash types when loading cabinet archives
      Support mirroring the detach and update images
      Switch lock directory from /var/run to /run/lock
    
    This release adds support for the following hardware:
    
      Minibons devices
      More 8BitDo hardware
      More Synaptics Prometheus hardware
      RTD21xx devices in background mode
      Some Kingston SSD and NVMe hardware

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