On 01/02/2020 04:35, Konstantin Olchanski wrote: > Since I write firmware myself, the function to upgrade the firmware on > a running system without having the reboot the OS is pretty much > the first thing that I implement (during firmware development, > rebooting the OS to load each new firmware test version gets old very > quickly). > > So I find it annoying that hardware vendors creare special "mystique" about > firmware updates, require special magical tools, dances with rubber chicken, > etc.
I sure hope you're aware of <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__fwupd.org_&d=DwICaQ&c=gRgGjJ3BkIsb5y6s49QqsA&r=gd8BzeSQcySVxr0gDWSEbN-P-pgDXkdyCtaMqdCgPPdW1cyL5RIpaIYrCn8C5x2A&m=JHhXsuqS7WdusTIZhcBopWms57br32YBzUoH95jyqFY&s=6LjqqZlbllyeljMUurpUs866cbwd0vi7gHZEapYkP0Y&e= > ... which is enabled by default at least on Fedora and RHEL7 and newer (including clones); but not strictly tied to those distros. On recent enough hardware, you get quite easy firmware upgrades on lots of brands [1]. -- kind regards, David Sommerseth [1] HPE and Cisco are probably one of the bigger server brands not embracing it; for whatever reason they might have.