Fwupd 2.0.9 Linux Firmware Updater Adds Support for Intel Arc ‘Battlemage’ GPUs

Fwupd 2.0.9 is out today as the ninth maintenance update to the latest fwupd 2.0 release of this open-source Linux firmware update utility with support for more devices, new features, and bug fixes. Coming a month after fwupd 2.0.8, this release introduces support for Intel Arc 'Battlemage' GPUs, the ability to allow installing multiple database certificate updates at the same time, support for showing what certificate signed the EFI authenticated variable, new documentation about updating the KEK and database, as well as the ability to use readline to look up inputs from user, and make it optional. Fwupd 2.0.9 also adds several devices with broken firmware to the UEFI dbx blocklist, revamps the MEI code to allow devices to use multiple interfaces, rewrites the ModemManger plugin to be simpler and more supportable, simplifies the parsing of USB descriptors, and includes more output when using the fwupdtool get-devices --json command. This release also fixes the following bugs: Constructing the authenticated URI properly when using FirmwareBaseURI Do not enumerate non-updatable OptionROM devices Do not export Redfish backup partitions as devices Fix a crash when installing some Wacom firmware types Fix a crash when parsing uevents that are not KEY=VALUE Fix parsing the DFU descriptor when not using libusb Fix PK and KEK enumeration failure on some systems Fix SMBIOS parsing for ROM size >= 16MiB Include a resolution for more of the HSI failures Never allow updating updatable-hidden devices with fwupdtool Properly handle redfish location redirect when installing firmware Recognize a very old dbx hash to allow upgrades Require a reboot after updating Intel CVS devices Check out the release notes on the project’s GitHub page for more details about the changes included in fwupd 2.0.9, which you can download as a source tarball from the same location. Of course, it is recommended that you install fwupd from the stable software repositories of your GNU/Linux distribution. Developing story... The post Fwupd 2.0.9 Linux Firmware Updater Adds Support for Intel Arc ‘Battlemage’ GPUs appeared first on 9to5Linux - do not reproduce this article without permission. This RSS feed is intended for readers, not scrapers.

May 7, 2025 - 17:54

Fwupd 2.0.9 Linux Firmware Updater Adds Support for Intel Arc ‘Battlemage’ GPUs

Fwupd 2.0.9 is out today as the ninth maintenance update to the latest fwupd 2.0 release of this open-source Linux firmware update utility with support for more devices, new features, and bug fixes.

Coming a month after fwupd 2.0.8, this release introduces support for Intel Arc 'Battlemage' GPUs, the ability to allow installing multiple database certificate updates at the same time, support for showing what certificate signed the EFI authenticated variable, new documentation about updating the KEK and database, as well as the ability to use readline to look up inputs from user, and make it optional.

Fwupd 2.0.9 also adds several devices with broken firmware to the UEFI dbx blocklist, revamps the MEI code to allow devices to use multiple interfaces, rewrites the ModemManger plugin to be simpler and more supportable, simplifies the parsing of USB descriptors, and includes more output when using the fwupdtool get-devices --json command.

This release also fixes the following bugs:

Constructing the authenticated URI properly when using FirmwareBaseURI

Do not enumerate non-updatable OptionROM devices

Do not export Redfish backup partitions as devices

Fix a crash when installing some Wacom firmware types

Fix a crash when parsing uevents that are not KEY=VALUE

Fix parsing the DFU descriptor when not using libusb

Fix PK and KEK enumeration failure on some systems

Fix SMBIOS parsing for ROM size >= 16MiB

Include a resolution for more of the HSI failures

Never allow updating updatable-hidden devices with fwupdtool

Properly handle redfish location redirect when installing firmware

Recognize a very old dbx hash to allow upgrades

Require a reboot after updating Intel CVS devices

Check out the release notes on the project’s GitHub page for more details about the changes included in fwupd 2.0.9, which you can download as a source tarball from the same location. Of course, it is recommended that you install fwupd from the stable software repositories of your GNU/Linux distribution.

Developing story...

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