This release adds the following features:
- Add a power quirk for Framework systems
- Speed up writing firmware to the new Dell dock
This release fixes the following bugs:
- Deinitialize DRM after getting GPU marketing name to fix Xorg startup
- Do not show ‘Device has been removed’ as a dock device error
- Fix a warning about legion-hid2 progress going backwards
- Fix some small memory leaks in realtek-mst and dell-kestrel
- Only mark supported Logitech devices as updatable
- Parse FDTs with missing END tokens to work on more ChromeBooks
- Reduce the device emulation RSS requirement by ~40%
- Skip checking BootXXXX entries when the partition does not exist
This release adds support for the following hardware:
- Primax Ryder Mouse
Wow! First time seeing this. Anyone using it with a Framework 13? Is there any risk of damaging your system with it?
If you’re wondering what this is:
- Add a power quirk for Framework systems
It’s to do with the fact that Framework laptops report themselves as discharging when they’re actually fully charged, and BIOS updates aren’t allowed when discharging.
But to answer your question, I’ve been using it with my Framework 13 AMD, and haven’t had any issues. Fwupd is officially supported by Framework themselves, and is mentioned on the BIOS upgrade guides.
Both Ubuntu and Fedora ship with it by default, so everyone running those distros is using fwupd.
Fwupd is the way to go, I’m actually checking the device lists that are supported by it to get new laptops going forward
