> On 3. Feb 2020, at 21:05, David Sommerseth <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> 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].

So let me repeat my question to Konstantin: which vendors support this for updating their *server* firmware today?