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].


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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.