Feature: Firmware updates
andreasn edited this page Sep 1, 2016
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- uses fwupd.org database
- A timer to check for updates on maybe a daily basis?
- Should the updates be online or offline?
- Rollback support (future?)?
- Manual file upload? (weakens the carrot part of the fwupd database)
- Robert is a sysadmin at a small company. They have a Dell Poweredge server that they use for simple file sharing and code hosting across the company. There is an firmware update available for the server BIOS.
- Robert logs in to the system he gets notified there is a new firmware update.
- He dives in to the details and it says it's a change that brings performance improvements.
- It looks OK, so he hits update.
- The new firmware gets applied.
- Andreas Nilsson anilsson@redhat.com
- Kalev Lember klember@redhat.com