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> But that's not really flashing under Linux is it? Indeed not. But if we are going to nitpick, my first question would be what value does being able to flash
by josteink 11y ago
> But that's not really flashing under Linux is it?
Indeed not. But if we are going to nitpick, my first question would be what value does being able to flash new firmware from inside Linux achieve compared to what we have today: a OS-agnostic bootable update-medium?
- noja 11y agoLess steps. No manual process.
- josteink 11y agoBut now we can have malware hijacking our firmware, seamlessly through standard kernel APIs. Is this really an improvement? Is it worth it?
- noja 11y agoYou would require root on the machine, and if you have root anyway... Anyway you can already flash the firmware, just without a standard interface: either with the uefi copy thing, or with a proprietary tool.