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You are comparing two different things. linux-firmware is composed of blob files used by kernel drivers when they do request_firmware(); for devices that load t
by Aissen 9y ago
You are comparing two different things. linux-firmware is composed of blob files used by kernel drivers when they do request_firmware(); for devices that load the firmware in RAM and work from that, and have (mostly) no permanent storage.
This project is for firmware blobs that 1/ are already on the device; 2/ for which the update method is traditionally a vendor-provided windows binary; the fwupdmgr incorporates plugins that implement all the different update methods for those devices.
There's nothing maliciously misleading here, and vendors do know the difference between those two.
- andrey_utkin 9y agoI see that I was wrong in my comparison. Yet I see the claim "This site is used by all major Linux distributions (for whatever)" misleading. Linux distributions directly don't use this site for anything. They happen to provide package for mentioned apps, that's all. E.g. I can claim that my HDD-testing app is available in distros, but I would be wrong claiming that all major Linux distributions use my app to test HDDs.
- Rondom 9y agoI have Ubuntu, Fedora and Debian systems. All come with fwupd installed by default. I don't have a RHEL7 system to check, but it is in the repos of CentOS7. Whether it is activated by default, I don't know, but given that it is in the repos, I think it is. Linux Mint probably uses GNOME Software as well in its Cinnamon and Mate environments. I am not sure about Arch and of course there is KDE (OpenSUSE/SUSE) left. Still I think calling it a "misleading claim" a bit of a stretch given that "all the major distros" (or nearly) ship it in their default install. Oh and don't get into quibbling about what "use" means here. If I follow that argument, Linux distribution don't "use" or "do" anything. All they do is shipping software.