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I have a Lenovo Yoga 720-13ikb. Firmware updates are distributed as Windows Executables only. It's the first time that I have heard of fwup. Will fwup help me t

I have a Lenovo Yoga 720-13ikb. Firmware updates are distributed as Windows Executables only. It's the first time that I have heard of fwup. Will fwup help me to install Firmware (Bios/UEFI) Updates? It's the only reason I have not yet wiped Windows. All hardware worked except the fingerprint reader I do not care for anyway.

dahfizz 6y ago
I do not know about your specific machine, but Lenovo is pretty good about supporting fwupd, so its worth a try. Install fwupd for your distro and run `fwupdmgr get-devices` to see what on your machine is supported. When I run that, I see System Firmware, thunderbolt controller, UEFI firmware, touchpad, etc etc listed.
4cao 6y ago
You should be able to extract the BIOS update .fd file with InnoExtract [1] or InnoUnp [2], and then use the BIOS vendor's flashing tools, which are usually available for a number of other platforms, including Linux. If this laptop has Insyde BIOS, the relevant utility is called "H2OFFT-L" (Insyde H2O Firmware Flash Tool - Linux). In the worst case, you might have to run a tool from DOS. 1. https://constexpr.org/innoextract/ https://constexpr.org/innoextract/ 2. http://innounp.sourceforge.net/ http://innounp.sourceforge.net/
fluffything 6y ago
I don't have your Yoga, but fwup has worked perfectly for me. That's something Lenovo should be proud of.