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"5-years of updates - Backed by secure updates delivered via the LVFS." Hmmmm. Why a five year cutoff? Does this have some custom firmware not in mainline Lin
by MegaDeKay 3y ago
"5-years of updates - Backed by secure updates delivered via the LVFS."
Hmmmm. Why a five year cutoff? Does this have some custom firmware not in mainline Linux that would preclude updates beyond five years?
- clhodapp 3y agoLVFS is how you ship firmware that installs permanently into flash on the hardware device (e.g. Coreboot). Hopefully, at least Coreboot itself stays buildable for the motherboard in the long term so you can keep locally building core system firmware for many more years to come. Star Labs themselves are not committing to continuing to ship pre-built binaries from their side for more than five years.
- FirmwareBurner 3y agoMost PC motherboards and laptops won't give you longer BIOS updates than 3-5 years. It's unfortunately the norm for FW support lifecyle.