Fwupd 2.0.15 has been released today as the thirteenth maintenance update to the fwupd 2.0 series of this open-source Linux firmware update utility, adding support for more devices, new features, and bug fixes.
Coming about two weeks after fwupd 2.0.14, the fwupd 2.0.15 release adds support for updating the firmware on more hardware, including the NVIDIA ConnectX-6, NVIDIA ConnectX-7, and NVIDIA ConnectX-8 NICs, Jabra Evolve2 child devices, as well as the Foxconn SDX61 modem.
Apart from the extra hardware support, fwupd 2.0.15 introduces support for allowing child devices to use the parent name as a prefix, adds newer commands and options for Fish completion, and adds support for allowing the installation of firmware archives named as .CAB rather than .cab.
Starting with this release, fwupd now correctly erases Firehose modem devices, uses a better name for Elan touchpads and Intel PCH SPI devices, needs additional requirements for the default PS5512 devboard, and requires a full system shutdown for all Micron NVMe updates.
This release also fixes several bugs, including issues with Goodix enumeration, an issue with sending firmware reports without using the --force option, build issues with the FreeBSD operating system, and an issue with the version number of BnR MTD devices.
Check out the release notes on the project’s GitHub page for more details about the changes included in fwupd 2.0.15, which you can download as a source tarball from the same location. Of course, it is recommended that you install fwupd from the stable software repositories of your GNU/Linux distribution.
Image credits: Fwupd project
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