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| author | Andrew Clemons <andrew.clemons@gmail.com> | 2017-08-07 23:28:39 +0100 |
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| committer | Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org> | 2017-08-12 06:57:32 +0700 |
| commit | e192b0c5fc3c8bfcfe082551519062b9b33a010d (patch) | |
| tree | a0c8c08882bc7f888def62780ac1e51e4fdeec3b /system/fwupdate/README | |
| parent | 5c6618414f54debe5b0523795f5061baea8f1faf (diff) | |
| download | slackbuilds-e192b0c5fc3c8bfcfe082551519062b9b33a010d.tar.gz | |
system/fwupdate: Added (Tools to apply firmware updates).
Signed-off-by: David Spencer <idlemoor@slackbuilds.org>
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diff --git a/system/fwupdate/README b/system/fwupdate/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..a3515433fb --- /dev/null +++ b/system/fwupdate/README @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +fwupdate - Tools for using the ESRT and UpdateCapsule() to apply firmware +updates + +The actual binary (fwup*.efi) is not automatically installed to your ESP. +Copying it from /usr/libexec/fwupdate/ is left to be handled by the package +admin. + +If you do not use the standard directory (/boot/efi/EFI/Slackware), you'll +also need to adjust /usr/libexec/fwupdate/cleanup to cleanup the correct +directory. + +I have not actually used this efi binary for anything yet. This package +provides the libs needed by fwupd to update firmware, which is what I am +using it for. + +The efi binary is included however for completeness. |