It is often used for installing coreboot. Servers, IoT and other devices usually have management systems which also allow you to apply various updates automatically or after downloading a firmware package from the vendor website.įlash-kernel knows how to install u-boot, device-tree blobs and Linux kernel images and initrds for various ARM boards.įlashrom knows how to identify, read, write, verify and erase flash chips for BIOS, EFI and other boot firmware, network cards, SATA controller cards, and other external devices. Currently the vendor and device coverage is not too broad but it is a good starting point before you dive into vendor specific update procedures. This is a collection of known ways to update your built-in firmware (including BIOS, UEFI and other things like Intel ME) on well known common hardware.įwupd utilizes a firmware database to fetch missing updates for your system and peripherals.

Known ways to update firmware on common hardware

Known ways to update firmware on common hardware.

Hp laptop firmware update