[Lvfs-announce] LVFS is now testing DFU files

[Lvfs-announce] LVFS is now testing DFU files

[Richard Hughes]

Hi all,

For a few months UEFI UpdateCapsules have been checked to see if they
contain a CAPSULE_HEADER file prefix. Some vendors have now fixed new
uploads to include this required header, and many others are working
on it right now. It's still of course possible to 'waive' the results
and ignore the test, but in the most part the extra check has been a
positive step forward.

Next on the list is DFU files, which are now scanned to ensure they
have the UFD file footer as required by the DFU specification. Any
firmware test failures without this footer (or where the footer has
incorrect values) can be waived by any vendor QA user. I've enabled
this test on the LVFS and ran it on the existing firmware marked with
protocol org.usb.dfu and there were only 4 firmware files that failed,
and I've BCC'd anyone affected.

If it helps, fwupd can convert a "raw" firmware image to include a DFU
header, for example:

$ dfu-tool convert dfu old.raw new.dfu
$ dfu-tool set-vendor new.dfu 0xabcd
$ dfu-tool set-product new.dfu 0x1234

Any questions, please reply off list. Thanks!

Richard