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Firmware Version Updates?

Open janomecopter opened this issue 5 years ago • 7 comments

Many of the controllers listed have received updates - for instance the SN30 Pro+ has received a v4.01 update, SN30 Pro is on v1.34. Any timeline on providing these files, or instructions on how to update this repo when new files become available?

janomecopter avatar Aug 13 '20 04:08 janomecopter

8bitdo stopped uploading firmware updates. I think you need to email them and ask them to start uploading again. Sorry that's not more useful :(

hughsie avatar Aug 18 '20 09:08 hughsie

Apologies, I didn't see that there were a couple of pull requests seeking to add these updates. It looks like those updated firmware versions are included there too. SN30_Pro+_Firmware_V4.01.zip SN30pro+SF30pro_Firmware_V1.34.zip

janomecopter avatar Aug 18 '20 10:08 janomecopter

I emailed 8bitdo, asking if they would publish any new firmware versions and received this reponse:

Greetings.

Thanks for the e-mail. I'm here to assist you.

There are no such plans at this stage.

Firmware updates are only available through Windows and macOS.

Best wishes.

JamieMagee avatar Nov 09 '20 16:11 JamieMagee

Firmware updates are only available through Windows and macOS.

Okay, well I guess we know. I'll update the status page on the LVFS. Thanks.

hughsie avatar Nov 09 '20 16:11 hughsie

There is no need to wait for 8bitdo to do that, we can do it on our own. There are several pull requests with firmware updates, why are they not merged?

Zlika avatar Nov 29 '20 15:11 Zlika

There are several pull requests with firmware updates, why are they not merged?

Because we don't have legal authority to distribute firmware updates without explicit permission.

hughsie avatar Nov 29 '20 17:11 hughsie

Then don't ask them to publish their firmware through fwupd, just ask them the permission for us to redistribute their firmware blobs. No work for them.

Zlika avatar Nov 29 '20 17:11 Zlika