Enumeration

FwupdDeviceFlags

Declaration

flags Fwupd.DeviceFlags

Description [src]

Flags used to represent device attributes.

Members

FWUPD_DEVICE_FLAG_NONE

No flags set.

  • Value: 0
  • Available since: 0.1.3
FWUPD_DEVICE_FLAG_INTERNAL

Device is internal to the platform and cannot be removed easily.

  • Value: 1
  • Available since: 0.1.3
FWUPD_DEVICE_FLAG_UPDATABLE

Device has the ability to be updated in this or any other mode.

  • Value: 2
  • Available since: 0.9.7
FWUPD_DEVICE_FLAG_REQUIRE_AC

Device requires an external power source to be connected or the battery level at a minimum threshold to update.

  • Value: 8
  • Available since: 0.6.3
FWUPD_DEVICE_FLAG_LOCKED

The device can not be updated without manual user interaction.

  • Value: 16
  • Available since: 0.6.3
FWUPD_DEVICE_FLAG_SUPPORTED

The device is found in metadata loaded into the daemon.

  • Value: 32
  • Available since: 0.7.1
FWUPD_DEVICE_FLAG_NEEDS_BOOTLOADER

The device requires entering a bootloader mode to be manually.

  • Value: 64
  • Available since: 0.7.3
FWUPD_DEVICE_FLAG_NEEDS_REBOOT

The device requires a system reboot to apply firmware or to reload hardware.

  • Value: 256
  • Available since: 0.9.7
FWUPD_DEVICE_FLAG_REPORTED

The success or failure of a previous update has been reported to a metadata server.

  • Value: 512
  • Available since: 1.0.4
FWUPD_DEVICE_FLAG_NOTIFIED

The user has been notified about a change in the device state.

  • Value: 1024
  • Available since: 1.0.5
FWUPD_DEVICE_FLAG_IS_BOOTLOADER

The device is currently in a read-only bootloader mode and not running application code.

  • Value: 8192
  • Available since: 1.0.8
FWUPD_DEVICE_FLAG_WAIT_FOR_REPLUG

The device is in the middle of and update and the hardware is waiting to be probed or replugged.

  • Value: 16384
  • Available since: 1.1.2
FWUPD_DEVICE_FLAG_NEEDS_SHUTDOWN

The device requires the system to be shutdown to finish application of new firmware.

  • Value: 131072
  • Available since: 1.2.4
FWUPD_DEVICE_FLAG_ANOTHER_WRITE_REQUIRED

The device requires the update to be retried, possibly with a different plugin.

  • Value: 262144
  • Available since: 1.2.5
FWUPD_DEVICE_FLAG_NEEDS_ACTIVATION

The device update needs to be separately activated. This process may occur automatically on shutdown in some operating systems or when the device is unplugged with some devices.

  • Value: 1048576
  • Available since: 1.2.6
FWUPD_DEVICE_FLAG_HISTORICAL

The device is used for historical data only.

  • Value: 4194304
  • Available since: 1.3.2
FWUPD_DEVICE_FLAG_WILL_DISAPPEAR

The device will disappear after the update is complete and success or failure can’t be verified.

  • Value: 16777216
  • Available since: 1.3.3
FWUPD_DEVICE_FLAG_CAN_VERIFY

The device checksums can be compared against metadata.

  • Value: 33554432
  • Available since: 1.3.3
FWUPD_DEVICE_FLAG_CAN_VERIFY_IMAGE

The device application firmware image can be dumped from device for verification.

  • Value: 67108864
  • Available since: 1.3.3
FWUPD_DEVICE_FLAG_DUAL_IMAGE

The device firmware update architecture uses a redundancy mechanism such as A/B partitions for updates.

  • Value: 134217728
  • Available since: 1.3.3
FWUPD_DEVICE_FLAG_SELF_RECOVERY

In flashing mode, the device will only accept intended payloads and will revert back to a valid firmware image if an invalid or incomplete payload was sent.

  • Value: 268435456
  • Available since: 1.3.3
FWUPD_DEVICE_FLAG_USABLE_DURING_UPDATE

The device remains usable while the update flashes or schedules the update. The update will implicitly be applied next time the device is power cycled or possibly activated.

  • Value: 536870912
  • Available since: 1.3.3
FWUPD_DEVICE_FLAG_VERSION_CHECK_REQUIRED

All firmware updates for this device require a firmware version check.

  • Value: 1073741824
  • Available since: 1.3.7
FWUPD_DEVICE_FLAG_INSTALL_ALL_RELEASES

Install each intermediate releases for the device rather than jumping directly to the newest.

  • Value: 2147483648
  • Available since: 1.3.7
FWUPD_DEVICE_FLAG_UPDATABLE_HIDDEN

The device is updatable but is currently inhibited from updates in the client. Reasons include but are not limited to low power or requiring reboot from a previous update.

  • Value: 137438953472
  • Available since: 1.4.1
FWUPD_DEVICE_FLAG_HAS_MULTIPLE_BRANCHES

The device supports switching to a different stream of firmware.

  • Value: 549755813888
  • Available since: 1.5.0
FWUPD_DEVICE_FLAG_BACKUP_BEFORE_INSTALL

The device firmware should be saved before installing firmware.

  • Value: 1099511627776
  • Available since: 1.5.0
FWUPD_DEVICE_FLAG_WILDCARD_INSTALL

All devices with matching GUIDs will be updated at the same time.

For some devices it is not possible to have different versions of firmware for hardware of the same type. Updating one device will force update of others with exactly the same instance IDs.

  • Value: 4398046511104
  • Available since: 1.6.2
FWUPD_DEVICE_FLAG_ONLY_VERSION_UPGRADE

The device firmware can only be updated to a newer version and never downgraded or reinstalled.

  • Value: 8796093022208
  • Available since: 1.6.2
FWUPD_DEVICE_FLAG_UNREACHABLE

The device is currently unreachable, perhaps because it is in a lower power state or is out of wireless range.

  • Value: 17592186044416
  • Available since: 1.7.0
FWUPD_DEVICE_FLAG_AFFECTS_FDE

The device is warning that a volume with full-disk-encryption was found on this machine, typically a Windows NTFS partition with BitLocker. Updating the firmware on this device may invalidate secrets used to decrypt the volume, and the recovery key may be required.

Supported clients will display this information as a warning to the user.

  • Value: 35184372088832
  • Available since: 1.7.1
FWUPD_DEVICE_FLAG_END_OF_LIFE

The device is no longer supported by the original hardware vendor as it is considered end-of-life. It it unlikely to receive firmware updates, even for security issues.

  • Value: 70368744177664
  • Available since: 1.7.5
FWUPD_DEVICE_FLAG_SIGNED_PAYLOAD

The firmware payload is verified on-device the payload using strong cryptography such as RSA, AES or ECC.

It is usually not possible to modify or flash custom firmware not provided by the vendor.

  • Value: 140737488355328
  • Available since: 1.7.6
FWUPD_DEVICE_FLAG_UNSIGNED_PAYLOAD

The firmware payload is unsigned and it is possible to modify and flash custom firmware.

  • Value: 281474976710656
  • Available since: 1.7.6
FWUPD_DEVICE_FLAG_EMULATED

The device is emulated and should not be recorded by the backend.

  • Value: 562949953421312
  • Available since: 1.8.11
FWUPD_DEVICE_FLAG_EMULATION_TAG

The device should be recorded by the backend, allowing emulation.

  • Value: 1125899906842624
  • Available since: 1.8.11
FWUPD_DEVICE_FLAG_ONLY_EXPLICIT_UPDATES

The device should stay on one firmware version unless the new version is explicitly specified.

This can either be done using fwupdmgr install, using GNOME Firmware, or using a BKC config.

  • Value: 2251799813685248
  • Available since: 1.9.3
FWUPD_DEVICE_FLAG_CAN_EMULATION_TAG

The device can be recorded by the backend, allowing emulation.

  • Value: 4503599627370496
  • Available since: 2.0.1
FWUPD_DEVICE_FLAG_INSTALL_SKIP_VERSION_CHECK

The device doesn’t require verification of the newly installed version.

  • Value: 9007199254740992
  • Available since: 2.0.2