Introduction

This plugin supports firmware upgrade for USB card reader products provided by Algoltek, Inc.

Firmware Format

This plugin supports the following protocol ID:

• com.algoltek.usbcr

GUID Generation

These devices use the standard UDEV DeviceInstanceId values, e.g.

• [BLOCK\VEN_058F&DEV_8461]

Update Behavior

The firmware is deployed when the device is in normal runtime mode, and the device will reset when the new firmware has been programmed.

Vendor ID Security

The vendor ID is set from the udev vendor, in this instance set to BLOCK:0x058F

External Interface Access

This plugin requires read/write access to /dev/sd* block devices and requires using a sg_io ioctl for interaction with the device.

Version Considerations

This plugin has been available since fwupd version 2.0.0.