Introduction

The ASUS HID plugin is used for interacting with the ITE MCUs on Asus devices.

Firmware Format

The daemon will decompress the cabinet archive and extract a firmware blob in a packed binary file format.

This plugin supports the following protocol ID:

• com.asus.hid

GUID Generation

These devices use the a DeviceInstanceId value that also reflects the microcontroller ID.

• USB\VID_0B05&PID_1ABE&PART_RC72LA

Update Behavior

The device will restart after update.

Vendor ID Security

The vendor ID is set from the USB vendor, in this instance set to USB:0x0B05

External Interface Access

This plugin requires read/write access to /dev/bus/usb.

Version Considerations

This plugin has been available since fwupd version 2.0.0.

Quirk Use

This plugin uses the following plugin-specific quirks:

AsusHidNumMcu

The number of MCUs connected to the USB endpoint.

Since: 2.0.0

Owners

Anyone can submit a pull request to modify this plugin, but the following people should be consulted before making major or functional changes:

superm1