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What is the difference between lvfs and vendor-directory?

KDE has recently added support for lvfs. That is enabled by default, but when looking at the software sources I also see 'vendor-directory - Vendor (Automatic)'enter image description here

I have not been able to find what vendor-directory is or what it offers extra in relation to lvfs. Does anyone know what the difference is?

muru
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BakaKuna
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  • @David That question is about directory structures. There might be a relation, but I don't know what it is. All firmware in the Linux *Vendor* Firmware Service (lvfs) is provided by vendors. – BakaKuna Apr 12 '21 at 09:35

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KDE added support for Fwupd. LVFS comes with Fwupd.

LVFS is used for those vendors that are supported. The list of vendors can be found on the fwup website.

If your vendor is NOT on that list you need to enable vendor-directory.

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  • Thanks! Do you know if `vendor-directory` is also managed by lvfs? I wonder what firmware is in vendor-directory and who puts it in there. – BakaKuna Apr 12 '21 at 14:34