[Bug 1741509] Re: Thunderbolt updates on Dell systems fail to apply if nothing connected

[Mario Limonciello]

I've got a successful confirmation from someone on the Github issue.  As such I've uploaded an SRU to xenial-proposed.  It will be waiting for an archive admin to ack it.
Once it's landed in the xenial proposed archive it will need someone else to verify it too.


** Changed in: fwupd (Ubuntu Artful)
       Status: Confirmed => In Progress

** Bug watch added: github.com/dell/thunderbolt-nvm-linux/issues #8
   https://github.com/dell/thunderbolt-nvm-linux/issues/8

** Also affects: fwupd via
   https://github.com/dell/thunderbolt-nvm-linux/issues/8
   Importance: Unknown
       Status: Unknown

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Title:
  Thunderbolt updates on Dell systems fail to apply if nothing connected

Status in Fwupd:
  Unknown
Status in fwupd package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in fwupd source package in Artful:
  In Progress
Status in fwupd source package in Bionic:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  [Impact] 
  Thunderbolt updates posted to LVFS fail to install

  [Test Case]
  On an XPS 9360 (Only system currently published with TBT FW update).
  1) fwupdmgr refresh
  2) fwupdmgr update
  3) Observe no errors

  If TBT update already applied, please manually download from LVFS and follow these steps
  1) fwupdmgr install <blah.cab> --allow-reinstall

  [Regression potential]
  Low, only affects Dell machines

  [Other info]
  fwupd 0.9.7 has support for doing thunderbolt firwmare updates.
  Thunderbolt controllers will go to sleep if not in use (No TBT device connected).
  fwupd 0.9.7 has a special way to wake up dell TBT controllers, that's where this problem is.
  It doesn't happen if TBT device connected when update is run
  fwupd 1.0.2 (in bionic) will not be affected.  it wakes TBT controller using a different interface over WMI

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