how to run fwupd on Ubuntu

[jjjjzh]

Hi there, I have an nrf52840 DK and I wonder if it is possible to upgrade my own application firmware via fwupd tool on Ubuntu.I want to successfully upgrade the development kit on unbutu using fwupd.But I find that there is no actual tutorial that shows me how to upgrade step by step.What firmware should I burn so that unbutu recognizes that this is a hid device

I refer to the following links but to no avail.

 https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/111310/fwupd-on-ubuntu 

developer.nordicsemi.com/.../fwupd.html

fwupd.org/.../search

[Sigurd Hellesvik]

Hi,

Have you tried this feature in the nRF Desktop sample?

Is your device a HID device already, or are you trying to make it a HID device?

Regards,
Sigurd Hellesvik

[jjjjzh]

Thank you for your answer. Of course, I have tried to use ncs 2.6.0 hid mouse demo, prj.conf configuration is as follows, I test using the development kit key can control the mouse pointer, but it is still not recognized on fedora system (use fwupdmgr get-devices command), And I noticed that the plugin configuration on github uses the hidraw protocol. I don't know if I need to support this protocol in order to recognize it, even when I use the official firmware of lvfs (burned with nrfjprog and nRF Connect for Desktop Programmer application), I can't recognize it. I wonder how nordic officially tested the fwpud upgrade on linux?

prj.conf

CONFIG_USB_DEVICE_STACK=y
CONFIG_USB_DEVICE_HID=y
CONFIG_USB_DEVICE_PRODUCT="Zephyr HID mouse sample"
CONFIG_USB_DEVICE_VID=0x1915
CONFIG_USB_DEVICE_PID=0x521f
CONFIG_USB_DEVICE_INITIALIZE_AT_BOOT=n

CONFIG_LOG=y
CONFIG_USB_DRIVER_LOG_LEVEL_ERR=y
CONFIG_USB_DEVICE_LOG_LEVEL_ERR=y

CONFIG_GPIO=y
CONFIG_INPUT=y

CONFIG_USE_SEGGER_RTT=y      # 启用RTT
CONFIG_LOG_BACKEND_RTT=y     # 日志后端选用RTT
CONFIG_LOG_BACKEND_UART=n    # 日志后端不选用串口
CONFIG_LOG_PRINTK=y          # 不启用PRINTK日志

https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd/blob/main/plugins/nordic-hid/nordic-hid.quirk

# Nordic Semiconductor ASA HID Devices
[HIDRAW\VEN_1915]
Plugin = nordic_hid
Flags = no-generic-guids
GType = FuNordicHidCfgChannel
NordicHidBootloader = B0
NordicHidGeneration = default

[Sigurd Hellesvik]

Hi,

I try to run the nRF Desktop app out of the box on my ubuntu machine.

I have fwupd installed via snap, and I changed nothing.

Then I run the following commands with the following outputs.

Do you see the same?

sihe@sihe-desktop:~$ fwupdmgr get-plugins | grep nordic -A10
nordic_hid:
  Flags:                • Enabled

sihe@sihe-desktop:~$ fwupdmgr get-devices | grep -i nordic -A10
├─Nordic Semiconductor ASA Mouse nRF52 Desktop:
│     Device ID:          a81ce6ee31b759a7e0fe8b31f7dcdd22f2e44092
│     Current version:    0.0.0.1
│     Vendor:             Nordic (HIDRAW:0x1915)
│     GUIDs:              6add44d5-0143-5a41-973a-94caa37ed58e
│                         f47ffdec-9a23-5da0-8bee-0c6cf09b8422
│                         22952036-c346-5755-9646-7bf766b28922
│     Device Flags:       • Updatable
│                         • Supported on remote server

[jjjjzh]

Thank you very much for your answer. Which example of nrf connect sdk did you burn? Are there any special configurations? Or maybe there's something wrong with my linux command

Regards,

jjjjzh

[Sigurd Hellesvik]

jjjjzh said:

Which example of nrf connect sdk did you burn?

https://developer.nordicsemi.com/nRF_Connect_SDK/doc/latest/nrf/applications/nrf_desktop/README.html

jjjjzh said:

Are there any special configurations?

Nope

[jjjjzh]

Thank you very much for your answer. I have completed the fwupd upgrade of nrf52840 through your guidance. 

Best Regards

jjjjzh

[Sigurd Hellesvik]

Some extra info:

if you go to production, you should change at least MCUboot key, Device name, VID and PID for your final product based on nRF Desktop (mouse/keyboard) 

Then you can get an account at https://fwupd.org/: from here you can manage the FW updates to your products (based on VID/PID/product name, etc).

We can list your VID/PID here (https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd/blob/main/plugins/nordic-hid/nordic-hid.quirk) so that you can re-use Nordic fwupd plug-in.