[BIOS Firmware Laptop16] Impossible to update 3.03 => 3.05

[borrougagnou]

Device Information

Framework Laptop 16
Extension Card: HDMI/ETH/AUDIO/USB/USB-C/GPU AMD 7700s

BIOS: IFGP6.03.03
BIOS Release date: 2024-03-27 (yyyy-mm-dd)

Ubuntu 22.04.5
Windows 11 Pro

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Hello guys !
I have a problem when I update bios from 3.03==3.05 in Framework Laptop 16

when I try with Linux:

when I try with Windows:

(And when I force reboot I have EFI ERROR 2: decompression failed)

Thank you in advance.

[borrougagnou]

I think I fixed my problem
because now I have the "Framework gear"

First thing is: check the EFI partition size !
by default I have 100MB for this partition, after installing Windows/Ubuntu/other the size will be reduced

including the EFI capsule, the size at the end is: ~30MB...

And IDK why, the system need to use this "space" to upgrade the system an 30MB is clearly not enough.
so I backuped/removed all EFI files.

Just keep my Ubuntu EFI file,
I also sudo apt purge fwupd fwupd-signed -y && sudo apt install fwupd fwupd-signed
then I did again:
fwupdmgr refresh --force
fwupd get-updates
fwupd update

And now it work !

Conclusion, the EFI partition is needed when you update your system, and it's not limited to the "size of the EFI capsule file"

[JohnAZoidberg]

by default I have 100MB for this partition

That's pretty small, especially if you dualboot from that partition. Because then there'll be almost no space left.
Yes, you need AT LEAST ~35MB free space. 256MB or larger ESP partition is recommended for dualboot.

For FWUPD, see fwupd/fwupd#8341
It requires at least 90MB, but we'll enable update with 35MB free space for updates in the future.

[borrougagnou]

Hello !
Thank you for your answer, yes it would be cool !
The MR is cool ! and it's released in UFW 2.0.8
Debian already put this version in the repo sid and trixie (debian 13) !
Fedora too !

it mean it will be available for the next release

Also what about the "Windows" exe version ?