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Fwupd 2.0.15 Released With Support For Newer NVIDIA ConnectX NICs

Written by Michael Larabel in LVFS on 10 September 2025 at 02:54 PM EDT. 1 Comment
Richard Hughes of Red Hat announced the availability today of Fwupd 2.0.15 as the latest increment to this open-source firmware updating solution built around the Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS).

Fwupd 2.0.15 adds support for child devices to use the parent name as a prefix plus has a number of bug fixes compared to prior Fwupd releases. The FreeBSD build is working again as one of the fixes found in this update.

As for new hardware supported by Fwupd 2.0.15 for firmware updating there is now support for the Foxconn SDX61 modem, Jabra Evolve2 child devices, and support for some newer NVIDIA data center NICs. The Jabra Evolve2 is a wireless headphone/headset.

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The new NVIDIA hardware support in Fwupd 2.0.15 is firmware updating for the NVIDIA ConnectX-6, ConnectX-7, and ConnectX-8 NICs.

More information on the Fwupd 2.0.15 update via GitHub.

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