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

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This bug was fixed in the package fwupd - 0.9.7-2ubuntu1

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fwupd (0.9.7-2ubuntu1) artful; urgency=medium

  * Add a delay when running TBT controller updates (LP: #1741509)

 -- Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello at dell.com>  Fri, 05 Jan 2018
11:14:31 -0600

** Changed in: fwupd (Ubuntu Artful)
       Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released

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

Status in Fwupd:
  Fix Released
Status in fwupd package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Committed
Status in fwupd source package in Artful:
  Fix Released
Status in fwupd source package in Bionic:
  Fix Committed

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).
  0) Restart fwupd.service or restart machine.
  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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