Post by dkodihalli on Sept 15, 2021 13:37:34 GMT
When performing firmware update, it can be useful for a user to specify if the UpdateService can "force update" a SoftwareInventory instance or not. In this context, "force update" can be defined as follows: Allow UpdateService to perform firmware update on a device even if the version of the firmware/software currently running on that device is equal to/greater than the version of the firmware/software in the firmware update package for that device.
To draw an analogy, PLDM (DSP0267) has something similar:
Request Force Update of component – Can be used to inform the FD/FDP to perform a
transfer even if the component has a lower or equal component comparison stamp, or version
string, than what is currently installed. The UA will set this bit for any component which has the force
update bit set in the ComponentOptions field of the package header. Additionally, the UA could set
the bit as instructed by commands used to provide the update package to the UA (these commands
are out of scope for this spec).
This could be defined as the following property in the SoftwareInventory schema:
ForceUpdateable boolean read-write An indication of whether the UpdateService can update this software with a version that is lower than or equal to the current version.
Does the forum think such a property is acceptable?
To draw an analogy, PLDM (DSP0267) has something similar:
Request Force Update of component – Can be used to inform the FD/FDP to perform a
transfer even if the component has a lower or equal component comparison stamp, or version
string, than what is currently installed. The UA will set this bit for any component which has the force
update bit set in the ComponentOptions field of the package header. Additionally, the UA could set
the bit as instructed by commands used to provide the update package to the UA (these commands
are out of scope for this spec).
This could be defined as the following property in the SoftwareInventory schema:
ForceUpdateable boolean read-write An indication of whether the UpdateService can update this software with a version that is lower than or equal to the current version.
Does the forum think such a property is acceptable?
