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Intel Releases IGSC 1.0 For Applying Firmware Updates To Graphics Cards

([Intel] 19 Minutes Ago IGSC 1.0)


Overnight Intel released IGSC 1.0 as their library for handling graphics system firmware updates for rolling out firmware updates to Intel discrete graphics card devices.

The Intel IGSC is the library for interfacing with the GSC/MEI controller on discrete Intel graphics devices for facilitating firmware updates. This Apache 2.0 licensed library is used both on Windows and Linux for applying firmware updates as needed.

The IGSC 1.0 release adds support for reading the firmware version before applying OPROM and FW data updates, various other command line reporting improvements, and various other changes. Plus a number of fixes.

There is also updated documentation with IGSC 1.0 to [1]note that Fwupd is not making use of IGSC.

Downloads and more details on the IGSC 1.0 release via [2]GitHub .



[1] https://github.com/intel/igsc/commit/62ff8924d24da6fccdc9c6407c70bcc3f768042f

[2] https://github.com/intel/igsc/releases/tag/V1.0.0



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