Is it possible to upgrade bios from Debian, since the most manufacture only provide bios upgrade under windows environment? In the past it is impossible. But today, it can for some systems. Here is the way to check and upgrade bios from bios. you need root or sudo, i use root user.
Install software
# apt install fwupd
Check your bios
# dmidecode 3.6
Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs.
SMBIOS 3.4.0 present.
Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 26 bytes
BIOS Information
Vendor: LENOVO
Version: JNCN52WW(V2.12)
Release Date: 10/04/2024 <- your release date
Address: 0xE0000
Runtime Size: 128 kB
ROM Size: 32 MB
Characteristics:
PCI is supported
BIOS is upgradeable
BIOS shadowing is allowed
Boot from CD is supported
Selectable boot is supported
EDD is supported
Japanese floppy for NEC 9800 1.2 MB is supported (int 13h)
Japanese floppy for Toshiba 1.2 MB is supported (int 13h)
5.25"/360 kB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
5.25"/1.2 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
3.5"/720 kB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
3.5"/2.88 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
8042 keyboard services are supported (int 9h)
CGA/mono video services are supported (int 10h)
ACPI is supported
USB legacy is supported
BIOS boot specification is supported
Targeted content distribution is supported
UEFI is supported
BIOS Revision: 1.52
Firmware Revision: 1.52
Handle 0x001C, DMI type 13, 22 bytes
BIOS Language Information
Language Description Format: Long
Installable Languages: 4
en|US|iso8859-1
fr|FR|iso8859-1
ja|JP|unicode
zh|TW|unicode
Currently Installed Language: en|US|iso8859-1
To show product name and version
# cat /sys/class/dmi/id/product_name
82SB
# cat /sys/class/dmi/id/product_version
IdeaPad Gaming 3 15ARH7
Cek device
# fwupdmgr get-devices
LENOVO 82SB
│
├─AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS with Radeon Graphics:
│ │ Device ID: 4bde70ba4e39b28f9eab1628f9dd6e6244c03027
│ │ Vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
│ │ GUIDs: 52f8f9af-1ca9-5352-bef4-ceb232c888a5 ← CPUID\PRO_0&FAM_19&MOD_44
│ │ e94372a3-3ffb-5d1c-a579-c415b7313e52 ← CPUID\PRO_0&FAM_19&MOD_44&STP_1
│ │ Device Flags: • Internal device
│ │
│ ├─Secure Processor:
│ │ Device ID: c54ab0237d7a8db8c717b68e0be78e4374a2a079
│ │ Current version: 00.28.00.71
│ │ Bootloader Version: 00.28.00.71
│ │ Vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (PCI:0x1022)
│ │ GUID: 9844da3e-1df2-52fe-9413-d4378af6221e ← PCI\VEN_1022&DEV_1649
│ │ Device Flags: • Internal device
│ │ • Can tag for emulation
│ │
│ └─System Management Unit (SMU):
│ Device ID: db0330716216c629bb2c07256e5d018f499eb6ce
│ Summary: Microcontroller used within CPU/APU program 4
│ Current version: 69.63.0
│ Vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
│ GUID: 79307ae6-a2ea-52e1-bf56-6abbaf3547ad ← /sys/devices/platform/AMDI0007:00
│ Device Flags: • Internal device
│ • Can tag for emulation
│
├─GA107 [GeForce RTX 2050]:
│ Device ID: ce4c74a5188d5b9cdb1e72ed32dad2d313c1c999
│ Current version: a1
│ Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation (PCI:0x10DE)
│ GUID: 68e82ae9-e3f2-5996-ba6b-9054136e6d65 ← PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_25AD
│ Device Flags: • Internal device
│ • Cryptographic hash verification is available
│ • Can tag for emulation
│
├─Micron MTFDKCD512QFM-1BD1AABLA:
│ Device ID: 04e17fcf7d3de91da49a163ffe4907855c3648be
│ Summary: NVM Express solid state drive
│ Current version: 1002V3LN
│ Vendor: Micron Technology Inc (PCI:0x1344)
│ Serial Number: 22453C44BE0D
│ Problems: • Device requires AC power to be connected
│ GUIDs: 84b40af9-5392-5d04-ab7a-92c6ecd85f9f ← NVME\VEN_1344&DEV_5413
│ 518236e8-44dc-5c54-86bf-8ab9c098cd5e ← NVME\VEN_1344&DEV_5413&SUBSYS_13441100
│ 2f40d3c1-c50e-5e7f-aa6c-9cbef7c3679f ← Micron MTFDKCD512QFM-1BD1AABLA
│ Device Flags: • Internal device
│ • System requires external power source
│ • Needs a reboot after installation
│ • Device is usable for the duration of the update
│ • Updatable
│ • Can tag for emulation
│
├─System Firmware:
│ │ Device ID: c74868c50fe146f6d80a0978b8140db47f89c95a
│ │ Summary: UEFI System Resource Table device (updated via NVRAM)
│ │ Current version: 1879441490
│ │ Minimum Version: 1380122624
│ │ Vendor: LENOVO (DMI:LENOVO)
│ │ Update State: Success
│ │ Problems: • Device requires AC power to be connected
│ │ GUID: b287b6c8-7a87-48d7-9316-da7a121e91c6
│ │ Device Flags: • Internal device
│ │ • System requires external power source
│ │ • Needs a reboot after installation
│ │ • Cryptographic hash verification is available
│ │ • Device is usable for the duration of the update
│ │ • Updatable
│ │ Device Requests: • Message
│ │
│ ├─Ideapad Products:
│ │ Device ID: 6924110cde4fa051bfdc600a60620dc7aa9d3c6a
│ │ Summary: UEFI Platform Key
│ │ Current version: 0
│ │ Vendor: Unknown
│ │ GUID: a5ace873-b5ff-5d82-9051-52a46d71b6a4 ← UEFI\CRT_D1FA4BAE5073E699B7D04455F4F1126530BD69A4
│ │ Device Flags: • Internal device
│ │ • Cryptographic hash verification is available
│ │ • Can tag for emulation
│ │
│ ├─UEFI Signature Database:
│ │ │ Device ID: 0352a8acc949c7df21fec16e566ba9a74e797a97
│ │ │ Device Flags: • Internal device
│ │ │
│ │ └─Windows Production PCA:
│ │ Device ID: ea9d4960094c43d107b919fe44941f2c774f84df
│ │ Current version: 2011
│ │ Vendor: Microsoft (UEFI:Microsoft)
│ │ GUIDs: 675d2184-6c9a-59f1-a6f1-3c229b5dbb79 ← UEFI\VENDOR_Microsoft&NAME_Microsoft-Windows-Production-PCA
│ │ 1a84097f-714e-51b7-b293-9a803c98bb1d ← UEFI\CRT_CBBBF4B136DB90D11FD37A4A9B2106973AECC095
│ │ Device Flags: • Internal device
│ │ • Updatable
│ │ • Signed Payload
│ │ • Can tag for emulation
│ │
│ └─UEFI dbx:
│ Device ID: 362301da643102b9f38477387e2193e57abaa590
│ Summary: UEFI revocation database
│ Current version: 20230301
│ Minimum Version: 20230301
│ Vendor: UEFI:Microsoft
│ Install Duration: 1 second
│ GUID: f8ba2887-9411-5c36-9cee-88995bb39731 ← UEFI\CRT_A1117F516A32CEFCBA3F2D1ACE10A87972FD6BBE8FE0D0B996E09E65D802A503&ARCH_X64
│ Device Flags: • Internal device
│ • Updatable
│ • Needs a reboot after installation
│ • Cryptographic hash verification is available
│ • Device is usable for the duration of the update
│ • Only version upgrades are allowed
│ • Signed Payload
│ • Can tag for emulation
│
├─TPM:
│ Device ID: 1d8d50a4dbc65618f5c399c2ae827b632b3ccc11
│ Current version: 6.20.0.6
│ Vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (TPM:AMD)
│ GUIDs: 9305de1c-1e12-5665-81c4-37f8e51219b8 ← TPM\VEN_AMD&DEV_0001
│ 78a291ae-b499-5b0f-8f1d-74e1fefd0b1c ← TPM\VEN_AMD&MOD_AMD
│ 65a3fced-b423-563f-8098-bf5c329fc063 ← TPM\VEN_AMD&DEV_0001&VER_2.0
│ 5e704f0d-83cb-5364-8384-f46d725a23b8 ← TPM\VEN_AMD&MOD_AMD&VER_2.0
│ Device Flags: • Internal device
│ • System requires external power source
│ • Needs a reboot after installation
│ • Device can recover flash failures
│ • Full disk encryption secrets may be invalidated when updating
│ • Signed Payload
│ • Can tag for emulation
│
├─UEFI Device Firmware:
│ Device ID: e78fe7874aa72b14bc3138165829a0f046b925e4
│ Summary: UEFI System Resource Table device (updated via NVRAM)
│ Current version: 0
│ Minimum Version: 1
│ Vendor: DMI:LENOVO
│ Update State: Success
│ Problems: • Device requires AC power to be connected
│ GUID: a9898afa-ef58-48fe-b09a-f476afce467c
│ Device Flags: • Internal device
│ • System requires external power source
│ • Needs a reboot after installation
│ • Device is usable for the duration of the update
│ • Updatable
│ Device Requests: • Message
│
└─UEFI Device Firmware:
Device ID: cb1be209f9d53fed715391d7dcb894ba4d874719
Summary: UEFI System Resource Table device (updated via NVRAM)
Current version: 3378443
Vendor: DMI:LENOVO
Update State: Success
Problems: • Device requires AC power to be connected
GUID: e18d48f3-8ed4-484e-8e01-cc33572399ff
Device Flags: • Internal device
• System requires external power source
• Needs a reboot after installation
• Device is usable for the duration of the update
• Updatable
Device Requests: • Message
Refresh firmware meta-data
# fwupdmgr refresh --forceUpdating lvfsDownloading… [************************************** ]Successfully downloaded new metadata: Updates have been published for 0 of 5 local devices
Perform upgrade
# fwupdmgr get-updates
Devices with no available firmware updates:
• Micron MTFDKCD512QFM-1BD1AABLA
• System Firmware
• UEFI Device Firmware
• UEFI Device Firmware
• KEK CA
• OK Certificate
• UEFI CA
• UEFI dbx
• Windows Production PCA
No updatable devices
