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title: Plugin: Synaptics CAPE
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This plugin is used to update Synaptics CAPE based audio devices.
The daemon will decompress the cabinet archive and extract a firmware blob.
This plugin supports the following protocol ID:
com.synaptics.cape
These devices use the standard USB DeviceInstanceId values, e.g.
USB\VID_1395&PID_0293
These devices also use custom GUID values, e.g.
SYNAPTICS_CAPE\CX31993(only-quirk)
The firmware is deployed when the device is in normal runtime mode, and the device will reset when the new firmware has been written.
The vendor ID is set from the USB vendor, in this instance set to USB:0x1395
This plugin uses the following plugin-specific quirks:
Some devices will support IN_REPORT that allow host communicate with device over interrupt instead of control endpoint.
Since: 1.7.0
This plugin requires read/write access to /dev/bus/usb.
This plugin has been available since fwupd version 1.7.0.
Anyone can submit a pull request to modify this plugin, but the following people should be consulted before making major or functional changes:
- Simon Ho: @CNXT-Simon