How to Check if Update Needed

[rbrisita]

Is there a way to verify that one needs to use this update? From using dmesg and the Device Viewer I see VID: 258A and PID: 001E and I am assuming revision 0002 for the USB driver. Is confirming VID and PID enough?

[sloane-shark]

Also interested in this, I stumbled across this issue which describes a problem I'm having with my PBP, but given that it's from the early 2021 batch, I would have expected to have the latest firmware already. Unless this branch has some other patches that don't come by default yet, still. Thus, checking if an update is necessary would be very useful

[jackhumbert]

I would have expected to have the latest firmware already.

I haven't been looped into development/official announcements for a bit, but I'm not sure they've been shipping with firmware any newer than the binaries we have here, so any PBP may need to be updated. Apparently some chips can only be written 8 times(!), so be sure to check which yours has before flashing it.

[sloane-shark]

@jackhumbert I'm glad you pointed that out, I double checked and it looks like I do have the more limited keyboard IC :/ you don't happen to be aware of any workarounds or safeguards to make sure I don't wreck my keyboard/trackpad do you?

[rbrisita]

Thanks for this insight. Will review link when time permits.