Add a fwupd.conf option to ignore requirements for development

fwupd · May 22, 2024 · c756017 · c756017
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diff --git a/docs/fwupd.conf.md b/docs/fwupd.conf.md
@@ -97,6 +97,12 @@ The `[fwupd]` section can contain the following parameters:
 
   Ignore power levels of devices when running updates.
 
+**IgnoreRequirements={{IgnoreRequirements}}**
+
+  Ignore some device requirements, for instance removing the generic GUID requirement of a CHID,
+  child, parent or sibling.
+  This is not recommended for production systems, although it may be useful for firmware development.
+
 **OnlyTrusted={{OnlyTrusted}}**
 
   Only support installing firmware signed with a trusted key.

diff --git a/src/fu-daemon.c b/src/fu-daemon.c
@@ -1906,6 +1906,10 @@ fu_daemon_daemon_method_call(GDBusConnection *connection,
 		}
 		helper->stream = fu_unix_seekable_input_stream_new(fd, TRUE);
 
+		/* relax these */
+		if (fu_engine_config_get_ignore_requirements(fu_engine_get_config(self->engine)))
+			helper->flags |= FWUPD_INSTALL_FLAG_IGNORE_REQUIREMENTS;
+
 		/* install all the things in the store */
 		helper->client = fu_client_list_register(self->client_list, sender);
 		helper->client_sender_changed_id =

diff --git a/src/fu-engine-config.c b/src/fu-engine-config.c
@@ -320,6 +320,12 @@ fu_engine_config_get_allow_emulation(FuEngineConfig *self)
 	return fu_config_get_value_bool(FU_CONFIG(self), "fwupd", "AllowEmulation");
 }
 
+gboolean
+fu_engine_config_get_ignore_requirements(FuEngineConfig *self)
+{
+	return fu_config_get_value_bool(FU_CONFIG(self), "fwupd", "IgnoreRequirements");
+}
+
 gboolean
 fu_engine_config_get_release_dedupe(FuEngineConfig *self)
 {
@@ -409,6 +415,7 @@ fu_engine_config_init(FuEngineConfig *self)
 	fu_engine_set_config_default(self, "IdleTimeout", "300");		  /* s */
 	fu_engine_set_config_default(self, "IdleInhibitStartupThreshold", "500"); /* ms */
 	fu_engine_set_config_default(self, "IgnorePower", "false");
+	fu_engine_set_config_default(self, "IgnoreRequirements", "false");
 	fu_engine_set_config_default(self, "OnlyTrusted", "true");
 	fu_engine_set_config_default(self, "P2pPolicy", FU_DEFAULT_P2P_POLICY);
 	fu_engine_set_config_default(self, "ReleaseDedupe", "true");

diff --git a/src/fu-engine-config.h b/src/fu-engine-config.h
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ fu_engine_config_get_test_devices(FuEngineConfig *self) G_GNUC_NON_NULL(1);
 gboolean
 fu_engine_config_get_allow_emulation(FuEngineConfig *self) G_GNUC_NON_NULL(1);
 gboolean
+fu_engine_config_get_ignore_requirements(FuEngineConfig *self) G_GNUC_NON_NULL(1);
+gboolean
 fu_engine_config_get_release_dedupe(FuEngineConfig *self) G_GNUC_NON_NULL(1);
 FuReleasePriority
 fu_engine_config_get_release_priority(FuEngineConfig *self) G_GNUC_NON_NULL(1);