Fwupd 2.1.5 Linux Firmware Updater Released with Support for Elan Touchscreens

Posted by hanuca on Jun 10, 2026 1:54 PM EDT
9to5linux.com; By Marcus Nestor
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Fwupd developer Richard Hughes released fwupd 2.1.5 today as a new stable update in the fwupd 2.1 series of this open-source project for updating and managing the firmware of various hardware on your Linux distribution.

Coming only two weeks after fwupd 2.1.4, the fwupd 2.1.5 release introduces support for updating the firmware on Elan touchscreens, adds support for installing the database updates on broken hardware with new firmware, and adds support for overriding the detected CPU vendor to allow more self-tests.

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