Recently, a group of netizens discussed the problem of the Intel Arc graphics card. For example, the open-source Linux driver developed by Intel for Arc Graphics cannot run on POWER, and then someone threw another very interesting. The problem.
LVFS/Fwupd lead developer Richard Hughes pointed out that updating the GSC firmware for Arc graphics cards currently requires the Intel Management Engine (ME) feature, which is equivalent to limiting the runtime environment and you must be on an Intel CPU-based platform to update the graphics card firmware.
At least for now, Intel can only support updating their Graphics System Controller (GSC) firmware via Intel ME. Therefore, older Intel systems without HECI-over-MEI or non-Intel systems like AMD or AArch64/POWER/RISC-V systems are only plug-and-play and cannot be updated.
Intel’s subsequent response that the future AMD platform will also support firmware updates, but considering statements such as Fwupd and Intel-written firmware update plug-ins, we don’t have more details yet.
