Alex DeLorenzo alexdelorenzo

Instructions to Update the BIOS/UEFI for an HP Laptop on Linux

To update the BIOS/UEFI firmware requires HP-specific files in the EFI System Partition, also referred to as ESP.

On a Linux system, the ESP is typically mounted on /boot/efi or /efi. Whithin you should also find a EFI directory, e.g. /boot/efi/EFI or /efi/EFI. This article assumes that the ESP is mounted on /efi and that the /efi/EFI directory exists. You can replace that with the mount point your system uses.

The HP-specific files are located in /efi/EFI/HP or /efi/EFI/Hewlet-Packard. These files typically come preinstalled in HP Windows PCs. If you have these files you could skip Install HP-specific files.

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Introduction

This is about documenting getting Linux running on the late 2016 and mid 2017 MPB's; the focus is mostly on the MacBookPro13,3 and MacBookPro14,3 (15inch models), but I try to make it relevant and provide information for MacBookPro13,1, MacBookPro13,2, MacBookPro14,1, and MacBookPro14,2 (13inch models) too. I'm currently using Fedora 27, but most the things should be valid for other recent distros even if the details differ. The kernel version is 4.14.x (after latest update).

The state of linux on the MBP (with particular focus on MacBookPro13,2) is also being tracked on https://github.com/Dunedan/mbp-2016-linux . And for Ubuntu users there are a couple tutorials (here and here) focused on that distro and the MacBook.

Note: For those who have followed these instructions ealier, and in particular for those who have had problems with the custom DSDT, modifying the DSDT is not necessary anymore - se

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	# Copyright 2022 Alex DeLorenzo. Licensed under the AGPLv3.
	#
	# This script requires Bash, byobu, curl, and pup. You can find the latter here:
	# https://github.com/ericchiang/pup
	# For more information, see https://alexdelorenzo.dev/notes/firefox-global-menu
	#
	# Usage:
	# $ ./install_ff.sh amd64
	readonly ARCH="${1:-amd64}"

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	# See: https://alexdelorenzo.dev/notes/cflags
	# Requires `strs` package for Python: https://github.com/alexdelorenzo/strs/
	# License: AGPLv3
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	export arch="${1:-$detectedArch}"


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	# License: GPLv3
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	export TABLE="podcast_channel"
	export DELIM=','

	export TAG_FMT="<outline type='rss' xmlUrl='%s' text='%s' />"

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	# script to config gtk theme

	GTK_VERSION=3
	TWEAK_APP=lxappearance

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	user_home=/home/${USER}
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	from alembic import context
	from sqlalchemy import engine_from_config, pool
	from logging.config import fileConfig

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