Method

FwupdPluginDeviceread_firmware

Declaration [src]

FuFirmware*
fu_device_read_firmware (
  FuDevice* self,
  FuProgress* progress,
  GError** error
)

Description [src]

Reads firmware from the device by calling a plugin-specific vfunc. The device subclass should try to ensure the firmware does not contain any serial numbers or user-configuration values and can be used to calculate the device checksum.

The return value can be converted to a blob of memory using fu_firmware_write().

Available since:1.0.8

Parameters

progress FuProgress
 

A FuProgress.

 The data is owned by the caller of the function.
error GError **
  The return location for a GError*, or NULL.

Return value

Returns: FuFirmware
 

A FuFirmware, or NULL for error.

 The caller of the method takes ownership of the data, and is responsible for freeing it.