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RTL9210 NVMe Enclosure Firmware Update

By now I have 2 of those Ugreen M.2 NVMe USB 3.2 SSD enclosures. One of them is attached to my DELL monitor which is attached to my MacBook Pro M1 for TimeMachine backups and just works™ for almost 4 months now. I've recently bought a second one (and also the same SSD as in my TimeMachine one) to use with my Raspberry Pi 5. But for some reason, this one caused a bit of trouble. After a random number of hours of working fine, the Raspberry Pi suddenly becomes unresponsive. It's still […]

blog.mbirth.uk/2025/02/21/rtl9

blog.mbirth.ukRTL9210 NVMe Enclosure Firmware Update – blog.mbirth.uk
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The development of @oreboot is very simple #software #engineering #101:
1. look at the vendor code, and rewrite it (in Rust) 🦀
2. refactor, simplify, add notes on what you understand 👩‍💻

Overall, that yields higher quality #firmware. It gets more comprehensible and easier to read. That is the value we bring.

Upstream U-Boot work is very similar.
Our main advantage is having a clean slate.
The current disadvantage is less shared code and guidelines.

We just merged a bunch of helper utilities. 🧐

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@novacustom

Grateful to NovaCustom for their generous financial contribution and collaboration to integrate Heads firmware into their hardware offerings.

This partnership highlights the growing adoption of Heads as a trusted solution for secure boot verification and tamper detection.

Looking to adapt Heads to your specific needs? Explore our consultation services: osresearch.net/Consultation-Se

Want hardware preflashed with Heads? Check out our trusted vendors: osresearch.net/Vendors/

Heads - WikiConsultation ServicesDocumentation for the Heads firmware project

Last week, I managed to trigger a very annoying firmware bug in my Lenovo Carbon X1 5th-gen laptop, which caused it to stop charging or being powered by the line via USB-C.
This is the first time this has happened in the last seven years. I solved it by disabling the battery via the BIOS with the residual charge. Then all started to work again. This appears to be a common and so-bad issue of multiple generations of Thinkpads. Be warned.
#thinkpad #battery #firmware #lenovo