In my previous blog post I hinted at you just have to add one line to a data file to add support for new AVR32 microcontrollers and this blog entry should give a few more details.
A few minutes ago I merged a PR that moves the database of supported and quirked devices out of the C code and into runtime loaded files. When fwupd is installed in long-term support distros it’s very hard to backport new versions as new hardware is released. The idea with this functionalty is that the end user can drop an additional (or replace an existing) file in a .d directory with a simple format and the hardware will magically start working. This assumes no new quirks are required, as this would obviously need code changes, but allows us to get most existing devices working in an easy way without the user compiling anything.
The quirk files themselves are simple key files and are documented in the fwupd gtk-doc documentation.
