As a follow up some pertinent information on this problem
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/468631/how-do-you-update-the-firmware-on-a-usb-device-with-a-device-firmware-update-df
shows how to update the firmware for USB devices
Unfortunately the fwupd service is solidly broken on my openSuse Linux
system.
Trying to start the fwupd service solidly crashes with the error that
the TPM (trusted processor module) does not have a GUID.
Basically I am stuck in the water without an oar or paddle.
Does anyone have a working fwup manager service running on their linux PC?