The default Software Updater has received an automatic update for "Legacy BIOS Implementation:
As can be seen above, this is for updating from Ubuntu seabios version "1.13.0-1ubuntu1" to "1.13.0-1ubuntu1.1".
My question is, is this a safe/silent/automatic update, or will it involve anything like flashing the BIOS or re-installing the OS from a USB drive etc.? Is it like all the other usual updates or is something more involved?
The description for this update has this to say:
SeaBIOS is a legacy BIOS implementation, aimed at supporting not only emulated hosts such as QEMU, but also real hardware. Note, however, that SeaBIOS does not handle early initialization of core chipsets, so don't even think of flashing it to your board (look at Coreboot for that).
The wording seems to indicate that this update has something to do with hypervisors/hardware emulation - like the Android Studio Emulator or VirtualBox that I have installed.
My computer is working fine and I do not want to risk having to flash the BIOS or re-install the OS etc. If someone has experience with this kind of update, please advise me whether it is safe/risk-free. Is this a safe/silent/automatic update, and can I go ahead with this or not?
I have Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS installed.