Release Notes

Following Release Notes describe the status of Open Source Software development for Dasharo Tools Suite.

For details about our release process, please read Dasharo Standard Release Process.

v1.1.1 - 2023-02-20

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Fixed Dasharo zero-touch initial deployment on MSI PRO Z690-A, added DDR5 target with dedicated firmware.
Blocked Dasharo zero-touch initial deployment on platforms where Dasharo firmware was detected.
Added couple QoL improvements for Dasharo zero-touch initial deployment:
- added platform verification step (show detected device information),
- added firmware verification step (show hash of using binary),
- added progress bar on first instructions,
- used reboot as default behavior after successful flashing.
Added improvements for HCL report.
Added DTS ISO format image, and documentation about VentoyOS usage.
Improved README of the meta-dts repository.
Added service to run shell commands from iPXE.
Added instructions for building PoC image with enabled UEFI Secure Boot support.

Added Dasharo zero-touch initial deployment for a couple of supported platforms.
Added multiple HCL report improvements, e.g. dump information about TPM, ME.
Refactored Dasharo Tools Suite documentation.
Added possibility to rollback using firmware dumped in HCL report.
Added documentation about building Dasharo Tools Suite image.
Added Github Actions to automate new version building.
Added new tools: cbfstool, cbmem, futil, intelmetool (all from Dasharo coreboot fork), binwalk, uefi-firmware-parser, mei-amt-check.
Updated flashrom to version dasharo-v1.2.2.
Deploying iPXE boot artifacts on boot.dasharo.com.
Sharing build cache on cache.dasharo.com.

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Added new vendor-specific menu entry, which is displayed only on supported platforms. For now, NovaCustom menu was added for NovaCustom NV4x and NovaCustom NS5x/7x laptops.
DTS version is now printed in the main menu.
ec_transition script now supports NovaCustom NV4x laptops and automatically download firmware used for transition both for NovaCustom NV4x NV4x and NovaCustom NS5x/7x laptops, firmware transition documentation is updated.
Added kernel configuration to silence terminal logs by default (change loglevel to 1).
Enabled GOOGLE_MEMCONSOLE_COREBOOT kernel configuration to ease getting firmware logs.

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Added system76_ectool to enable Embedded Controller firmware updating.
Added ec_transition script, which helps with full Dasharo/Embedded Controller firmware transition for NovaCustom NS5x/7x.
First public release: meta-dts-ce.

# assuming all files have been downloaded to the same directory without
# changing names
sha256sum -c [sha256 file]

Added auto-login functionality.
Added user menu.
Dasharo HCL Report, which adds the ability to automatically dump device information and send it to 3mdeb servers.
Possibility to manually update the Dasharo firmware.
Bootable via iPXE.
Bootable via USB.
Tested on NovaCustom NV4x, Dell OptiPlex 7010/9010.