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Initial deployment

Initial deployment of Dasharo firmware on ASUS KGPE-D16 can be done:

  • using DTS v1.1.0,
  • manually.

Initial deployment using DTS

Initial deployment for ASUS KGPE-D16 is supported in DTS since version v1.1.0. Please check Dasharo zero-touch initial deployment section.

Initial deployment manually

Initial flashing of Dasharo firmware can be done from Linux using flashrom with the internal programmer. This document describes the process of building, installing and running flashrom on Ubuntu 20.04.

Build flashrom

Currently, the latest flashrom release lacks support for Comet Lake U internal flashing. Because of this, we need to build flashrom from source.

Install build dependencies:

apt install git build-essential debhelper pkg-config libpci-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev libftdi1-dev meson

Obtain source code:

git clone https://review.coreboot.org/flashrom.git
cd flashrom

Build flashrom:

make
sudo make install

Reading flash contents

Always prepare a backup of the current firmware image. To read from the flash and save it to a file (backup.rom), execute the following command:

flashrom -p internal -r backup.rom

Flashing Dasharo

To flash Dasharo on the platform, execute the following command - replace [path] with the path to the Dasharo image you want to flash, e.g. asus_kgpe-d16_v0.3.0_2M_vboot_TPM1.2.rom.

flashrom -p internal -w [path]

This will flash the full image, including the Intel ME. The operation requires a hard reset of the platform. To perform a hard reset:

  1. Power off the platform. Note, it may not power off completely due to flashed ME.
  2. Disconnect power supply from the board when OS finishes all tasks after power off (the screen goes dark or black).
  3. The platform should power on normally now. You can connect the battery back if it was disconnected.