Release Notes

Following Release Notes describe status of Open Source Firmware development for ASUS KGPE-D16.

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Test results for this platform can be found here.

v0.4.0 - 2022-09-12

Test results for this release can be found here.

Changed

• ACPI cleanup
• Added missing PCI bridge initialization

Fixed

• KGPE-D16 can not boot with a GPU connected
• Configs for platforms without TPM
• Bugs in DQS timing (kudos to Mike Rothfuss)

Known issues

• Booting from recovery doesn't work
• Fan controller gets stuck at 100%
• FreeBSD serial output is broken
• Linux kernel panic on booting USB media
• Builds are not reproducible

Binaries

asus_kgpe-d16_v0.4.0_16M_vboot_notpm.rom sha256 sha256.sig

asus_kgpe-d16_v0.4.0_16M_vboot_tpm12.rom sha256 sha256.sig

asus_kgpe-d16_v0.4.0_16M_vboot_tpm2.rom sha256 sha256.sig

asus_kgpe-d16_v0.4.0_8M_vboot_notpm.rom sha256 sha256.sig

asus_kgpe-d16_v0.4.0_8M_vboot_tpm12.rom sha256 sha256.sig

asus_kgpe-d16_v0.4.0_8M_vboot_tpm2.rom sha256 sha256.sig

asus_kgpe-d16_v0.4.0_vboot_notpm.rom sha256 sha256.sig

asus_kgpe-d16_v0.4.0_vboot_tpm12.rom sha256 sha256.sig

asus_kgpe-d16_v0.4.0_vboot_tpm2.rom sha256 sha256.sig

See how to verify signatures on this video

SBOM (Software Bill of Materials)

• coreboot based on 03aef28f1613 revision cef95aaa
• SeaBIOS based on rel-1.14.0 revision 155821a1

v0.3.0 - 2021-12-16

Added

• TPM support
• vboot support (see how to sign and protect the image here)
• build targets for vboot with measured boot using TPM 1.2 and TPM 2.0

Fixed

• cmos.layout being incorrectly mapped from RW CBFS during coreboot tables generation
• CC6 storage area being incorrectly included in cbmem top calculations
• ACPI DSDT LPC device name which caused TPM to be undetected by OS
• SPI controller driver sometimes dropping bytes sent/received through SPI FIFO

Binaries

• 2MB vboot TPM 1.2

asus_kgpe-d16_v0.3.0_2M_vboot_TPM1.2.rom sha256 sha256.sig

• 2MB vboot TPM 2.0

asus_kgpe-d16_v0.3.0_2M_vboot_TPM2.0.rom sha256 sha256.sig

• 8MB vboot TPM 1.2

asus_kgpe-d16_v0.3.0_8M_vboot_TPM1.2.rom sha256 sha256.sig

• 8MB vboot TPM 2.0

asus_kgpe-d16_v0.3.0_8M_vboot_TPM2.0.rom sha256 sha256.sig

• 16MB vboot TPM 1.2

asus_kgpe-d16_v0.3.0_16M_vboot_TPM1.2.rom sha256 sha256.sig

• 16MB vboot TPM 2.0

asus_kgpe-d16_v0.3.0_16M_vboot_TPM2.0.rom sha256 sha256.sig

SBOM (Software Bill of Materials)

• coreboot based on 4.14 revision 67190bf
• SeaBIOS based on rel-1.14.0 revision 155821a1
• iPXE based on 2019.3 revision ebf2eaf5
• nvramcui based on 4.14 revision f1d1309f

v0.2.0 - 2021-12-9

Added

• coreboot resource allocator v4 support
• Nuvoton W83795 HW monitor driver
• automatic fan control with W83795
• platform and silicon ramstage support
• 2MB, 8MB and 16MB SPI flash targets
• SeaBIOS, iPXE and nvramcui payloads

Binaries

• 2MB target

asus_kgpe-d16_v0.2.0_2M.rom sha256 sha256.sig

• 8MB target

asus_kgpe-d16_v0.2.0_8M.rom sha256 sha256.sig

• 16MB target

asus_kgpe-d16_v0.2.0_16M.rom sha256 sha256.sig

SBOM (Software Bill of Materials)

• coreboot based on 4.14 revision 63b7cbc1
• SeaBIOS based on rel-1.14.0 revision 155821a1
• iPXE based on 2019.3 revision ebf2eaf5
• nvramcui based on 4.14 revision 63b7cbc1

v0.1.0 - 2021-11-10

Added

• C bootblock support
• postcar stage and no CAR global migration support
• separated chipset and mainboard code
• put non-mainboard specific romstage initialization to northirdge
• support for relocatable ramstage with caching in CBMEM

Binaries

asus_kgpe-d16_v0.1.0.rom

asus_kgpe-d16_v0.1.0.rom.sha256

asus_kgpe-d16_v0.1.0.rom.sha256.sig

SBOM (Software Bill of Materials)

• coreboot based on 03aef28 revision e6af2206