MSI PRO Z790-P (WIFI) (DDR5) Dasharo Release Notes

Following Release Notes describe status of open-source firmware development for MSI PRO Z790-P (WIFI) (DDR5)

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

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v0.9.1 - 2024-01-22

Test results for this release can be found here.

Added

Automatic fan control
RAM Disk support (EXPERIMENTAL)
Memory overclocking support with XMP profiles
Compatibility with Raptor Lake Refresh CPUs
Selective Option ROM loading
Serial Console Redirection option
Power state after power fail option
Option for Resizable BARs enabling
ESP partition scanning in look for grubx64.efi or shimx64.efi or Windows bootmgr
Memory speed is displayed in the firmware setup main page
Added support for taking screenshots in the firmware
Microsoft and Windows 2023 UEFI Secure Boot certificates
Disabling ME and unlocking descriptor with HMRFPO command on FUM flow

Changed

This is a Dasharo Pro Package release
Updated microcode to the newer version; refer to SBOM section below
Updated ME to the newer version; refer to SBOM section below
Updated Flash Descriptor to unlock regions; refer to SBOM section below
Switched to the Raptor Lake-S Client FSP; refer to SBOM section below
Get SMBIOS serial number and UUID from ROMHOLE region instead of CBFS (ROMHOLE is preserved during FlashBIOS and updates via DTS)
Rebased coreboot on 4.21 tag
Reduced the amount of microcode blobs included in the build, due to redundancy (some blobs had the same shasum and supported the same CPUIDs)
Enroll default UEFI Secure Boot keys on the first boot
Improved UEFI Secure Boot menu user experience
DDR4 variant SMBIOS product name to reflect MSI naming
Scope of reset to default hotkey to global in firmware setup
Booting DTS over iPXE via HTTPS
Removed the i225/i226 EFI driver from the builds in favor of native iPXE driver
Switched iPXE repository to Dasharo fork for the native iPXE driver for i225/i226

Fixed

No audio playback via headset
Auto Boot Time-out is reset to 0 when F9 is pressed
Some RPL-S CPUs ( 0xB06F2 (RPL-S C0) or 0xB06F5 (RPL-S H0)) have a problem with booting on v0.9.0
Change boot order menu is confusing
The setup menu does not issue a reset, resulting in saved but unapplied settings
PCI Express Resizable BAR programming
PCI Express resource allocation for Intel ARC A750
CPU frequency not displayed on setup front page
P2SB BAR not properly reserved in ACPI
Power LED not blinking during S3 sleep
PS/2 controller not enabled at first boot after flashing
Incorrect C-states reported in ACPI unsupported by HW
Incorrect first timestamp format in ACPI FPDT

Known issues

Binaries

sha256 sha256.sig (msi_ms7e06_v0.9.1_ddr4)

sha256 sha256.sig (msi_ms7e06_v0.9.1_ddr4_dev_signed)

sha256 sha256.sig (msi_ms7e06_v0.9.1_ddr5)

sha256 sha256.sig (msi_ms7e06_v0.9.1_ddr5_dev_signed)

This is a Dasharo Pro Package Release. To obtain access to the pre-built binaries you will have to become the Dasharo Pro Package subscriber. You will get the access to all of the firmware updates for the duration of the subscription via Dasharo Pro Package newsletter.

To verify binary integrity with hash and signature please follow the instructions in Dasharo release signature verification using this key

SBOM (Software Bill of Materials)

v0.9.0 - 2023-08-31