MSI PRO Z790-P (WIFI) (DDR4) Dasharo (coreboot + Heads) Release Notes

Following Release Notes describe status of Dasharo (coreboot + Heads) firmware development compatible with MSI PRO Z790-P boards.

Please note that in order for the Heads to work correctly with the MSI motherboard, two additional components are required:

TPM 2.0 MSI MS-4462, available at our store.
Nitrokey 3A Mini, also available for purchase at our store.

The Heads currently supports only integrated graphics (a non-F CPU). Discrete graphics is NOT supported by the standard build.

v0.9.0 - 2024-03-21

Test results for this release can be found here.

Added

Dual TPM feature in coreboot. When ME is disabled, fTPM becomes inactive as well and chipset will route the TPM traffic to SPI bus. coreboot will now probe for all possible TPMs and initialize the one that is currently active.

Changed

This is a Dasharo Pro Package release
Heads Linux is used as a payload
Updated Flash Descriptor to enlarge BIOS region; refer to SBOM section below
ME hardcoded to be HAP disabled for heads builds. Discrete SPI TPM in JTPM1 header is required to provide TPM functionality.

Known issues

Binaries

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