NovaCustom V56xTNx 14th Gen Dasharo Release Notes
Following Release Notes describe status of open-source firmware development for NovaCustom V56xTNx 14th Gen
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v0.9.1 - 2024-11-07
Test results for this release can be found here.
Added
- Support for NovaCustom Meteor Lake platform (discrete graphics)
- Vboot Verified Boot
- TPM Measured Boot
- Vboot recovery notification in UEFI Payload
- UEFI Shell
- UEFI Secure Boot
- Firmware update mode
- BIOS boot medium write-protection
- SMM BIOS write protection
- Current limiting for USB-PD power supplies
- Setup menu password configuration
- Wi-Fi / Bluetooth module disable option in setup menu
- Built-in webcam disable option in setup menu
- USB stack disable option in setup menu
- Network stack disable option in setup menu
- Battery threshold options in setup menu
- Intel ME disable option in setup menu
- Block boot when battery is too low
- Power on AC option in setup menu
- Keyboard backlight level is restored after suspend or poweroff
- Fan profiles in setup Menu
- Fn lock hotkey feature
- Throttling temperature adjustment in setup menu
Known issues
- No HDMI output in FW
- Artifacts in video playback in some players using HW acceleration
- Only native resolution listed for internal panel
- Microphone mute Fn key doesn't work in Windows
- CPU frequency measurements sometimes go below known minimum
- Some flash drives may not be detected after reboot
- I2C controller timeout with SPD5118 driver
- Echo11 Docking station SD Reader failure (ME Disabled)
- Spurious USB 3 disconnects with Sonnet Echo 11 Thunderbolt 4 dock
- 48GB SODIMMs get hot during MemTest86+
Binaries
novacustom_v56x_mtl_ec_v0.9.1.rom sha256 sha256.sig
novacustom_v56x_mtl_v0.9.1.rom sha256 sha256.sig
novacustom_v56x_mtl_v0.9.1_dev_signed.rom sha256 sha256.sig
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)
- Dasharo fork of coreboot based on 24.02 revision c44f1998
- Dasharo fork of EDKII based on edk2-stable202402 revision f3e18c6c
- Dasharo fork of edk2-platforms based on 8ea6ec38 revision 3323ed48
- Dasharo fork of System76 EC based on 485f3900 revision 3e931cf8
- Dasharo fork of iPXE based on d2d194bc revision 35d84756
- vboot based on 3d37d2aa revision 3d37d2aa
- Intel Management Engine based on v18.0.5.2040 revision 3541ad31
- Intel Flash Descriptor based on v1.0 revision 3541ad31
- Intel processor microcode based on MTL C0 0x0000001c revision microcode-20240531