Protectli VP2440 Dasharo Release Notes
Following Release Notes describe status of open-source firmware development for Protectli VP2440.
v0.9.0 - 2025-08-27
Test results for this release can be found here.
Added
- Initial support for Protectli Alder Lake N devices (Vault Pro 2440)
- UEFI compatible interface
- Support for discrete TPM
- UEFI Secure Boot support
- Boot logo customization support
- USB boot support
- NVMe boot support
- TPM Measured Boot
- UEFI Secure Boot
- Network boot
- Windows 11 booting
- Ubuntu LTS booting
- Serial port console redirection
- Vboot Verified Boot
- BIOS flash protection for Vboot recovery region
- Setup menu password configuration
- SMM BIOS write protection
- USB stack disable option in setup menu
- Network stack disable option in setup menu
Known issues
- Unexpected error in dmesg
- Protectli logo doesn't show on small displays
- Time window for boot/setup menu too short when skipping recovery popup
- Wake on LAN disabled by default on enp2s0 on VP2440
- Long booting time on Protectli VP2440
- Wake from S3 does not work on VP2440
- No network connection in DTS when LTE module plugged
Binaries
protectli_vp2440_v0.9.0.rom sha256 sha256.sig protectli_vp2440_v0.9.0_dev_signed.rom sha256_dev_signed sha256_dev_signed.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 coreboot fork based on 25.03 revision 6d163576
- Dasharo EDKII fork based on edk2-stable202502 revision ac25544f
- Dasharo iPXE fork based on 2025.03 revision 8b8a50a8
- vboot based on f1f70f46dc revision f1f70f46
- Intel Management Engine version v16.50.15.1515
- Intel Flash Descriptor version v1.0
- Intel Firmware Support Package version IoT ADL-N MR6 (6023_00)
- Intel microcode version ADL-N N0 0x1d 06/12/2024