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Protectli VP4630/VP4650/VP4670 Dasharo Release Notes

Following Release Notes describe status of Open Source Firmware development for Protectli VP4630/VP4650/VP4670

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

Test results for this platform can be found here.

The missing versions before v1.0.16 were assigned to different platforms interchangeably. See Protectli FW6 releases and Protectli VP2410 releases.

v1.2.0 - 2024-03-25

Test results for this release can be found here.

Added

Changed

  • Rebased to coreboot 4.21
  • Enroll default UEFI Secure Boot keys on the first boot
  • Improved UEFI Secure Boot menu user experience
  • Scope of reset to defaults hotkey to global in firmware setup
  • Updated microcode to the newer version; refer to SBOM section below
  • Updated ME to the newer version; refer to SBOM section below
  • Prepared unified support for v1 and v2 CPUs resulting in a single binary for all 3 board variants

Fixed

Known issues

Binaries

protectli_vp46xx_v1.2.0.rom sha256 sha256.sig

protectli_vp46xx_v1.2.0_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)

v1.1.0 - 2023-06-05

Release version v1.1.0 is currently only available for the VP4670 platform.

Added

Changed

Fixed

Known issues

Binaries

protectli_vp4670_v1.1.0.rom sha256 sha256.sig

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SBOM (Software Bill of Materials)

v1.0.19 - 2022-12-08

Changed

  • ME is now disabled by default (ME soft-disable)
  • vboot is now run as separate verstage (previously was run inside bootblock)
  • increased pre-RAM console buffer to fit more early cbmem logs

Binaries

protectli_vp4630_vp4650_v1.0.19.rom sha256 sha256.sig

protectli_vp4670_v1.0.19.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)

v1.0.18 - 2022-11-16

Test results for this release can be found here.

Added

  • Support for VP4650 and VP4670 platforms
  • Platform will beep 12 times and blink HDD led on critical firmware errors

Changed

Binaries

protectli_vp4630_vp4650_v1.0.18.rom sha256 sha256.sig

protectli_vp4670_v1.0.18.rom sha256 sha256.sig

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SBOM (Software Bill of Materials)

v1.0.17 - 2022-08-17

Test results for this release can be found here.

Added

Changed

  • Set thermal throttling temperature to 80 degrees
  • Disabled UEFI Secure Boot by default

Fixed

  • Platform rebooting every 56 minutes
  • Incorrect menu labels displayed in network boot menu
  • Built-in audio jack does not work

Binaries

protectli_vault_cml_v1.0.17.rom_file protectli_vault_cml_v1.0.17.rom_hash protectli_vault_cml_v1.0.17.rom_sig

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SBOM (Software Bill of Materials)

v1.0.16 - 2022-07-13

Test results for this release can be found here.

Added

Changed

Fixed

Binaries

protectli_vault_cml_v1.0.16.rom sha256 sha256.sig

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SBOM (Software Bill of Materials)

v1.0.13 - 2022-03-22

Added

  • UEFI boot support
  • i225 network controller network boot support
  • Customized boot menu keys
  • Customized setup menu keys
  • Configurable boot order
  • Configurable boot options
  • ME version 14.0.47.1558

Known issues

Binaries

protectli_vault_cml_v1.0.13.rom sha256 sha256.sig

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SBOM (Software Bill of Materials)

v1.0.5

Added

  • Initial support for FW6 Cometlake platform

Known issues

  • FW6 Comet Lake graphics crashes in Linux The system may crash and reset itself on kernels (< 5.2) which do not have support for Cometlake graphics in i915 DRM driver in situations when the screen goes idle (locked screen or longer inactivity of the system).

SBOM (Software Bill of Materials)