Protectli VP6630/VP6650/VP6670 Dasharo Release Notes
Following Release Notes describe status of open-source firmware development for Protectli VP6630/VP6650/VP6670
For details about our release process please read Dasharo Standard Release Process.
v0.9.1 - 2025-01-23
Test results for this release can be found for VP6650 and VP6670.
Added
Changed
- Rebased coreboot to 24.02
- Rebased edk2 to edk2-stable202405
- Updated Intel ME and Flash Descriptor (refer to SBOM section)
Fixed
- TPM Physical Presence interface not working in TPM2 setup menu
- Platform is power cycling instead of resetting during reboot or reset from setup menu
Known issues
Binaries
protectli_vp66xx_v0.9.1.rom sha256 sha256.sig
protectli_vp66xx_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)
- coreboot based on 24.02 revision 225d907a
- Dasharo EDKII fork based on edk2-stable202405 revision 8a9fd05f
- Dasharo iPXE fork based on 2023.12 revision 35d84756
- vboot based on 3d37d2aafe revision 3d37d2aa
- Intel Management Engine version v16.1.25.1865-v0.1
- Intel Flash Descriptor version v1.2
- Intel Firmware Support Package version IoT RPL-P MR1 (4445_03)
- Intel microcode version ADL R0 0x433 05/12/2023
- Intel microcode version RPL-H/P/PX 6+8 J0 0x4121 07/12/2023
v0.9.0 - 2024-09-11
Test results for this release can be found here.
Added
- Initial support for Protectli Alder Lake devices VP66XX
- 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 Shell
- UEFI Secure Boot
- Network boot
- Windows 11 booting
- Ubuntu LTS booting
- Serial port console redirection
- Vboot Verified Boot
- Intel ME HAP disable
- 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
Binaries
protectli_vp66xx_v0.9.0.rom sha256 sha256.sig
protectli_vp66xx_v0.9.0_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)
- coreboot based on 4.21 revision 50887bab
- Dasharo EDKII fork based on f06673308f revision f0667330
- Dasharo iPXE fork based on 838611b34e revision 838611b3
- Intel Management Engine based on v16.1.25.1865 revision 9712e97a
- Intel Flash Descriptor based on v1.1 revision 9712e97a
- Intel Firmware Support Package based on IoT RPL-P MR1 (4445_03) revision a6ee9636
- Intel microcode based on ADL R0 0x432 revision microcode-20240312
- Intel microcode based on RPL-H/P/PX 6+8 J0 0x4121 revision microcode-20240312