Coreboot 8.60 & EC 1.14 released!

New release of Coreboot and EC for Starbook MKVI-Intel! What’s new in Coreboot 8.60? Adjust the Type-C Output types Enabled the crashlog Adjust the layout of CFR What’s new in ITE 1.14? Improve charger detection Adjust the timings of the power button Optimised power sequencing You can read more about Coreboot 8.60 here and about ITE 1.14 here EDIT: Coreboot 8.60 is testing release. More here

July 21, 2023 · cichy1173

Coreboot 8.51 released in LFVS... again

Coreboot 8.51 is again available in LVFS. Now it is stable release. More here

July 18, 2023 · cichy1173

New Byte Mk II available to order

Star Labs is now offering all new Byte Mk II Mini PC. It is powered by Intel N200 with fanless cooling system. It handles up to 16 GB of RAM and 2 drives (NVMe Gen3 + SSD 2,5"). The powerbrick is only 36 W. It is really cool, small Mini PC, perfect for home server/homelab. Learn more here

July 13, 2023 · cichy1173

Coreboot 8.51 released in FWUPD

Quick news: Coreboot 8.51 is released in FWUPD. It is testing relase. More here What’s new in Coreboot 8.51? link

July 12, 2023 · cichy1173

New ITE 1.14 released for Starbook MK VI-Intel and Starbook MK V

New release of EC (ITE) for Star Labs Starbook MK VI with Intel and for Starbook MK V. What’s new? (valid for both models) Opitimise the power sequence Adjust the power button delay with an OS to 2.2 seconds Increase the charger debounce by 200 ms Streamline the PD negotiation Check new release on Github: Starbook MK VI Intel Starbook MK V I do not know is it stable or testing release....

July 10, 2023 · cichy1173

Coreboot 8.51 released

New coreboot for Starbook MKVI Intel and StarLite MKIV is released. What’s new? For Starbook MK VI: Adjust the S3 Flow For StarLite MK IV: Rebase on coreboot 4.20 Rebase on edk2 master Move the configurable options to CFR so they can now be changed in edk2 rather than in coreboot-configurator Tidy up the information displayed in edk2 Remove the power_on_after_fail option Restore the USB reset workaround

June 22, 2023 · cichy1173

Join me on Fediverse

The Star Labs community is small, and Reddit is the only place where we can talk. Unfortunately, Reddit’s recent moves have not been very pro-user. I have decided that I will probably leave Reddit in the next few days. I’ve also been a Fediverse user for over a year (Mastodon) and I know that Fediverse applications are built with the user, privacy and freedom in mind. As we are Linux users, I think it is important to use services that care about the user....

June 16, 2023 · cichy1173

Coreboot 8.50 released for Starbook MK VI and LabTop MK IV (update: it is stable)

New Coreboot released for Starbook MK VI and LabTop MK IV. What’s new? Rebase on coreboot 4.20 Rebase on edk2 master Move the configurable options to CFR so they can now be changed in edk2 rather than in coreboot-configurator Rename the pci_hot_plug setting to Third Party SSD Support Tidy up the information displayed in edk2 Remove the power_on_after_fail option Fix how ASPM is configured in FSP Fix the size allocations in ramtop Switch to fixed bars Switch to upstream fsp Starbook MK VI commit LabTop MK IV commit Update: It is testing release....

June 14, 2023 · cichy1173

Coreboot 8.43 released for StarBook MKVI-Intel, StarBook MK V and LabTop MK IV

Coreboot 8.43 is here and it is based on Coreboot 4.20. What’s new? Rebase on coreboot 4.20 Rebase on edk2 master Moving configurable options to CFR so they can now be changed in edk2 rather than via coreboot-configurator Add TPM control to edk2 Tidy up the information displayed in edk2 Remove the power_on_after_fail option Fix how ASPM is configured in FSP Fix the size allocations in ramtop src: https://github....

June 1, 2023 · cichy1173

Coreboot 8.42 for Intel released!

There is a new coreboot release for Starbook MK VI with Intel CPU. What’s new? Microcode update from Intel Rebase on edk2 stable tag Rebase on coreboot master Switch to fixed bars Switch to upstream fsp Increase the size of the ramtop entry new Coreboot is not released in lvfs, so I don’t know the branch (I think it is testing).

May 25, 2023 · cichy1173