New ITE 1.13 for Intel released! What’s new? Increase the charging speed to 1C when temperatures allow Reduce the amount of variables polled via the SMBus Fixed an issue when batteries would not exit shipping mode I think it is testing release. You can read more HERE

The StarBook MK VI has only just reached customers, and Star Labs is already working on the StarBook MK VII model. We can get a sneak peek at the first information on the official website. Star Labs StarBook MK VII is coming As it turns out, we already know more or less what the next generation of the laptop will offer. The first information has been made available on the official website, and although Star Labs has not published an official announcement, preorders can already be placed (since the MK V generation we have practically the same laptop, but it gains new processors and other improvements)....

According to last Sean comment on Github, ITE 1.12 is a stable release, that is included in Coreboot 8.40, but It does not install automatically. If you want new ITE, it is possible to flash it with EFI Shell.

Sean released new Coreboot 8.41 for Star Labs Starbook MKVI-Intel. What’s new? Adjust the flags for pci_hot_plug to slow down SSD initialisation more It is marked as testing. With this update Star Labs closed #101

If you use Fedora 37 wait with updating to Fedora 38. Coreboot Configurator does not work on Fedora 38 yet. According to this issue, Coreboot configurator needs something from Fedora 37. Error: Problem: conflicting requests - nothing provides libyaml-cpp.so.0.6()(64bit) needed by coreboot-configurator-8-1.fc37.x86_64 (try to add '--skip-broken' to skip uninstallable packages) We need to wait for update from Star Labs.

Finally Star Labs relased new Coreboot for StarBook MKVI-Intel in Stable branch. What’s new in Coreboot 8.40? Rebased on edk2 master Rebased on coreboot master Switch to custom FSP based on 3385 Disable clock request detect Let coreboot configure ASPM Speed up boot times by not trying to send EOP when the ME is disabled Speed up boot times by caching ramtop Remove the Intel sound entries from the verb table, to fix an issue resuming from suspend thats initiated by a display manager Dont let coreboot try to change variables in the EC memory Fix the verb table not loading completely Enable OC3 Pin Correct the OC Pin for the left USB Type-A Move the mirror flag to a CMOS option Check more HERE and HERE

New Coreboot 8.39 released and it is really important. Why? This is last testing release before new stable version. But what’s really new? Final testing release before the stable version Move ramtop outside of checksummed area to fix warning about invalid checksum Let coreboot configure ASPM This is testing release, but next (I think Coreboot 8.40 or 8.41) should be marked as stable. Learn more HERE...

Users of StarLite MK III can install new coreboot. Fix the inconsistant memory map in edk2 Disable DPST to fix a flicker with recent kernels Dont let coreboot try to change EC values Fix issue that requires charger to be connected to power on This is testing release. Check HERE

Star Labs released new Coreboot for Starbook MKVI with Intel CPU. What’s new? Speed up boot times by not trying to send EOP when the ME is disabled Speed up boot times by caching ramtop Remove the Intel sound entries from the verb table, to fix an issue resuming from suspend thats initiated by a display manager Hide the P2SB I don’t know branch of this release....

New EC for Intel version of Starbook MK VI released. What’s new? Revert the charging rate to 0.5C Store the state of charging at 0xa0 Learn more HERE