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diff --git a/Documentation/releases/coreboot-4.13-relnotes.md b/Documentation/releases/coreboot-4.13-relnotes.md index ddbea81c2c..139fa20865 100644 --- a/Documentation/releases/coreboot-4.13-relnotes.md +++ b/Documentation/releases/coreboot-4.13-relnotes.md @@ -13,6 +13,27 @@ Update this document with changes that should be in the release notes. Significant changes ------------------- +### Native refcode implementation for Bay Trail + +Bay Trail no longer needs a refcode binary to function properly. The refcode +was reimplemented as coreboot code, which should be functionally equivalent. +Thus, coreboot only needs to run the MRC.bin to successfully boot Bay Trail. + +### Unusual config files to build test more code + +There's some new highly-unusual config files, whose only purpose is to coerce +Jenkins into build-testing several disabled-by-default coreboot config options. +This prevents them from silently decaying over time because of build failures. + +### Initial support for Intel Trusted eXecution Technology + +coreboot now supports enabling Intel TXT. Though it's not feature-complete yet, +the code allows successfully launching tboot, a Measured Launch Environment. It +was tested on Haswell using an Asrock B85M Pro4 mainboard with TPM 2.0 on LPC. +Though support for other platforms is still not ready, it is being worked on. +The Haswell MRC.bin needs to be patched so as to enable DPR. Given that the MRC +binary cannot be redistributed, the best long-term solution is to replace it. + ### Hidden PCI devices This new functionality takes advantage of the existing 'hidden' keyword in the |