NovaCustom V54 Series (V540TU), Dasharo coreboot+Heads

Remarks

  • This laptop is Qubes-certified.
    • kernel-latest is currently required.
    • sys-net must be Fedora-based.
  • Intel ME has been (HAP) disabled.
  • Out of the box support for S3 suspend-to-RAM.
  • This report was created with the coreboot+Heads edition. This is part of the Dasharo Pro Package, which is optional: the laptop comes with coreboot+UEFI by default, reverting is possible.

Known bugs

  • XFCE battery indicator keeps switching charge states (Dasharo issue #1217)
    • Solved in a next firmware update.
  • Bottom right USB-C port is limited to USB 2.0 speeds. (Dasharo issue #976)
    • Solved in a next firmware update.

Attachments

---
layout:
  'hcl'
type:
  'Notebook'
hvm:
  'yes'
iommu:
  'yes'
slat:
  'yes'
tpm:
  '2.0'
remap:
  'yes'
brand: |
  Notebook
model: |
  V54x_6x_TU
bios: |
  Dasharo (coreboot+heads) v0.9.0
cpu: |
  Intel(R) Core(TM) Ultra 7 155H
cpu-short: |
  FIXME
chipset: |
  Intel Corporation Device [8086:7d01] (rev 04)
chipset-short: |
  FIXME
gpu: |
  Intel Corporation Meteor Lake-P [Intel Graphics] [8086:7dd5] (rev 08) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
  
gpu-short: |
  FIXME
network: |
  Intel Corporation Device [8086:7e40] (rev 20)
  Intel Corporation Device [8086:550a] (rev 20)
  
memory: |
  16023
scsi: |

usb: |
  5
certified:
  'yes'
versions:
  - works:
      'FIXME:yes|no|partial'
    qubes: |
      R4.2.4
    xen: |
      4.17.5
    kernel: |
      6.12.11-1
    remark: |
      FIXME
    credit: |
      FIXAUTHOR
    link: |
      FIXLINK
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I saw this issue in the release notes for heads. Is this also in the coreboot firmware? If so, is there a timeline on when they next release will be that fixes this problem?
Performance increase for -TU Series (comparison with NVIDIA variants) - coreboot issue #1216

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This is in the coreboot part, so it’s affecting both firmware variants.

The issue is barely noticeable when using the laptop normally.

Nevertheless, a fix will be implemented in following firmware issues. My best guesses are Q3-2025 for the UEFI variant and Q4-2025 for the Heads variant.

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