Starlabs - Starbook mk VI intel

TLDR: GPU issues with Starlabs MK-VI intel => upgrade to 4.2 and coreboot 8.99 !
GPU issues with another i7-12th => try upgrade to 4.2.

New HCL report after upgrading to 4.2 and coreboot bios to 8.99, the gpu is now recognized and seems to work much better :

layout:
  'hcl'
type:
  'Laptop'
hvm:
  'yes'
iommu:
  'yes'
slat:
  'yes'
tpm:
  '2.0'
remap:
  'yes'
brand: |
  Star Labs
model: |
  StarBook
bios: |
  8.99
cpu: |
  12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-1260P
cpu-short: |
  FIXME
chipset: |
  Intel Corporation Device [8086:4621] (rev 02)
chipset-short: |
  FIXME
gpu: |
  Intel Corporation Alder Lake-P GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics] [8086:46a6] (rev 0c) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
  
gpu-short: |
  FIXME
network: |
  Intel Corporation Wi-Fi 6 AX210/AX211/AX411 160MHz [8086:2725] (rev 1a)
memory: |
  65377
scsi: |

usb: |
  1
certified:
  'no'
versions:
  - works:
      'FIXME:yes|no|partial'
    qubes: |
      R4.2.0
    xen: |
      4.17.2
    kernel: |
      6.6.2-1
    remark: |
      FIXME
    credit: |
      FIXAUTHOR
    link: |
      FIXLINK

On 4.1 (fedora 32 kernels - coreboot bios 8.31), GPU acceleration seemed not provided in AppVM, leading to low image rates videos and no chance to launch 3d a game. I didn’t have time yet to try all use cases which I tested out in 4.1 but videos seem much faster now !

I’ll probably dig deeper again in GPU virtualization

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