This one has been a long time coming. We have coreboot available now for the AMD StarBook Mk VI. Not "we got to the splash screen once and decided to call it done", but an actual usable beta with working WiFi, working S3, firmware updates, and a sane path back to stock if you want out. And honestly, getting here was fa

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Star Labs has released a coreboot beta for the AMD StarBook Mk VI (Ryzen 7 5800U, SKU B6-A). The release includes working WiFi, S3 suspend/resume, touchpad, audio, GPIO setup, and capsule firmware updates. Users can switch between coreboot and the stock AMI firmware using a command-line updater, making it a reversible process. The post details the lengthy development journey, including challenges with AMD platform documentation, conflicting fixes for WiFi and S3, and firmware capsule delivery issues. The team plans to upstream the coreboot work, release coreboot for the Byte Mk I mini PC next, and then begin work on the StarFighter.

Wait is over - coreboot on the AMD StarBook