EmberROM — keep the last glow of a vendor ROM, then forge open firmware from it.
Process and tooling to port vendor laptop BIOS/UEFI to open firmware (coreboot and related stacks), while keeping machines usable on modern Linux along the way. Board work lives under targets/; shared process docs live under docs/process/.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Board | Razer Blade Stealth 13 Late 2019 |
| SKU / board | RZ09-03101E72 · LY320 |
| CPU | Ice Lake i7-1065G7 |
| Stock BIOS | AMI Aptio 2.20.1275 · System BIOS 1.05 · EC 1.01 · ME 13.0.46.1718 |
| SPI | Winbond W25Q128.V 16 MiB — FLASH.md |
| Goal OS | CachyOS (Ubuntu on unit is temporary) |
| Known stock bug | Suspend / sleep broken |
| Port bar | coreboot feature parity (P0 daily driver) — GOALS.md |
Razer hub: Answer 4566. Live capture: INVENTORY.md.
There is no flashable open BIOS yet. Stock suspend workarounds and coreboot port run in parallel — see TASKS.md.
inventory → dump SPI → extract/analyze → keep usable (stock) → port (coreboot) → flash → recover
| Stage | Doc |
|---|---|
| Safety | docs/process/safety.md |
| Inventory | docs/process/inventory.md |
| Dump | docs/process/dump.md |
| Extract | docs/process/extract.md |
| Stock enablement | docs/process/stock-enablement.md |
| Port | docs/process/port.md |
| Flash & recover | docs/process/flash-recover.md |
| Add a target | docs/process/add-target.md |
emberrom/
docs/process/ # board-agnostic workflow
docs/assets/ # heroes, photos (no ROM binaries)
targets/<board>/ # per-laptop notes, status, vendor links
tools/ # shared helpers (later)
vendor/ # local proprietary updaters (gitignored)
dumps/ # local SPI dumps (gitignored)
- Freedom-respecting — prefer open firmware and user-controlled boot paths when the silicon allows.
- Recoverable — no experimental write without a verified dump and an external flash plan.
- No blob redistribution — document hashes and download steps; keep ME/BIOS/EC images local.
- Maintainable — one shared process; targets carry only board-specific truth.
- coreboot / Libreboot (supported boards only)
- EmberROM WIP fork: DataKnifeAI/coreboot —
emberrom/icelake-ref(upstream4.19_branch) +emberrom/icelake(CL 37565 board WIP); upstream via Gerrit, not GitHub PRs — COREBOOT.md - Abandoned Ice Lake Stealth work (now cherry-picked onto fork): coreboot CL 37565
- Ice Lake removed from mainline: CL 72008
Apache License 2.0 — see LICENSE.
coreboot patches contributed upstream remain under coreboot’s license (GPL-2.0). Vendor firmware stays proprietary and is not redistributed from this repository.
Maintained by DataKnifeAI.