Hello Angel, 

Thank you for your reply! Sadly, Boot Guard is enabled in Verified Boot mode. 
I’ll ask if Qotom can spin up a batch without any public key burned into the 
CPU, or perhaps share the private key. (which is obviously unlikely — but one 
can try)

Regards,
John

> On 28 Aug 2018, at 23:49, Angel Pons <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hello John,
> 
> Silly but crucial question: is Intel Boot Guard enabled on this board? If it 
> is enabled in Verified Mode, I am afraid replacing the firmware with coreboot 
> is impossible and proceeding any further is futile.
> To make sure, you can check Intel Boot Guard's status with 
> coreboot/util/intelmetool. IIRC, another way to check would to change the 
> reset vector (last 16 bytes of the firmware image) on the vendor firmware 
> without changing what it actually does. The reset vector usually (if not 
> always) contains a JMP instruction, if you change what comes after it the 
> board should boot fine.
> 
> Please check this before doing anything else to avoid wasting time.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Angel Pons

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