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author | Patrick Rudolph <patrick.rudolph@9elements.com> | 2018-06-18 13:23:27 +0200 |
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committer | Philipp Deppenwiese <zaolin.daisuki@gmail.com> | 2018-06-19 18:09:04 +0000 |
commit | 8c986ab26358b40863f7404c97e8afbb118789f1 (patch) | |
tree | 58faa4c51352152a6bd58a7d0bd86cf8f100fd66 /Documentation/soc/cavium/bootflow.md | |
parent | a45e9f8106e0ae8f3315f7ca7d707eab171551d7 (diff) |
Documentation: Add cavium SoC and mainboard
* Add documentation for CN81XX SoC
* Add documentation for CN81XX EVB SFF mainboard
* Add documentation for BDK
* Add documentation for BOOTROM and BOOTBLOCK behaviour
* Alphabetically sort vendors
Change-Id: Ibfcd42788e31f684baed658dc3c4dfe1b8e4f354
Signed-off-by: Patrick Rudolph <patrick.rudolph@9elements.com>
Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/27150
Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org>
Reviewed-by: David Hendricks <david.hendricks@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Philipp Deppenwiese <zaolin.daisuki@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/soc/cavium/bootflow.md b/Documentation/soc/cavium/bootflow.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..70bf865447 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/soc/cavium/bootflow.md @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +# Cavium bootflow + +The on-chip **BOOTROM** first sets up the L2 cache and the SPI controller. +It then reads **CSIB_NBL1FW** and **CLIB_NBL1FW** configuration data to get +the position of the bootstage in flash. It then loads 192KiB from flash into +L2 cache to a fixed address. The boot mode is called "Non-Secure-Boot" as +the signature of the bootstage isn't verified. +The **BOOTROM** can do AES decryption for obfuscation or verify the signature +of the bootstage. Both features aren't used and won't be described any further. + +* The typical position of bootstage in flash is at address **0x20000**. +* The entry point in physical DRAM is at address **0x100000**. + +## Layout + +![Bootflow of Cavium CN8xxx SoCs][cavium_bootflow] + +[cavium_bootflow]: cavium_bootflow.png + |