[U-Boot] U-Boot as first bootloader on Exynos platforms

[Lukasz Majewski]

Hi Paul,

> Hi,
> 
> I was told some time ago that a publicly-available version of the
> Samsung Chromebook 2 (supposedly, the one with an Exynos 5800 SoC)
> allows running unsigned code (the U-Boot SPL) directly after the
> bootrom. Is that correct?
> 
> Do you know of any (other) publicly available device with an Exynos
> SoC that doesn't check for the first bootloader's signature, and thus
> could load the U- Boot SPL without any intermediary signed stage on
> storage memory?

For sure Odroid XU3 needs signed SPL to boot up, so this devel board
will not work for you.

> 
> Cheers,



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Best regards,

Lukasz Majewski

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