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

[Simon Glass]

Hi,

On 29 February 2016 at 03:15, Lukasz Majewski <l.majewski at samsung.com> wrote:
> 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.

You can use snow which is Chromebook 1, or pit / pi which are
Chromebook 2. I have not tried its 'BL1' with Odroid XU3 but I doubt
it will work.

I do have an XU3 but due to this issue I have not done much with it.

Regards.
Simon