| Overview of SPL verified boot on powerpc/mpc85xx & arm/layerscape platforms |
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| Introduction |
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| This document provides an overview of how SPL verified boot works on powerpc/ |
| mpc85xx & arm/layerscape platforms. |
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| Methodology |
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| The SPL image is responsible for loading the next stage boot loader, which is |
| the main u-boot image. For secure boot process on these platforms ROM verifies |
| SPL image, so to continue chain of trust SPL image verifies U-Boot image using |
| spl_validate_uboot(). This function uses QorIQ Trust Architecture header |
| (appended to U-Boot image) to validate the U-Boot binary just before passing |
| control to it. |