coreboot-kgpe-d16/Documentation/soc/cavium/bootflow.md
Patrick Rudolph 8c986ab263 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

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# 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