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boot process for pine a64 - awaysu - 01-24-2018
Hi all,
I install "Xenial Mate" to sdcard, but I have not see bootloader file on sdcard, why the pine a64 can boot? I have used other board, it always have "bootloader" partition. But I saw that the pine a64 have not it with SD card, the means there are "bootloader" code on board? have anyone know the boot process for pine a64? Thanks!
RE: boot process for pine a64 - xalius - 01-24-2018
The firmware bits (boot0/spl, ATF, u-boot) are in front of your actual partitions. Depending on if you use BSP or mainline u-boot/linux the locations differ a little. As for how A64 boots, check linux-sunxi wiki... http://linux-sunxi.org/BROM#A64 , http://linux-sunxi.org/Pine64#Boot_sequence