ARM SOC/A64 boot initilisation.

• ARM SOC/A64 boot initilisation.
  Posted by TransQuinzel on 04 Mar, 2021 00:44
• Hello!
  
  Thanks for reading! So I have been trying to make a signal board computer based of the pine64 using the A64 SOC, I am a bit confused about initialization. From what I understand, by connecting storage to the right pins the SOC will read the data from the storage and initialize the boot files. I am not sure if it requires a custom bootloader/ flashing of something. I am kinda new to this  whole SOC stuff. Any pointers? Not sure if there is some book to read or something! Also, trying to read the datasheet is a bit much... I have been struggling to understand.
  
  Thanks,
  Harley Godfrey
• #1 Reply
  Posted by m k on 07 Mar, 2021 09:20
• Usually these are sort of empty first, but with bootloader, it doesn't mean they can boot, just that they can read.
  Like a computer without a BIOS.
  
  Then you make it read it's "BIOS" and then it can boot, if your "BIOS" can handle that boot media.