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Hugo Decharnes
Note: This was originally posted on 6th September 2013 at http://forums.arm.com

Hi,
I am looking for an open development platform. A lot of ARM based boards include SoCs with proprietary bootloaders and drivers.Where can I find an open board, featuring a multicore Cortex-A9 or Cortex-A15""without signing, DRM junks or proprietary software required?Thanks in advance for your replies.
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  • Arm Employee Badge
    Note: This was originally posted on 6th September 2013 at http://forums.arm.com

    My experience is that it is actually quite difficult, as most of the commercial silicon providers include some level of locked-down firmware.  In fairness if there were no firmware the chip probably wouldn't be bootable, as something has to set up the clocks/memory controllers/etc... 

    You can get boards from ARM directly (the Versatile family), but these boards are (a) relatively expensive and ( b ) more aimed at silicon companies/OEMs rather than software developers.

    EDIT: Stupid emoticons
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  • Arm Employee Badge
    Note: This was originally posted on 6th September 2013 at http://forums.arm.com

    My experience is that it is actually quite difficult, as most of the commercial silicon providers include some level of locked-down firmware.  In fairness if there were no firmware the chip probably wouldn't be bootable, as something has to set up the clocks/memory controllers/etc... 

    You can get boards from ARM directly (the Versatile family), but these boards are (a) relatively expensive and ( b ) more aimed at silicon companies/OEMs rather than software developers.

    EDIT: Stupid emoticons
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