Secure boot and apparatus, and terminal device

A secure boot apparatus, comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium coupled to the at least one processor and storing programming instructions for execution by the at least one processor, wherein, when executed by the at least one processor, the programming instructions instruct the at least one processor to:
• copy code of a first off-chip boot and a security signature of the first off-chip boot to a static random access memory (SRAM);
• perform signature verification on the code of the first off-chip boot, wherein a function implemented by the first off-chip boot comprises initializing a double data rate synchronous dynamic random access memory (DDR), and wherein initializing a DDR comprises configuring a DDR secure zone;
• after successfully performing the signature verification on the code of the first off-chip boot, execute, in the SRAM, the code of the first off-chip boot to initialize the DDR and configure the DDR secure zone;
• after executing, in the SRAM, the code of the first off-chip boot to initialize the DDR and configure the DDR secure zone, copy code of a second off-chip boot and a security signature of the second off-chip boot to the DDR secure zone, wherein the second off-chip boot is all boots in off-chip boots except the first off-chip boot;
• perform signature verification on the code of the second off-chip boot;
• and
• after successfully performing the signature verification on the code of the second off-chip boot, execute, in the DDR secure zone, the code of the second off-chip boot.

A terminal device, comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium coupled to the at least one processor and storing programming instructions for execution by the at least one processor, wherein, when executed by the at least one processor, the programming instructions instruct the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:
• copying code of a first off-chip boot and a security signature of the first off-chip boot to a static random access memory (SRAM) for signature verification, wherein a function implemented by the first off-chip boot comprises initializing a double data rate synchronous dynamic random access memory (DDR), and wherein initializing a DDR comprises configuring a DDR secure zone;
• after the signature verification on the first off-chip boot succeeds, executing, in the SRAM, the code of the first off-chip boot to initialize the DDR and configure the DDR secure zone;
• after executing, in the SRAM, the code of the first off-chip boot to initialize the DDR and configure the DDR secure zone, copying code of a second off-chip boot and a security signature of the second off-chip boot to the DDR secure zone for signature verification, wherein the second off-chip boot is all boots in off-chip boots except the first off-chip boot;
• and
• after the signature verification on the second off-chip boot succeeds, executing, in the DDR secure zone, the code of the second off-chip boot.