The U-boot boot process, using Xilinx ZCU102 (Rev 1.0) as an example.

/*************************************************************************
 *
 * Startup Code (reset vector)
 *
 *************************************************************************/
...
master_cpu:
        bl    _main

/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ */
/*
 * A lowlevel_init function that sets up the stack to call a C function to
 * perform further init.
 *
 * (C) Copyright 2010
 * Texas Instruments, <www.ti.com>
 *
 * Author :
 *      Aneesh V        <aneesh@ti.com>
 */

#include <asm-offsets.h>
#include <config.h>
#include <linux/linkage.h>

.pushsection .text.s_init, "ax"
WEAK(s_init)
        bx      lr
ENDPROC(s_init)
.popsection

.pushsection .text.lowlevel_init, "ax"
WEAK(lowlevel_init)
        /*
         * Setup a temporary stack. Global data is not available yet.
         */
#if defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD) && defined(CONFIG_SPL_STACK)
        ldr     sp, =CONFIG_SPL_STACK
#else
        ldr     sp, =CONFIG_SYS_INIT_SP_ADDR
#endif
        bic     sp, sp, #7 /* 8-byte alignment for ABI compliance */
#ifdef CONFIG_SPL_DM
        mov     r9, #0
#else
        /*
         * Set up global data for boards that still need it. This will be
         * removed soon.
         */
#ifdef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
        ldr     r9, =gdata
#else
        sub     sp, sp, #GD_SIZE
        bic     sp, sp, #7
        mov     r9, sp
#endif
#endif
        /*
         * Save the old lr(passed in ip) and the current lr to stack
         */
        push    {ip, lr}

        /*
         * Call the very early init function. This should do only the
         * absolute bare minimum to get started. It should not:
         *
         * - set up DRAM
         * - use global_data
         * - clear BSS
         * - try to start a console
         *
         * For boards with SPL this should be empty since SPL can do all of
         * this init in the SPL board_init_f() function which is called
         * immediately after this.
         */
        bl      s_init
        pop     {ip, pc}
ENDPROC(lowlevel_init)
.popsection

 * 1. Set up initial environment for calling board_init_f().
 *    This environment only provides a stack and a place to store
 *    the GD ('global data') structure, both located in some readily
 *    available RAM (SRAM, locked cache...). In this context, VARIABLE
 *    global data, initialized or not (BSS), are UNAVAILABLE; only
 *    CONSTANT initialized data are available. GD should be zeroed
 *    before board_init_f() is called.

ENTRY(_main)

/*
 * Set up initial C runtime environment and call board_init_f(0).
 */

#if defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD) && defined(CONFIG_SPL_STACK)
        ldr     r0, =(CONFIG_SPL_STACK)
#else
        ldr     r0, =(CONFIG_SYS_INIT_SP_ADDR)
#endif
        bic     r0, r0, #7      /* 8-byte alignment for ABI compliance */
        mov     sp, r0
        bl      board_init_f_alloc_reserve
        mov     sp, r0
        /* set up gd here, outside any C code */
        mov     r9, r0
        bl      board_init_f_init_reserve

        mov     r0, #0

 * 2. Call board_init_f(). This function prepares the hardware for
 *    execution from system RAM (DRAM, DDR...) As system RAM may not
 *    be available yet, , board_init_f() must use the current GD to
 *    store any data which must be passed on to later stages. These
 *    data include the relocation destination, the future stack, and
 *    the future GD location.

        bl      board_init_f

#if ! defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD)

/*
 * Set up intermediate environment (new sp and gd) and call
 * relocate_code(addr_moni). Trick here is that we'll return
 * 'here' but relocated.
 */

        ldr     r0, [r9, #GD_START_ADDR_SP]     /* sp = gd->start_addr_sp */
        bic     r0, r0, #7      /* 8-byte alignment for ABI compliance */
        mov     sp, r0
        ldr     r9, [r9, #GD_BD]                /* r9 = gd->bd */
        sub     r9, r9, #GD_SIZE                /* new GD is below bd */

        adr     lr, here
        ldr     r0, [r9, #GD_RELOC_OFF]         /* r0 = gd->reloc_off */
        add     lr, lr, r0
#if defined(CONFIG_CPU_V7M)
        orr     lr, #1                          /* As required by Thumb-only */
#endif
        ldr     r0, [r9, #GD_RELOCADDR]         /* r0 = gd->relocaddr */
        b       relocate_code
here:
/*
 * now relocate vectors
 */

        bl      relocate_vectors

/* Set up final (full) environment */

        bl      c_runtime_cpu_setup     /* we still call old routine here */
#endif

        /* call board_init_r(gd_t *id, ulong dest_addr) */
        mov     r0, r9                  /* gd_t */
        ldr     r1, [r9, #GD_RELOCADDR] /* dest_addr */
        /* call board_init_r */
#if CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(SYS_THUMB_BUILD)
        ldr     lr, =board_init_r       /* this is auto-relocated! */
        bx      lr
#else
        ldr     pc, =board_init_r       /* this is auto-relocated! */
#endif
        /* we should not return here. */
#endif

• arch/arm/mach-zynq/cpu.c
• arch/arm/mach-zynq/spl.c

#if defined(CONFIG_ARCH_EARLY_INIT_R)
int arch_early_init_r(void)
{
#if (defined(CONFIG_FPGA) && !defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD)) || \
    (defined(CONFIG_SPL_FPGA_SUPPORT) && defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD))
        int cpu_id = cpu_desc_id();

        if (cpu_id < 0)
                return 0;

        fpga.size = zynq_fpga_descs[cpu_id].fpga_size;
        fpga.name = zynq_fpga_descs[cpu_id].devicename;
        fpga_init();
        fpga_add(fpga_xilinx, &fpga);
#endif
        return 0;
}
#endif

#ifdef CONFIG_MMC
static int initr_mmc(void)
{
        puts("MMC:   ");
        mmc_initialize(gd->bd);
        return 0;
}
#endif

static int initr_env(void)
{
        /* initialize environment */
        if (should_load_env())
                env_relocate();
        else
                set_default_env(NULL, 0);
#ifdef CONFIG_OF_CONTROL
        env_set_hex("fdtcontroladdr",
                    (unsigned long)map_to_sysmem(gd->fdt_blob));
#endif

        /* Initialize from environment */
        load_addr = env_get_ulong("loadaddr", 16, load_addr);

        return 0;
}

From common/board_info.c:

int __weak checkboard(void)
{
        return 0;
}

/*
 * If the root node of the DTB has a "model" property, show it.
 * Then call checkboard().
 */
int __weak show_board_info(void)
{
#ifdef CONFIG_OF_CONTROL
        DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
        const char *model;

        model = fdt_getprop(gd->fdt_blob, 0, "model", NULL);

        if (model)
                printf("Model: %s\n", model);
#endif

        return checkboard();
}

For zynqmp.c:

int checkboard(void)
{
        puts("Board: Xilinx ZynqMP\n");
        return 0;
}

Some arches and boards, not Zynq.

#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_MISC_INIT
        arch_misc_init,
#endif

#ifdef CONFIG_MISC_INIT_R
        misc_init_r,
#endif

#ifdef CONFIG_ARM
static int initr_enable_interrupts(void)
{
        enable_interrupts();
        return 0;
}
#endif

From arch/arm/lib/interrupts.c:

int interrupt_init (void)
{
        /*
         * setup up stacks if necessary
         */
        IRQ_STACK_START_IN = gd->irq_sp + 8;

        return 0;
}

void enable_interrupts (void)
{
        return;
}
int disable_interrupts (void)
{
        return 0;
}

#ifdef CONFIG_CMD_NET
        initr_ethaddr,
#endif

#ifdef CONFIG_CMD_NET
static int initr_ethaddr(void)
{
        bd_t *bd = gd->bd;

        /* kept around for legacy kernels only ... ignore the next section */
        eth_env_get_enetaddr("ethaddr", bd->bi_enetaddr);
#ifdef CONFIG_HAS_ETH1
        eth_env_get_enetaddr("eth1addr", bd->bi_enet1addr);
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_HAS_ETH2
        eth_env_get_enetaddr("eth2addr", bd->bi_enet2addr);
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_HAS_ETH3
        eth_env_get_enetaddr("eth3addr", bd->bi_enet3addr);
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_HAS_ETH4
        eth_env_get_enetaddr("eth4addr", bd->bi_enet4addr);
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_HAS_ETH5
        eth_env_get_enetaddr("eth5addr", bd->bi_enet5addr);
#endif
        return 0;
}
#endif /* CONFIG_CMD_NET */

(Defined in board/xilinx/zynq/board.c.)

#ifdef CONFIG_BOARD_LATE_INIT
        board_late_init,
#endif

#ifdef CONFIG_CMD_NET
static int initr_net(void)
{
        puts("Net:   ");
        eth_initialize();
#if defined(CONFIG_RESET_PHY_R)
        debug("Reset Ethernet PHY\n");
        reset_phy();
#endif
        return 0;
}
#endif