Making a Linux Bootable Image for QSPI Flash with the Vitis IDE - 2023.2 English

This method is an alternative to the PetaLinux method. If the PetaLinux tools and Vitis software platform are not installed on the same machine, copy the PetaLinux generated boot component files to the Vitis environment first.

1. In the Vitis Unified IDE, go to Vitis → Create Boot Image → Zynq to open the Create Boot Image wizard.

   

   Note

   You might see a different initial screen for the Create Boot Image wizard. When a system project is selected, the Vitis IDE tries to generate an initial BIF for that project. When a platform project is selected, or if it is in an empty workspace, the Vitis IDE will show the wizard with no initial values.

2. Choose Create New BIF File.

3. Specify the output BIF file path:

   • Click Browse next to the Output BIF file path field.

   • Navigate to any path. For example, C:/edt/boot/output.bif.

   • Click Save.

   • The Output path field will be updated automatically. The output BOOT.bin will be in the same directory with the BIF by default. You can also change the output path.

5. Click the + icon (Add Partition) to add the following boot image partitions:

   File Path	Partition Type	Load
   fsbl.elf	bootloader
   system.bit	datafile
   u-boot.elf	datafile
   image.ub	datafile	0x520000
   boot.scr	datafile	0xfc0000

6. Click Create Image to create the BOOT.bin file in the specified output path folder.

7. Review the generated BIF. It should look like this example.

   //arch = zynq; split = false; format = BIN
   the_ROM_image:
   {
       [bootloader]C:\edt\edt_zc702_linux\qspi\fsbl.elf
       C:\edt\edt_zc702_linux\qspi\system.bit
       C:\edt\edt_zc702_linux\qspi\u-boot.elf
       [load = 0x10000000]C:\edt\edt_zc702_linux\qspi\image.ub
       [load = 0xFC0000]C:\edt\edt_zc702_linux\qspi\boot.scr
   }