Generating the Boot Image in the Design Flows - 2025.2 English - UG1273

The Versal adaptive SoC PMC uses a proprietary boot and configuration file format called the programmable device image (PDI) to program and configure the Versal adaptive SoC. The PDI consists of headers, the PLM image, and design data image partitions to be loaded into the Versal adaptive SoC. The PDI also contains configuration data, ELF files, NoC register settings, etc. BootROM and PLM program the PDI image through the PMC block. For more information on the PDI file format and generation, see the Bootgen User Guide (UG1283).

Generation of the PDI varies based on your design flow:

Traditional design flow for hardware-only systems

Run the write_device_image command. For more information, see this link in the Vivado Design Suite User Guide: Programming and Debugging (UG908).

Traditional design flow for embedded systems

Run the Bootgen tool. For more information, see the Bootgen User Guide (UG1283).

Platform-based design flows

Run the v++ --package command. For more information, see --package Options in the Vitis Reference Guide (UG1702).