AMD FPGAs and system-on-chip (SoC) devices typically have multiple hardware and software binaries. These binaries boot the FPGA or SoC to their designed functions. The binaries can include FPGA bitstreams, firmware images, bootloaders, operating systems, and user-chosen applications. They can load in both non-secure and secure methods.
Bootgen is a tool that lets you stitch binary files together and generate device boot images. Bootgen defines multiple properties, attributes, and parameters that are input while creating boot images for use in an AMD device.
For more information about the Bootgen utility, refer to the Bootgen User Guide (UG1283).
There are two ways to create a boot image: from the Flow Navigator or from scratch.
Create a boot image from scratch
After your application component compilation completes, follow the steps below to create the boot image.
Select and select the device according to your design.
ZYNQ/ZYNQMP
- If you do not have an existing bif file, select Create a new BIF file.
- Click + to add the
image partition.
- Specify the image, set the Type and lick OK.Note: You can add the boot loader, FPGA bit file, bl31 and, application ELF file according to your requirements.Note: You can modify the image attribute by selecting the image (see following example) and change the attributes according to your requirements.
- Specify the Output Bif File Path and Output Image path.
- Click Create Image. After a few seconds, the log indicates that the image is ready.
Create boot image from Flow Navigator (faster)
- Select the built application component in the Component view.
- Go to the Flow Navigator and click Create Boot Image.
- The create boot image setup dialog box shows the required
images from your component. Specify the Output Bif
File Path and Output Image
path.
- Click Create Image. After a few seconds, the log indicates that the created image is ready.