Xilinx Design Tools Xilinx BootGen Kit 2022.2

Xilinx Design Tools Xilinx BootGen Kit by Xilinx Inc. is a command-line utility and supporting resources for building boot images for Xilinx programmable devices. It assembles firmware components—such as first-stage boot loaders, platform management software, device configuration bitstreams, and application executables—into device-ready images that the on-chip BootROM can load at power-up. Using a simple, human-readable BIF (Boot Image Format) file, BootGen defines partitions, load and execution addresses, boot order, and device-specific attributes, then produces output files such as BIN, MCS, or PDI, depending on the target architecture.

Designed for use across the Xilinx portfolio—including Zynq devices, Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC and RFSoC families, and Versal adaptive SoCs—BootGen integrates smoothly with Vivado, Vitis, and other Xilinx workflows. It supports both development and production use, from rapid board bring-up to secure, signed, and encrypted images for manufacturing and field updates.

Key features:

• Creates bootable images for Xilinx SoCs and adaptive platforms from ELFs, bitstreams, and binary assets
• Uses BIF files to define partitions, attributes, and boot sequences in a clear, repeatable way
• Generates BIN, MCS, or PDI outputs suitable for common boot media such as SD/eMMC, QSPI/OSPI, and NAND
• Supports secure boot flows, including image authentication and encryption, aligned with device capabilities
• Enables multiboot and fallback configurations for resilient update strategies
• Integrates with Vivado and Vitis and fits into scripted, automated build pipelines on Windows and Linux

Typical use cases include first-time hardware bring-up, secure production image generation, provisioning for multiple boot media, and building robust firmware update packages.

Xilinx Design Tools Xilinx BootGen Kit is developed by Xilinx Inc.. The most popular versions of this product among our users are: 2020.1, 2021.2 and 2022.2.