Intel® SoC FPGA Embedded Development Suite (SoC EDS) User Guide

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Date 3/12/2021
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6.3. Bootloader Image Tool (mkpimage)

The Bootloader Image Tool (mkpimage) creates an Intel BootROM-compatible image of the Arria® V SoC and Cyclone® V SoC Preloader or Intel® Arria® 10 SoC Bootloader. The tool can also decode the header of previously generated images.

The mkpimage tool makes the following assumptions:

  • The input file format is raw binary. You must use the objcopy utility provided with the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) tool chain from the Mentor Graphics* website to convert other file formats, such as Executable and Linking Format File (.elf), Hexadecimal (Intel-Format) File (.hex), or S-Record File (. srec), to a binary format.
  • The output file format is binary.
  • The tool always creates the output image at the beginning of the binary file. If the image must be programmed at a specific base address, you must supply the address information to the flash programming tool.
  • The output file contains only Preloader or Bootloader images. Other images such as Linux*, SRAM Object File (.sof) and user data are programmed separately using a flash programming tool or related utilities in the U-boot on the target system.
    Figure 22. Basic Operation of the mkpimage Tool