Boot Firmware A/B Update - Xilinx Kria KV260 User Manual

1. Connect the PC to the KV260 Starter Kit via Ethernet as shown in
2. Set the PC to a static IP address that is on the same subnet as the recovery tool
(192.168.0.XYZ), but not 192.168.0.111.
3. Hold the firmware update button when powering on the device. You should also see the
UART print outs from the recovery application.
4. Use a web-browser (e.g., Chrome or Firefox) on the PC to navigate to the URL http://
192.168.0.111 for access to the Ethernet recovery tool.
5. Use the Ethernet recovery tool GUI in the web-browser to update either the A or B boot
firmware partitions with a BOOT.BIN file from the file system on the PC. The Ethernet
recovery tool interface is shown in the following figure.

Boot Firmware A/B Update

As outlined in the
and SOM provide two copies of the boot firmware in the QSPI device. This mechanism has a
robust update infrastructure through a ping-pong methodology, where the last known good boot
image is always kept available in the platform. The Xilinx starter kit Linux provides a utility for
doing these updates entirely on-target. The steps for using the Xilinx SOM A/B update tool are:
1. Place the new BOOT.BIN in the Linux file system.
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KV260 Starter Kit
Figure 6: Ethernet Recovery Tool Interface
Chapter 3: Boot Devices and Firmware Overview
Chapter 6: Board Reset, Firmware Update, and Recovery
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