An object file (with the extension .o) used to generate a flash programming file for configuring an ARM^®-based Excalibur^™ device. You or the Software Builder can use a software toolset linker to link the boot data file with a bootloader library file to generate the Executable and Linkable Format File (.elf) necessary for creating a flash programming file.

You or the Software Builder can use the makeprogfile utility to generate a boot data file from the following files:

• A Hexadecimal (Intel-Format) File (.hex) that contains memory initialization data for an Excalibur embedded processor stripe.

• An optional Slave Binary Image File (.sbi) that contains programmable logic device (PLD) configuration data.

• A System Build Descriptor File (.sbd) that contains stripe configuration information.

The boot data file the makeprogfile utility generates has the file name <project name>_bootdata.o.