When the value of this bit field is equal to 0xFFFFFFFF (factory default) at start-up, none of the BOOTCFG fuse values is copied to any of the peripheral registers at startup or reset. Instead, the respective reset values given in the peripheral registers’ descriptions are used.
When this bit field is not 0xFFFFFFFF at start-up, the user-defined Boot Configuration (BOOTCFG) fuse values are applied.
The value of this fuse can be used by the bootloader or application for version tracking or similar purposes, as long as it is not 0xFFFFFFFF.