standalone dtc compiler build from git://git.jdl.com/software/dtc.git gives error

[Karicheri, Muralidharan]

Hi, Jon Lolieger,

I have tried using the standalone dtc compiler at git://git.jdl.com/software/dtc.git to compile my dts file and got the following error:-

a0868495 at ares-ubuntu:~/dtc$ dtc -I dts -O dtb tci6614-evm.dts
DTC: dts->dtb  on file "tci6614-evm.dts"
tci6614-evm.dts:4 syntax error

The dtc in the linux tree (Linux version 3.2) is able to compile the dts file and I am able to boot kernel using the dtb. I am using v1.3.0 tag of the dtc git repo. Comparing the files with that under scripts/dtc in the kernel tree, I find they are different. Why is the dtc not able to compile the dts file? How is the dtc tree synced with the Linux kernel tree? As a user, how do I know what version of dtc I need to use for a given kernel release? Any help here?


Murali Karicheri
Software Design Engineer