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

[Karicheri, Muralidharan]

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: devicetree-discuss-bounces+m-karicheri2=ti.com at lists.ozlabs.org
>> [mailto:devicetree-discuss-bounces+m-karicheri2=ti.com at lists.ozlabs.org] On Behalf Of
>> Karicheri, Muralidharan
>> Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 11:26 AM
>> To: Stephen Warren
>> Cc: devicetree-discuss at lists.ozlabs.org
>> Subject: RE: standalone dtc compiler build from git://git.jdl.com/software/dtc.git gives
>> error
>> 
>> Stephen,
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: Stephen Warren [mailto:swarren at wwwdotorg.org]
>> >> Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 7:14 PM
>> >> To: Karicheri, Muralidharan
>> >> Cc: devicetree-discuss at lists.ozlabs.org
>> >> Subject: Re: standalone dtc compiler build from git://git.jdl.com/software/dtc.git
>> gives
>> >> error
>> >>
>> >> On 04/11/2012 04:26 PM, Karicheri, Muralidharan wrote:
>> >> >>> -----Original Message-----
>> >> >>> From: Stephen Warren [mailto:swarren at wwwdotorg.org]
>> >> >>> Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 2:21 PM
>> >> >>> To: Karicheri, Muralidharan
>> >> >>> Cc: devicetree-discuss at lists.ozlabs.org
>> >> >>> Subject: Re: standalone dtc compiler build from
>> git://git.jdl.com/software/dtc.git
>> >> gives
>> >> >>> error
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> On 04/11/2012 11:59 AM, Karicheri, Muralidharan wrote:
>> >> >>>> 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
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>> ...
>> >> >>>> Why is the dtc not able to compile the dts file?
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> I think the only way to answer that is going to be to post your .dts
>> >> >>> file, or at least the first 4 or 5 lines of it.
>> >> >
>> >> > Stephen,
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks for responding.
>> >> >
>> >> > Here it is
>> >> > ...
>> >>
>> >> That's odd. I just tried both v1.3.0 and master dtc, and could compile
>> >> your example just fine. I also compiled
>> >> arch/arm/boot/dts/tegra-cardhu.dts from the kernel (next-20120411). Both
>> >> worked fine.
>> >>
>> >> Note that I get the error you're seeing if I run Ubuntu's packaged dtc,
>> >> which is 1.1.0.dfsg-1build1 on my system. Are you sure you're running
>> >> the dtc binary you think you are?
>> 
>> You are right. I never realized that I had a host version of dtc. The problem doesn't
>> happen when I used the git version and I could boot up Linux using the DTB. Now I see
>> the same error when run the command on an ARM
>> Target machine. I have cross compiled the dtc (using oe (actually Arago)). Not sure if
>> anyone tried this on an ARM target.
>> 
>> root at tci6614-evm:/# ./dtc -I dts -O dtb -o tci6614-evm.dtb tci6614-evm.dts -q
>> DTC: dts->dtb  on file "tci6614-evm.dts"
>> tci6614-evm.dts:4 syntax error
>> FATAL ERROR: Unable to parse input tree
>> root at tci6614-evm:/# ./dtc -v
>> Version: DTC 1.2.0
>> 
>> root at tci6614-evm:/# cat tci6614-evm.dts
>> /dts-v1/;
>> /include/ "skeleton.dtsi"
>> 
>> / {
>>         model = "Texas Instruments TCI6614 EVM";
>>         compatible = "ti,tci6614-evm";
>>         #address-cells = <1>;
>>         #size-cells = <1>;
>> 
>>         chosen {
>>                 bootargs = "console=ttyS0,115200n8 mem=512M rootwait=1 rw ubi.mt
>> d=2,2048 rootfstype=ubifs root=ubi0:rootfs";
>>         };
>> 
>> root at tci6614-evm:/# cat skeleton.dtsi
>> /*
>>  * Skeleton device tree; the bare minimum needed to boot; just include and
>>  * add a compatible value.  The bootloader will typically populate the memory
>>  * node.
>>  */
>> 
>> / {
>>         #address-cells = <1>;
>>         #size-cells = <1>;
>>         chosen { };
>>         aliases { };
>>         memory { device_type = "memory"; reg = <0 0>; };
>> };
>> 

The problem is with the oe build. I had done cross compiling outside oe and it seems to work fine. Anyways thanks for your help.

>> Murali
>> 
>> 
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