Re: [kvm-ppc-devel] broken DTS syntax

Re: [kvm-ppc-devel] broken DTS syntax

[Hollis Blanchard]

On Fri, 2008-03-28 at 10:32 -0500, Jerone Young wrote:
> > paelzer@HeliosPrime
> ~/Desktop/KVM/ppc_port/kvm-userspace-vio/qemu/pc-bios $ dtc -I dts -O
> dtb -o bamboo.dtb2 bamboo.dts
> > DTC: dts->dtb  on file "bamboo.dts"
> > bamboo.dts:20 syntax error
> > FATAL ERROR: Couldn't read input tree
> > 
> > Is this correct/expected atm or do we have to fix something here
> before this goes upstream ?
> > 
> 
> This must be a dtc versioning issue. My version of dtc compiles the
> code
> fine without issue. But you may have a really older version. Hollis
> had
> spotted a bit of the same problem yesterday.
> 
> I am using dtc version:
> dtc -v
> Version: DTC 1.1.0-g2512a7eb
> 
> 
> Are you using an older version then this one. If so time for everyone
> to upgrade.

Interesting, I didn't realize the syntax had changed.

However, since it's just a matter of 4 characters, I think it's not too
much trouble to support the older DTC versions as well.

For reference, this is the fix:

diff -u b/qemu/pc-bios/bamboo.dts b/qemu/pc-bios/bamboo.dts
--- b/qemu/pc-bios/bamboo.dts
+++ b/qemu/pc-bios/bamboo.dts
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
        dcr-parent = <&/cpus/cpu@0>;
 
        aliases {
-               serial0 = &UART0;
-               serial1 = &UART1;   
+               serial0 = <&UART0>;
+               serial1 = <&UART1>;   
        };
 
        cpus {


-- 
Hollis Blanchard
IBM Linux Technology Center


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