Re: [PATCH 2/3] powerpc: Add support for creating FIT uImages

[Peter Tyser <ptyser@xes-inc.com>]

Hi Stefano,
Thanks for trying the patches out.

On Tue, 2009-11-24 at 11:32 +0100, Stefano Babic wrote:
> Peter Tyser <ptyser wrote:
> > +uboot.fit)
> > +    rm -f "$ofile"
> > +    ${MKITS} -A ppc -C gzip -a $membase -e $membase -v $version \
> > +	-d "$srctree/$dtb" -k "$srctree/$vmz" -o "$object/uImage.its"
> > +    ${MKIMAGE} -f "$object/uImage.its" "$ofile"
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have tested your patches against last mkimage utility provided with
> u-boot. The utility requires to pass the type of the image (flat_dt),
> even if this is not mentioned in the help output. Without the image type
> parameter, no image is generated, and no error is reported.
> It should be:
> 
>     ${MKIMAGE} -f "$object/uImage.its" - T flat_dt "$ofile"

Argh, I'm seeing the same behavior with the latest mkimage source too.
It looks like there was a regression in the mkimage utility - the "-T"
option shouldn't be necessary to create a FIT image.  I'll send a patch
to U-Boot to fix this behavior.

> I have tried to get an image for the lite5200b board, because I have the
> possibility to test the result on the target. However, dtc fails to
> compile the its generated by your script (Version: DTC 1.2.0-g0ef21055,
> cloned from jdt).

I did my testing using the dtc in the linux kernel source
(scripts/dtc/dtc, version 1.2.0) and version 1.2.0-rc1.  I see the same
error as you when using version 1.2.0-g0ef21055.

> DTC: dts->dtb  on file "arch/powerpc/boot/uImage.its"
> Error: arch/powerpc/boot/uImage.its 1:0 syntax error
> 
> Do you test in different conditions ?

Applying the following change should resolve the dtc syntax error.

diff --git a/scripts/mkits.sh b/scripts/mkits.sh
index 88411dd..75edc27 100755
--- a/scripts/mkits.sh
+++ b/scripts/mkits.sh
@@ -64,7 +64,9 @@ ENTRY_ADDR=`echo $ENTRY_ADDR | sed 's/0x//'`
 RAMFS_ADDR=`echo $RAMFS_ADDR | sed 's/0x//'`
 
 # Create a default, fully populated DTS file
-DATA="/ {
+DATA="/dts-v1/;
+
+/ {
        description = \"Linux kernel ${VERSION}\";
        #address-cells = <1>;
 

I'll wait a few more days for feedback then resubmit with the dts syntax
fix

Thanks for testing,
Peter