[U-Boot] A Problem of u-boot on TI PandaBoard porting

[Ira W. Snyder]

On Fri, Jan 06, 2012 at 12:35:28AM -0500, Peter Barada wrote:
> On 01/06/2012 12:21 AM, Qiao.HelloWorld at gmail.com wrote:
> > 2012/1/6 John Rigby<john.rigby at linaro.org>
> >
> >>> *u-boot/spl/u-boot-spl.lds:1: syntax error
> >>> make[1]: *** [/home/qian/Desktop/u-boot/spl/u-boot-spl] Error 1
> >>> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/qian/Desktop/u-boot/spl'
> >>> make: *** [spl/u-boot-spl.bin] Error 2*
> >>>
> >>> I’ve check the file ‘spl/u-boot-spl.lds’, the first line is a comment as
> >>> below:
> >>> *// add PandaTest Configuration*
> >>>
> >> Change that comment to a C style one like /* ..... */ and I think the
> >> problem will go away.
> >
> > But it doesn't work...because the 'spl/u-boot-spl.lds' is automatically
> > generated while building. Even if I modify this file, it will be replaced
> > again when I rebuild.
> >
> > However, thanks for your reply.
> Then dig through the build log to find where the file is generated from 
> and modify that file...
> 

I've run into a problem similar to this before. You probably have a C++
style comment inside your board configuration file. Change it to a C
style comment instead, and the problem goes away.

Ira