[PATCH v6 011/102] fdt: Show the preprocessed .dts file on error
Simon Glass
sjg at chromium.org
Sat Dec 7 05:41:44 CET 2019
When device-tree compilation fails it is sometimes tricky to see which
line is broken, since the input file to dtc is a pre-processed version
of the device tree.
Add a line that points to the file that needs to be checked:
When the error is in the main .dts file, output is something like this:
output: 'Error: arch/x86/dts/.chromebook_coral.dtb.pre.tmp:478.46-47
syntax error
FATAL ERROR: Unable to parse input tree
but in fact looking at that file shows nothing useful:
PAD_CFG_NF_IOSSTATE_IOSTERM(GPIO_157, UP_20K, DEEP, NF1, HIZCRX1, DISPUPD)
Instead we need to look at the preprocessed file, which shows:
163 ((1U << 30) | (1 << 10)) ((0xb << 10) | PAD_CFG1_IOSSTATE_HIZCRX1)
Here it is clear that PAD_CFG1_IOSSTATE_HIZCRX1 is not defined and so is
not being resolved by the preprocessor.
This commit adds an additional useful message:
Check arch/x86/dts/.chromebook_coral.dtb.dts.tmp for errors
Note that if the error is reported in an included file, such as
u-boot.dtsi then the output is the following:
Error: arch/x86/dts/u-boot.dtsi:137.14-15 syntax error
FATAL ERROR: Unable to parse input tree
But again, if the error is due to a preprocessor failure, like this:
filename = CONFIG_IFW_INPUT_FILE;
then you can't tell what the problem is by looking at the source. All you
see is the original code:
intel-ifwi {
filename = CONFIG_IFW_INPUT_FILE;
...
};
};
intel-fsp-m {
filename = CONFIG_FSP_FILE_M;
};
Everything looks fine. But looking at the output of the preprocessor:
intel-ifwi {
filename = CONFIG_IFW_INPUT_FILE;
...
};
intel-fsp-m {
filename = "fsp_m.bin";
};
This shows that the filename (normally "fitimage.bin") has not been
inserted the preprocess, leading to the realisation that the value should
be CONFIG_IFWI_INPUT_FILE.
If the above does not make sense, I encourage people to try introducing
errors in the device tree preprocessed values.
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Bin Meng <bmeng.cn at gmail.com>
---
Changes in v6: None
Changes in v5: None
Changes in v4:
- One last desperate attempt to try to explain the purpose of this commit
- Update the message to mention the preprocessed file, not un-preprocessed
Changes in v3:
- Update example error message to better show the intended purpose
Changes in v2: None
scripts/Makefile.lib | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.lib b/scripts/Makefile.lib
index ef116e0e0a..c10cd83a0a 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.lib
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.lib
@@ -300,7 +300,9 @@ cmd_dtc = mkdir -p $(dir ${dtc-tmp}) ; \
$(CPP) $(dtc_cpp_flags) -x assembler-with-cpp -o $(dtc-tmp) $(pre-tmp) ; \
$(DTC) -O dtb -o $@ -b 0 \
-i $(dir $<) $(DTC_FLAGS) \
- -d $(depfile).dtc.tmp $(dtc-tmp) ; \
+ -d $(depfile).dtc.tmp $(dtc-tmp) || \
+ (echo "Check $(shell pwd)/$(pre-tmp) for errors" && false) \
+ ; \
cat $(depfile).pre.tmp $(depfile).dtc.tmp > $(depfile) ; \
sed -i "s:$(pre-tmp):$(<):" $(depfile)
--
2.24.0.393.g34dc348eaf-goog
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