Debugging dtoc?

Simon Glass sjg at chromium.org
Thu Jul 29 03:27:08 CEST 2021


Hi Tom,

On Wed, 28 Jul 2021 at 17:28, Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org> wrote:
>
> Hi again,
>
> On Mon, 26 Jul 2021 at 08:06, Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Tom,
> >
> > On Sun, 25 Jul 2021 at 15:10, Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > So, I'm trying to fix the problem on am335x_evm (and some family
> > > configs) with needing SPL_OF_CONTROL enabled.  This is mostly fine just
> > > enabling the option, except on am335x_evm itself, which is the
> > > kitchen-sink config and overflows memory.  I've gone with switching to
> > > SPL_OF_PLATDATA there as am335x in general has all of the U_BOOT_DRVINFO
> > > entries it needs I believe.  But, with the following patch:
> > >
> > > diff --git a/arch/arm/dts/am335x-evm-u-boot.dtsi b/arch/arm/dts/am335x-evm-u-boot.dtsi
> > > index 4cf5f9928d58..514f682cac99 100644
> > > --- a/arch/arm/dts/am335x-evm-u-boot.dtsi
> > > +++ b/arch/arm/dts/am335x-evm-u-boot.dtsi
> > > @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
> > >  &l4_per {
> > >
> > >         segment at 300000 {
> > > +               u-boot,dm-pre-reloc;
> > >
> > >                 target-module at e000 {
> > >                         u-boot,dm-pre-reloc;
> > > diff --git a/configs/am335x_boneblack_vboot_defconfig b/configs/am335x_boneblack_vboot_defconfig
> > > index a0baeec79edd..ffeefd1a0087 100644
> > > --- a/configs/am335x_boneblack_vboot_defconfig
> > > +++ b/configs/am335x_boneblack_vboot_defconfig
> > > @@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ CONFIG_CMD_SPL=y
> > >  # CONFIG_CMD_SETEXPR is not set
> > >  CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2=y
> > >  CONFIG_OF_CONTROL=y
> > > +CONFIG_SPL_OF_CONTROL=y
> > >  CONFIG_ENV_OVERWRITE=y
> > >  CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_MMC=y
> > >  CONFIG_SYS_REDUNDAND_ENVIRONMENT=y
> > > diff --git a/configs/am335x_evm_defconfig b/configs/am335x_evm_defconfig
> > > index a33efff42a74..f35b2a02f56b 100644
> > > --- a/configs/am335x_evm_defconfig
> > > +++ b/configs/am335x_evm_defconfig
> > > @@ -37,13 +37,16 @@ CONFIG_MTDIDS_DEFAULT="nand0=nand.0"
> > >  CONFIG_MTDPARTS_DEFAULT="mtdparts=nand.0:128k(NAND.SPL),128k(NAND.SPL.backup1),128k(NAND.SPL.backup2),128k(NAND.SPL.backup3),256k(NAND.u-boot-spl-os),1m(NAND.u-boot),128k(NAND.u-boot-env),128k(NAND.u-boot-env.backup1),8m(NAND.kernel),-(NAND.file-system)"
> > >  # CONFIG_SPL_EFI_PARTITION is not set
> > >  CONFIG_OF_CONTROL=y
> > > +CONFIG_SPL_OF_CONTROL=y
> > >  CONFIG_OF_LIST="am335x-evm am335x-bone am335x-boneblack am335x-evmsk am335x-bonegreen am335x-icev2 am335x-pocketbeagle"
> > > +CONFIG_SPL_OF_PLATDATA=y
> > >  CONFIG_ENV_OVERWRITE=y
> > >  CONFIG_SYS_RELOC_GD_ENV_ADDR=y
> > >  CONFIG_ENV_VARS_UBOOT_RUNTIME_CONFIG=y
> > >  CONFIG_SPL_ENV_IS_NOWHERE=y
> > >  CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE=y
> > >  CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME=y
> > > +# CONFIG_SPL_SIMPLE_BUS is not set
> > >  CONFIG_BOOTCOUNT_LIMIT=y
> > >  CONFIG_CLK=y
> > >  CONFIG_CLK_CDCE9XX=y
> > > diff --git a/configs/am335x_evm_spiboot_defconfig b/configs/am335x_evm_spiboot_defconfig
> > > index 8f0c330674a9..4a2a56a9af9e 100644
> > > --- a/configs/am335x_evm_spiboot_defconfig
> > > +++ b/configs/am335x_evm_spiboot_defconfig
> > > @@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2=y
> > >  CONFIG_CMD_MTDPARTS=y
> > >  # CONFIG_SPL_EFI_PARTITION is not set
> > >  CONFIG_OF_CONTROL=y
> > > +CONFIG_SPL_OF_CONTROL=y
> > >  CONFIG_OF_LIST="am335x-evm am335x-bone am335x-boneblack am335x-evmsk am335x-bonegreen am335x-icev2 am335x-pocketbeagle"
> > >  CONFIG_ENV_OVERWRITE=y
> > >  # CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_FAT is not set
> > >
> > > I get the following failure and I don't see how to debug this:
> > >   DTOC    spl/dts/dt-plat.c
> > > Traceback (most recent call last):
> > >   File "./tools/dtoc/dtoc", line 115, in <module>
> > >     args.phase, instantiate=args.instantiate)
> > >   File "/home/trini/work/u-boot/u-boot/tools/dtoc/../dtoc/dtb_platdata.py", line 1223, in run_steps
> > >     outfile.method(plat)
> > >   File "/home/trini/work/u-boot/u-boot/tools/dtoc/../dtoc/dtb_platdata.py", line 1081, in generate_plat
> > >     self.output_node_plat(node)
> > >   File "/home/trini/work/u-boot/u-boot/tools/dtoc/../dtoc/dtb_platdata.py", line 1023, in output_node_plat
> > >     self._output_values(node)
> > >   File "/home/trini/work/u-boot/u-boot/tools/dtoc/../dtoc/dtb_platdata.py", line 812, in _output_values
> > >     self._output_prop(node, node.props[pname])
> > >   File "/home/trini/work/u-boot/u-boot/tools/dtoc/../dtoc/dtb_platdata.py", line 798, in _output_prop
> > >     self._output_list(node, prop)
> > >   File "/home/trini/work/u-boot/u-boot/tools/dtoc/../dtoc/dtb_platdata.py", line 628, in _output_list
> > >     vals.append(get_value(prop.type, val))
> > >   File "/home/trini/work/u-boot/u-boot/tools/dtoc/../dtoc/dtb_platdata.py", line 126, in get_value
> > >     val = '%#x' % fdt_util.fdt32_to_cpu(value)
> > >   File "/home/trini/work/u-boot/u-boot/tools/dtoc/../dtoc/fdt_util.py", line 28, in fdt32_to_cpu
> > >     return struct.unpack('>I', val)[0]
> > > TypeError: a bytes-like object is required, not 'bool'
> > > scripts/Makefile.spl:352: recipe for target 'spl/dts/dt-plat.c' failed
> > > make[1]: *** [spl/dts/dt-plat.c] Error 1
> > > make[1]: *** Deleting file 'spl/dts/dt-plat.c'
> > > Makefile:1999: recipe for target 'spl/u-boot-spl' failed
> > > make: *** [spl/u-boot-spl] Error 2
> >
> > That seems like a bug, where perhaps it is seeing a property with no
> > value so it thinks it is a bool, but then somehow tries to gets its
> > int value.
> >
> > I added a print to  _output_list()
> >
> >         else:
> >             print('node', node.path, prop.name)
> >             for val in prop.value:
> >                 vals.append(get_value(prop.type, val))
> >
> > and see that it is the 'ranges' property. Definitely seems like a bug
> > but I'll have to dig into it I think. The Prop() class selects a bool
> > type when the value is empty, but somehow that isn't happening.
>
> This is actually a little tricky, but I'm looking at it.

OK I think I have figured this out. I sent a series.

Regards,
Simon


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