Device Tree Compiler Not Recognizes C Syntax for Include Files

Device tree compiler not recognizes C syntax for include files

This is not a Device Tree syntax issue, you just have to pre-process the .dts file with the C preprocessor, cpp, in order to obtain a file that can be digested by the Device Tree Compiler as is.

In your specific case, assuming your current directory would be the kernel root directory, you would have to use the two following commands:

cpp -nostdinc -I include -I arch  -undef -x assembler-with-cpp  arch/arm64/boot/dts/amlogic/meson-gxl-s905x-khadas-vim.dts meson-gxl-s905x-khadas-vim.dts.preprocessed

dtc -I dts -O dtb -p 0x1000 meson-gxl-s905x-khadas-vim.dts.preprocessed -o kvim1.dtb

kvim1.dtb: Warning (unit_address_vs_reg): Node /scpi/clocks/scpi_clocks@0 has a unit name, but no reg property
kvim1.dtb: Warning (unit_address_vs_reg): Node /soc/bus@c8100000/pinctrl@14 has a unit name, but no reg property
kvim1.dtb: Warning (unit_address_vs_reg): Node /soc/periphs@c8834000/rng has a reg or ranges property, but no unit name
kvim1.dtb: Warning (unit_address_vs_reg): Node /soc/periphs@c8834000/pinctrl@4b0 has a unit name, but no reg property
kvim1.dtb: Warning (unit_address_vs_reg): Node /soc/periphs@c8834000/eth-phy-mux has a reg or ranges property, but no unit name
kvim1.dtb: Warning (unit_address_vs_reg): Node /gpio-keys-polled/button@0 has a unit name, but no reg property
kvim1.dtb: Warning (simple_bus_reg): Node /soc/bus@c8100000/pinctrl@14 missing or empty reg/ranges property
kvim1.dtb: Warning (simple_bus_reg): Node /soc/periphs@c8834000/rng simple-bus unit address format error, expected "0"
kvim1.dtb: Warning (simple_bus_reg): Node /soc/periphs@c8834000/pinctrl@4b0 missing or empty reg/ranges property
kvim1.dtb: Warning (simple_bus_reg): Node /soc/periphs@c8834000/eth-phy-mux simple-bus unit address format error, expected "55c"

Verifying kvim1.dtb was built:

ls -ail kvim1.tdb
4359446 -rw-rw-r-- 1 user user 27568 Jun  2 12:05 kvim1.dtb

For the official Device Tree specification, please refer to its official web site and its git repository.

DTC compile error for #address-cells = 2 case

I’ve found how to do it.

For that you should first add CONFIG_ARCH_VEXPRESS and ran ‘make V=1 ARCH=arm64 CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-none-elf- dtbs |& tee logx’

Dtbs for ARCH_VEXPRESS are generated in the dts directory. Then you can see the command to make the dtb (in the logx file).

Below is the command. Lots of options for the dtc(related to unit address too).

mkdir -p arch/arm64/boot/dts/arm/ ; gcc -E -Wp,-MD,arch/arm64/boot/dts/arm/.fvp-base-revc.dtb.d.pre.tmp -nostdinc -I./scripts/dtc/include-prefixes -undef -D__DTS__ -x assembler-with-cpp -o arch/arm64/boot/dts/arm/.fvp-base-revc.dtb.dts.tmp arch/arm64/boot/dts/arm/fvp-base-revc.dts ; ./scripts/dtc/dtc -O dtb -o arch/arm64/boot/dts/arm/fvp-base-revc.dtb -b 0 -iarch/arm64/boot/dts/arm/ -i./scripts/dtc/include-prefixes -Wno-unit_address_vs_reg -Wno-unit_address_format -Wno-avoid_unnecessary_addr_size -Wno-alias_paths -Wno-graph_child_address -Wno-simple_bus_reg -Wno-unique_unit_address -Wno-pci_device_reg -d arch/arm64/boot/dts/arm/.fvp-base-revc.dtb.d.dtc.tmp arch/arm64/boot/dts/arm/.fvp-base-revc.dtb.dts.tmp ; cat arch/arm64/boot/dts/arm/.fvp-base-revc.dtb.d.pre.tmp arch/arm64/boot/dts/arm/.fvp-base-revc.dtb.d.dtc.tmp > arch/arm64/boot/dts/arm/.fvp-base-revc.dtb.d

You can use this command to make a specific dtb file.

device tree ERROR: Unable to parse input tree (syntax error)

The solution was to change imx7d-pico-pi-m4.dtb to imx7d-pico-pi-qca-m4.dtb in the Yocto/Hardknott/technexion configuration file called pico-imx7.conf(described in the post)

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