dtc crash on /sys/firmware/devicetree/base on multiple boards, fixed upstream

[Dennboy]

Dear all,

 

My system logs: http://ix.io/2Pgj

 

I consistency get a crash with dtc on both orangepi, nanopi neo+2, nanopi neo3 when I try to see the current devicetree via the filesystem, e.g.:
 

$ dtc -I fs /sys/firmware/devicetree/base/
<stdout>: Warning (unit_address_vs_reg): /memory: node has a reg or ranges property, but no unit name
<stdout>: Warning (clocks_property): /soc/spdif@1c21000:clocks: cell 0 is not a phandle reference
<stdout>: Warning (clocks_property): /soc/spdif@1c21000:clocks: cell 2 is not a phandle reference
....
/dts-v1/;
/ {
[1]    16929 segmentation fault  dtc -I fs /sys/firmware/devicetree/base/

 

My current work-around is to install the kernel headers and start dtc from there, but headers takes quite long to install:

$ sudo apt install linux-headers-current-sunxi
$ /lib/modules/5.10.12-sunxi/build/scripts/dtc/dtc -I fs /sys/firmware/devicetree/base/
/dts-v1/;

/ {
        compatible = "xunlong,orangepi-zero\0allwinner,sun8i-h2-plus";
        serial-number = "02c000421661c2d2";
        model = "Xunlong Orange Pi Zero";
        interrupt-parent = <0x01>;
        #address-cells = <0x01>;
        #size-cells = <0x01>;
...
};

 

I could also try to install an upstream version of dtc, but it would be great if the supplied dtc doesn't crash.

 

Kind regards,

Dennis

[tparys]

The supplied device tree compiler is from the upstream Debian / Ubuntu repositories. Bugs in those versions should be reported with the appropriate upstream bug tracker.

 

While it's possible to package a newer version of dtc for Armbian, no one has volunteered the time to prepare and maintain that package going forward.

 

Armbian is a community supported project. Perhaps you'd be interested?

 

If not, perhaps this would better be asked in Feature Requests.

[Dennboy]

Hi tparys,

 

Thanks for your reply pointing to the upstream debian repo's, and sorry for posting an upstream bug here. I just looked up the dtc package in debian, and they appear to have it fixed in their newest update 1.4.7-4 from 27 january 2021 (see DTC debian changelog), it is now available in Armbian too, and seems to be working. Apparently it took some time to travel to the repo/mirrors, it wasn't yet available when I posted here.

 

Kind regards,

Dennis