This affects arch/powerpc/boot/dts/virtex440-ml510.dts but I think it is actually a more general issue: $ make ARCH=powerpc CROSS_COMPILE=powerpc-linux- virtex440-ml510.dtb CC scripts/mod/devicetable-offsets.s GEN scripts/mod/devicetable-offsets.h HOSTCC scripts/mod/file2alias.o HOSTLD scripts/mod/modpost DTC arch/powerpc/boot/virtex440-ml510.dtb Error: arch/powerpc/boot/dts/virtex440-ml510.dts:374.6-7 syntax error FATAL ERROR: Unable to parse input tree make[1]: *** [arch/powerpc/boot/virtex440-ml510.dtb] Error 1 make: *** [virtex440-ml510.dtb] Error 2 Line 374 is the "IDSEL 0x16..." line here: interrupt-map = < /* IRQ mapping for pci slots and ALI M1533 ... * management core also isn't used. */ /* IDSEL 0x16 / dev=6, bus=0 / PCI slot 3 */ 0x3000 0 0 1 &xps_intc_0 3 2 0x3000 0 0 2 &xps_intc_0 2 2 0x3000 0 0 3 &xps_intc_0 5 2 0x3000 0 0 4 &xps_intc_0 4 2 Which gets preprocessed into: interrupt-map = < # 375 "arch/powerpc/boot/dts/virtex440-ml510.dts" 0x3000 0 0 1 &xps_intc_0 3 2 0x3000 0 0 2 &xps_intc_0 2 2 0x3000 0 0 3 &xps_intc_0 5 2 0x3000 0 0 4 &xps_intc_0 4 2 If I manually remove the "# 375 " line then that fixes the error (although there is then a subsequent one of the same type). I suppose this is a bug in dtc? It appears to have at least some awareness of these preprocessor line number comments since it manages to report the original source line number. Ian. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kbuild" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html