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maptool.py: invalid syntax line 82

James Steed
Expert 1905 points

I want to use MAD to run a multicore build where different cores run different executables.  I try running the maptool.py utility in

c:\Program Files\Texas Instruments\mcsdk_2_00_01_12\tools\boot_loader\mad-utils\map-tool

as per the instructions in

http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/MAD_Utils_User_Guide#MAP_tool_configuration

However I get syntax errors like:

c:\Program Files\Texas Instruments\mcsdk_2_00_01_12\tools\boot_loader\mad-utils\map-tool>maptool.py config-files\maptoolCfg_C6678_windows.json
  File "C:\Program Files\Texas Instruments\mcsdk_2_00_01_12\tools\boot_loader\mad-utils\map-tool\maptool.py", line 82
    except OSError, e:
                  ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

And after trying to fix (remove) the offending code I get more syntax errors.

Is there a certain version of Python I should use for this?  Or what is the issue?

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    Intellectual 435 points

    Well, which version of python are you using? I tried on Python 2.7.1, and I didn't get anything suspicious.

    Are you invoking the Python executable as stated in the wiki? In other words, are you doing:

    python maptool.py  <maptoolCfg.json>

    with "python[.exe or whatever Windows does]" as one of the arguments?

     

    A syntax error right there is quite odd.. perhaps something like a preprocessor is messing with the identifier.

  • 0 in reply to twentz
    Expert 1905 points

    The Windows directions from TI left off putting "python.exe" in front so I had tried it both ways to the same results.

    I downloaded the latest Python which is 3.2.2.  I guess I'll try to downgrade.

    c:\Program Files\Texas Instruments\mcsdk_2_00_01_12\tools\boot_loader\mad-utils\map-tool>c:\Python32\python.exe
    Python 3.2.2 (default, Sep  4 2011, 09:51:08) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
    Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
    >>>

  • 0 in reply to James Steed
    Expert 1905 points

    It worked better with 2.7.2 so I guess they just haven't tested with 3.x.

  • 0 in reply to James Steed
    Intellectual 435 points

    Actually, now that I remember, Python 3.2 is actually quite different from 2.7 (but both versions are actively developed) -- some sort of internal philosophical conflict that caused the project to fork itself just working off of two version numbers.

    So that'd just be a lacking of documentation that the maptool doesn't work with the other branch (3.2)

  • 0 in reply to twentz
    TI__Prodigy 595 points

    You are right, maptool only works with python version 2.7.2. The BIOS MCSDK product download page lists the python version (2.7.2)  to be used in the dependencies table. http://software-dl.ti.com/sdoemb/sdoemb_public_sw/bios_mcsdk/latest/index_FDS.html

    Best regards

    Sandeep