diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a53e7c6..5e25131 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -118,6 +118,20 @@
      ./test/py/test.py --bd ${TEST_PY_BD} ${TEST_PY_ID}
        -k "${TEST_PY_TEST_SPEC:-not a_test_which_does_not_exist}"
        --build-dir "$UBOOT_TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR";
+     ret=$?;
+     if [[ $ret -ne 0 ]]; then
+       exit $ret;
+     fi;
+   fi;
+   if [[ -n "${TEST_PY_TOOLS}" ]]; then
+     PYTHONPATH="${UBOOT_TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}/scripts/dtc/pylibfdt"
+     PATH="${UBOOT_TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}/scripts/dtc:${PATH}"
+     ./tools/binman/binman -t &&
+     ./tools/patman/patman --test &&
+     ./tools/buildman/buildman -t &&
+     PYTHONPATH="${UBOOT_TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}/scripts/dtc/pylibfdt"
+     PATH="${UBOOT_TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}/scripts/dtc:${PATH}"
+     ./tools/dtoc/dtoc -t;
    fi
 
 matrix:
@@ -295,6 +309,7 @@
           TEST_PY_TEST_SPEC="test_ofplatdata"
           BUILDMAN="^sandbox$"
           TOOLCHAIN="x86_64"
+          TEST_PY_TOOLS="yes"
     - env:
         - TEST_PY_BD="sandbox_flattree"
           BUILDMAN="^sandbox_flattree$"
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/fsl-layerscape/doc/README.falcon b/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/fsl-layerscape/doc/README.falcon
index 2505f40..a00b5bc 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/fsl-layerscape/doc/README.falcon
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/fsl-layerscape/doc/README.falcon
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
 	#address-cells = <1>;
 
 	images {
-		kernel@1 {
+		kernel {
 			description = "ARM64 Linux kernel";
 			data = /incbin/("./arch/arm64/boot/Image.gz");
 			type = "kernel";
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
 			load = <0x80080000>;
 			entry = <0x80080000>;
 		};
-		fdt@1 {
+		fdt-1 {
 			description = "Flattened Device Tree blob";
 			data = /incbin/("./fsl-ls1043ardb-static.dtb");
 			type = "flat_dt";
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
 			compression = "none";
 			load = <0x90000000>;
 		};
-		ramdisk@1 {
+		ramdisk {
 			description = "LS1043 Ramdisk";
                         data = /incbin/("./rootfs.cpio.gz");
 			type = "ramdisk";
@@ -116,12 +116,12 @@
 	};
 
 	configurations {
-		default = "config@1";
-		config@1 {
+		default = "config-1";
+		config-1 {
 			description = "Boot Linux kernel";
-			kernel = "kernel@1";
-			fdt = "fdt@1";
-			ramdisk = "ramdisk@1";
+			kernel = "kernel";
+			fdt = "fdt-1";
+			ramdisk = "ramdisk";
 			loadables = "fdt", "ramdisk";
 		};
 	};
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/sec_firmware.c b/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/sec_firmware.c
index 927eae4..b56ea78 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/sec_firmware.c
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/sec_firmware.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #define SEC_FIRMWARE_FIT_IMAGE		"firmware"
 #endif
 #ifndef SEC_FIRMEWARE_FIT_CNF_NAME
-#define SEC_FIRMEWARE_FIT_CNF_NAME	"config@1"
+#define SEC_FIRMEWARE_FIT_CNF_NAME	"config-1"
 #endif
 #ifndef SEC_FIRMWARE_TARGET_EL
 #define SEC_FIRMWARE_TARGET_EL		2
diff --git a/board/sunxi/mksunxi_fit_atf.sh b/board/sunxi/mksunxi_fit_atf.sh
index b1d6e0e..36abe9e 100755
--- a/board/sunxi/mksunxi_fit_atf.sh
+++ b/board/sunxi/mksunxi_fit_atf.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 	#address-cells = <1>;
 
 	images {
-		uboot@1 {
+		uboot {
 			description = "U-Boot (64-bit)";
 			data = /incbin/("u-boot-nodtb.bin");
 			type = "standalone";
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 			compression = "none";
 			load = <0x4a000000>;
 		};
-		atf@1 {
+		atf {
 			description = "ARM Trusted Firmware";
 			data = /incbin/("$BL31");
 			type = "firmware";
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 for dtname in $*
 do
 	cat << __FDT_IMAGE_EOF
-		fdt@$cnt {
+		fdt_$cnt {
 			description = "$(basename $dtname .dtb)";
 			data = /incbin/("$dtname");
 			type = "flat_dt";
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 cat << __CONF_HEADER_EOF
 	};
 	configurations {
-		default = "config@1";
+		default = "config_1";
 
 __CONF_HEADER_EOF
 
@@ -65,11 +65,11 @@
 for dtname in $*
 do
 	cat << __CONF_SECTION_EOF
-		config@$cnt {
+		config_$cnt {
 			description = "$(basename $dtname .dtb)";
-			firmware = "uboot@1";
-			loadables = "atf@1";
-			fdt = "fdt@$cnt";
+			firmware = "uboot";
+			loadables = "atf";
+			fdt = "fdt_$cnt";
 		};
 __CONF_SECTION_EOF
 	cnt=$((cnt+1))
diff --git a/common/image-fit.c b/common/image-fit.c
index b785d8a..f6e956a 100644
--- a/common/image-fit.c
+++ b/common/image-fit.c
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@
 	/*
 	 * Check subnode name, must be equal to "hash" or "signature".
 	 * Multiple hash/signature nodes require unique unit node
-	 * names, e.g. hash@1, hash@2, signature@1, signature@2, etc.
+	 * names, e.g. hash-1, hash-2, signature-1, signature-2, etc.
 	 */
 	name = fit_get_name(fit, noffset, NULL);
 	if (!strncmp(name, FIT_HASH_NODENAME, strlen(FIT_HASH_NODENAME))) {
@@ -1111,7 +1111,7 @@
 		/*
 		 * Check subnode name, must be equal to "hash".
 		 * Multiple hash nodes require unique unit node
-		 * names, e.g. hash@1, hash@2, etc.
+		 * names, e.g. hash-1, hash-2, etc.
 		 */
 		if (!strncmp(name, FIT_HASH_NODENAME,
 			     strlen(FIT_HASH_NODENAME))) {
@@ -1348,15 +1348,15 @@
  *
  * / o image-tree
  *   |-o images
- *   | |-o fdt@1
- *   | |-o fdt@2
+ *   | |-o fdt-1
+ *   | |-o fdt-2
  *   |
  *   |-o configurations
- *     |-o config@1
- *     | |-fdt = fdt@1
+ *     |-o config-1
+ *     | |-fdt = fdt-1
  *     |
- *     |-o config@2
- *       |-fdt = fdt@2
+ *     |-o config-2
+ *       |-fdt = fdt-2
  *
  * / o U-Boot fdt
  *   |-compatible = "foo,bar", "bim,bam"
diff --git a/common/image-sig.c b/common/image-sig.c
index bf824fe..d9f712f 100644
--- a/common/image-sig.c
+++ b/common/image-sig.c
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@
 
 	/*
 	 * Each node can generate one region for each sub-node. Allow for
-	 * 7 sub-nodes (hash@1, signature@1, etc.) and some extra.
+	 * 7 sub-nodes (hash-1, signature-1, etc.) and some extra.
 	 */
 	max_regions = 20 + count * 7;
 	struct fdt_region fdt_regions[max_regions];
diff --git a/doc/README.uniphier b/doc/README.uniphier
index 0fa3248..990806a 100644
--- a/doc/README.uniphier
+++ b/doc/README.uniphier
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
 	#address-cells = <1>;
 
 	images {
-		kernel@0 {
+		kernel {
 			description = "linux";
 			data = /incbin/("PATH/TO/YOUR/LINUX/DIR/arch/arm64/boot/Image.gz");
 			type = "kernel";
@@ -151,44 +151,44 @@
 			compression = "gzip";
 			load = <0x82080000>;
 			entry = <0x82080000>;
-			hash@0 {
+			hash-1 {
 				algo = "sha256";
 			};
 		};
 
-		fdt@0 {
+		fdt-1 {
 			description = "fdt";
 			data = /incbin/("PATH/TO/YOUR/LINUX/DIR/arch/arm64/boot/dts/socionext/uniphier-ld20-ref.dtb");
 			type = "flat_dt";
 			arch = "arm64";
 			compression = "none";
-			hash@0 {
+			hash-1 {
 				algo = "sha256";
 			};
 		};
 
-		ramdisk@0 {
+		ramdisk {
 			description = "ramdisk";
 			data = /incbin/("PATH/TO/YOUR/ROOTFS/DIR/rootfs.cpio");
 			type = "ramdisk";
 			arch = "arm64";
 			os = "linux";
 			compression = "none";
-			hash@0 {
+			hash-1 {
 				algo = "sha256";
 			};
 		};
 	};
 
 	configurations {
-		default = "config@0";
+		default = "config-1";
 
-		config@0 {
+		config-1 {
 			description = "Configuration0";
-			kernel = "kernel@0";
-			fdt = "fdt@0";
-			ramdisk = "ramdisk@0";
-			signature@0 {
+			kernel = "kernel";
+			fdt = "fdt-1";
+			ramdisk = "ramdisk";
+			signature-1 {
 				algo = "sha256,rsa2048";
 				key-name-hint = "dev";
 				sign-images = "kernel", "fdt", "ramdisk";
@@ -268,9 +268,9 @@
 
 ---------------------------------------->8----------------------------------------
 ## Loading kernel from FIT Image at 84100000 ...
-   Using 'config@0' configuration
+   Using 'config-1' configuration
    Verifying Hash Integrity ... sha256,rsa2048:dev+ OK
-   Trying 'kernel@0' kernel subimage
+   Trying 'kernel' kernel subimage
      Description:  linux
      Created:      2017-10-20  14:32:29 UTC
      Type:         Kernel Image
@@ -285,8 +285,8 @@
      Hash value:   82a37b7f11ae55f4e07aa25bf77e4067cb9dc1014d52d6cd4d588f92eee3aaad
    Verifying Hash Integrity ... sha256+ OK
 ## Loading ramdisk from FIT Image at 84100000 ...
-   Using 'config@0' configuration
-   Trying 'ramdisk@0' ramdisk subimage
+   Using 'config-1' configuration
+   Trying 'ramdisk' ramdisk subimage
      Description:  ramdisk
      Created:      2017-10-20  14:32:29 UTC
      Type:         RAMDisk Image
@@ -301,8 +301,8 @@
      Hash value:   44980a2874154a2e31ed59222c9f8ea968867637f35c81e4107a984de7014deb
    Verifying Hash Integrity ... sha256+ OK
 ## Loading fdt from FIT Image at 84100000 ...
-   Using 'config@0' configuration
-   Trying 'fdt@0' fdt subimage
+   Using 'config-1' configuration
+   Trying 'fdt-1' fdt subimage
      Description:  fdt
      Created:      2017-10-20  14:32:29 UTC
      Type:         Flat Device Tree
diff --git a/doc/chromium/chromebook_jerry.its b/doc/chromium/chromebook_jerry.its
index 8cff840..7505a20 100644
--- a/doc/chromium/chromebook_jerry.its
+++ b/doc/chromium/chromebook_jerry.its
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	#address-cells = <1>;
 
 	images {
-		kernel@1 {
+		kernel {
 			description = "U-Boot mainline";
 			type = "kernel_noload";
 			arch = "arm";
@@ -14,29 +14,29 @@
 			compression = "none";
 			load = <0>;
 			entry = <0>;
-			hash@2 {
+			hash-2 {
 				algo = "sha1";
 			};
 		};
 
-		fdt@1{
+		fdt-1{
 			description = "rk3288-veryron-jerry.dtb";
 			data = /incbin/("../../b/chromebook_jerry/u-boot.dtb");
 			type = "flat_dt";
 			arch = "arm";
 			compression = "none";
-			hash@1{
+			hash-1{
 				algo = "sha1";
 			};
 		};
 	};
 
 	configurations {
-		default = "config@1";
-		config@1 {
+		default = "config-1";
+		config-1 {
 			description = "Boot U-Boot";
-			kernel = "kernel@1";
-			fdt = "fdt@1";
+			kernel = "kernel";
+			fdt = "fdt-1";
 		};
 	};
 };
diff --git a/doc/chromium/nyan-big.its b/doc/chromium/nyan-big.its
index 8dc8d73..37d4e10 100644
--- a/doc/chromium/nyan-big.its
+++ b/doc/chromium/nyan-big.its
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	#address-cells = <1>;
 
 	images {
-		kernel@1 {
+		kernel {
 			description = "U-Boot mainline";
 			type = "kernel_noload";
 			arch = "arm";
@@ -14,29 +14,29 @@
 			compression = "none";
 			load = <0>;
 			entry = <0>;
-			hash@2 {
+			hash-2 {
 				algo = "sha1";
 			};
 		};
 
-		fdt@1{
+		fdt-1{
 			description = "tegra124-nyan-big.dtb";
 			data = /incbin/("../.././b/nyan-big/u-boot.dtb");
 			type = "flat_dt";
 			arch = "arm";
 			compression = "none";
-			hash@1{
+			hash-1{
 				algo = "sha1";
 			};
 		};
 	};
 
 	configurations {
-		default = "config@1";
-		config@1 {
+		default = "config-1";
+		config-1 {
 			description = "Boot U-Boot";
-			kernel = "kernel@1";
-			fdt = "fdt@1";
+			kernel = "kernel";
+			fdt = "fdt-1";
 		};
 	};
 };
diff --git a/doc/uImage.FIT/beaglebone_vboot.txt b/doc/uImage.FIT/beaglebone_vboot.txt
index b4ab285..f1862c2 100644
--- a/doc/uImage.FIT/beaglebone_vboot.txt
+++ b/doc/uImage.FIT/beaglebone_vboot.txt
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
 	#address-cells = <1>;
 
 	images {
-		kernel@1 {
+		kernel {
 			data = /incbin/("Image.lzo");
 			type = "kernel";
 			arch = "arm";
@@ -138,27 +138,27 @@
 			compression = "lzo";
 			load = <0x80008000>;
 			entry = <0x80008000>;
-			hash@1 {
+			hash-1 {
 				algo = "sha1";
 			};
 		};
-		fdt@1 {
+		fdt-1 {
 			description = "beaglebone-black";
 			data = /incbin/("am335x-boneblack.dtb");
 			type = "flat_dt";
 			arch = "arm";
 			compression = "none";
-			hash@1 {
+			hash-1 {
 				algo = "sha1";
 			};
 		};
 	};
 	configurations {
-		default = "conf@1";
-		conf@1 {
-			kernel = "kernel@1";
-			fdt = "fdt@1";
-			signature@1 {
+		default = "conf-1";
+		conf-1 {
+			kernel = "kernel";
+			fdt = "fdt-1";
+			signature-1 {
 				algo = "sha1,rsa2048";
 				key-name-hint = "dev";
 				sign-images = "fdt", "kernel";
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@
 
 FIT description: Beaglebone black
 Created:         Sun Jun  1 12:50:30 2014
- Image 0 (kernel@1)
+ Image 0 (kernel)
   Description:  unavailable
   Created:      Sun Jun  1 12:50:30 2014
   Type:         Kernel Image
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@
   Entry Point:  0x80008000
   Hash algo:    sha1
   Hash value:   c94364646427e10f423837e559898ef02c97b988
- Image 1 (fdt@1)
+ Image 1 (fdt-1)
   Description:  beaglebone-black
   Created:      Sun Jun  1 12:50:30 2014
   Type:         Flat Device Tree
@@ -232,11 +232,11 @@
   Architecture: ARM
   Hash algo:    sha1
   Hash value:   cb09202f889d824f23b8e4404b781be5ad38a68d
- Default Configuration: 'conf@1'
- Configuration 0 (conf@1)
+ Default Configuration: 'conf-1'
+ Configuration 0 (conf-1)
   Description:  unavailable
-  Kernel:       kernel@1
-  FDT:          fdt@1
+  Kernel:       kernel
+  FDT:          fdt-1
 
 
 Now am335x-boneblack-pubkey.dtb contains the public key and image.fit contains
@@ -251,12 +251,12 @@
 
 Verifying Hash Integrity ... sha1,rsa2048:dev+
 ## Loading kernel from FIT Image at 7fc6ee469000 ...
-   Using 'conf@1' configuration
+   Using 'conf-1' configuration
    Verifying Hash Integrity ...
 sha1,rsa2048:dev+
 OK
 
-   Trying 'kernel@1' kernel subimage
+   Trying 'kernel' kernel subimage
      Description:  unavailable
      Created:      Sun Jun  1 12:50:30 2014
      Type:         Kernel Image
@@ -274,8 +274,8 @@
 
 Unimplemented compression type 4
 ## Loading fdt from FIT Image at 7fc6ee469000 ...
-   Using 'conf@1' configuration
-   Trying 'fdt@1' fdt subimage
+   Using 'conf-1' configuration
+   Trying 'fdt-1' fdt subimage
      Description:  beaglebone-black
      Created:      Sun Jun  1 12:50:30 2014
      Type:         Flat Device Tree
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@
    Loading Flat Device Tree ... OK
 
 ## Loading ramdisk from FIT Image at 7fc6ee469000 ...
-   Using 'conf@1' configuration
+   Using 'conf-1' configuration
 Could not find subimage node
 
 Signature check OK
@@ -313,8 +313,8 @@
 But it is fun to do this by hand, so you can load image.fit into a hex editor
 like ghex, and change a byte in the kernel:
 
-   $UOUT/tools/fit_info -f image.fit -n /images/kernel@1 -p data
-NAME: kernel@1
+   $UOUT/tools/fit_info -f image.fit -n /images/kernel -p data
+NAME: kernel
 LEN: 7790938
 OFF: 168
 
@@ -324,12 +324,12 @@
 
 Verifying Hash Integrity ... sha1,rsa2048:dev+
 ## Loading kernel from FIT Image at 7f5a39571000 ...
-   Using 'conf@1' configuration
+   Using 'conf-1' configuration
    Verifying Hash Integrity ...
 sha1,rsa2048:dev+
 OK
 
-   Trying 'kernel@1' kernel subimage
+   Trying 'kernel' kernel subimage
      Description:  unavailable
      Created:      Sun Jun  1 13:09:21 2014
      Type:         Kernel Image
@@ -343,12 +343,12 @@
      Hash value:   c94364646427e10f423837e559898ef02c97b988
    Verifying Hash Integrity ...
 sha1 error
-Bad hash value for 'hash@1' hash node in 'kernel@1' image node
+Bad hash value for 'hash-1' hash node in 'kernel' image node
 Bad Data Hash
 
 ## Loading fdt from FIT Image at 7f5a39571000 ...
-   Using 'conf@1' configuration
-   Trying 'fdt@1' fdt subimage
+   Using 'conf-1' configuration
+   Trying 'fdt-1' fdt subimage
      Description:  beaglebone-black
      Created:      Sun Jun  1 13:09:21 2014
      Type:         Flat Device Tree
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@
    Loading Flat Device Tree ... OK
 
 ## Loading ramdisk from FIT Image at 7f5a39571000 ...
-   Using 'conf@1' configuration
+   Using 'conf-1' configuration
 Could not find subimage node
 
 Signature check Bad (error 1)
@@ -386,11 +386,11 @@
 configurations
 
    fdtget -l image.fit /configurations
-conf@1
-fdtget -l image.fit /configurations/conf@1
-signature@1
+conf-1
+fdtget -l image.fit /configurations/conf-1
+signature-1
 
-   fdtget -p image.fit /configurations/conf@1/signature@1
+   fdtget -p image.fit /configurations/conf-1/signature-1
 hashed-strings
 hashed-nodes
 timestamp
@@ -401,20 +401,20 @@
 key-name-hint
 sign-images
 
-   fdtget image.fit /configurations/conf@1/signature@1 hashed-nodes
-/ /configurations/conf@1 /images/fdt@1 /images/fdt@1/hash@1 /images/kernel@1 /images/kernel@1/hash@1
+   fdtget image.fit /configurations/conf-1/signature-1 hashed-nodes
+/ /configurations/conf-1 /images/fdt-1 /images/fdt-1/hash /images/kernel /images/kernel/hash-1
 
 This gives us a bit of a look into the signature that mkimage added. Note you
 can also use fdtdump to list the entire device tree.
 
 Say we want to change the kernel that this configuration uses
-(/images/kernel@1). We could just put a new kernel in the image, but we will
+(/images/kernel). We could just put a new kernel in the image, but we will
 need to change the hash to match. Let's simulate that by changing a byte of
 the hash:
 
-    fdtget -tx image.fit /images/kernel@1/hash@1 value
+    fdtget -tx image.fit /images/kernel/hash-1 value
 c9436464 6427e10f 423837e5 59898ef0 2c97b988
-    fdtput -tx image.fit /images/kernel@1/hash@1 value c9436464 6427e10f 423837e5 59898ef0 2c97b981
+    fdtput -tx image.fit /images/kernel/hash-1 value c9436464 6427e10f 423837e5 59898ef0 2c97b981
 
 Now check it again:
 
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@
 configuration in any way. Try it with a fresh (valid) image if you like by
 running the mkimage link again. Then:
 
-   fdtput -p image.fit /configurations/conf@1/signature@2 value fred
+   fdtput -p image.fit /configurations/conf-1/signature-1 value fred
    $UOUT/tools/fit_check_sign -f image.fit -k am335x-boneblack-pubkey.dtb
 Verifying Hash Integrity ... -
 sha1,rsa2048:devrsa_verify_with_keynode: RSA failed to verify: -13
@@ -521,9 +521,9 @@
 7824930 bytes read in 589 ms (12.7 MiB/s)
 U-Boot# bootm 82000000
 ## Loading kernel from FIT Image at 82000000 ...
-   Using 'conf@1' configuration
+   Using 'conf-1' configuration
    Verifying Hash Integrity ... sha1,rsa2048:dev+ OK
-   Trying 'kernel@1' kernel subimage
+   Trying 'kernel' kernel subimage
      Description:  unavailable
      Created:      2014-06-01  19:32:54 UTC
      Type:         Kernel Image
@@ -538,8 +538,8 @@
      Hash value:   c94364646427e10f423837e559898ef02c97b988
    Verifying Hash Integrity ... sha1+ OK
 ## Loading fdt from FIT Image at 82000000 ...
-   Using 'conf@1' configuration
-   Trying 'fdt@1' fdt subimage
+   Using 'conf-1' configuration
+   Trying 'fdt-1' fdt subimage
      Description:  beaglebone-black
      Created:      2014-06-01  19:32:54 UTC
      Type:         Flat Device Tree
diff --git a/doc/uImage.FIT/command_syntax_extensions.txt b/doc/uImage.FIT/command_syntax_extensions.txt
index 676f992..6a99089 100644
--- a/doc/uImage.FIT/command_syntax_extensions.txt
+++ b/doc/uImage.FIT/command_syntax_extensions.txt
@@ -138,31 +138,31 @@
 
 Examples:
 
-- boot kernel "kernel@1" stored in a new uImage located at 200000:
-bootm 200000:kernel@1
+- boot kernel "kernel-1" stored in a new uImage located at 200000:
+bootm 200000:kernel-1
 
-- boot configuration "cfg@1" from a new uImage located at 200000:
-bootm 200000#cfg@1
+- boot configuration "cfg-1" from a new uImage located at 200000:
+bootm 200000#cfg-1
 
-- boot configuration "cfg@1" with extra "cfg@2" from a new uImage located
+- boot configuration "cfg-1" with extra "cfg-2" from a new uImage located
   at 200000:
-bootm 200000#cfg@1#cfg@2
+bootm 200000#cfg-1#cfg-2
 
-- boot "kernel@1" from a new uImage at 200000 with initrd "ramdisk@2" found in
+- boot "kernel-1" from a new uImage at 200000 with initrd "ramdisk-2" found in
   some other new uImage stored at address 800000:
-bootm 200000:kernel@1 800000:ramdisk@2
+bootm 200000:kernel-1 800000:ramdisk-2
 
-- boot "kernel@2" from a new uImage at 200000, with initrd "ramdisk@1" and FDT
-  "fdt@1", both stored in some other new uImage located at 800000:
-bootm 200000:kernel@1 800000:ramdisk@1 800000:fdt@1
+- boot "kernel-2" from a new uImage at 200000, with initrd "ramdisk-1" and FDT
+  "fdt-1", both stored in some other new uImage located at 800000:
+bootm 200000:kernel-1 800000:ramdisk-1 800000:fdt-1
 
-- boot kernel "kernel@2" with initrd "ramdisk@2", both stored in a new uImage
+- boot kernel "kernel-2" with initrd "ramdisk-2", both stored in a new uImage
   at address 200000, with a raw FDT blob stored at address 600000:
-bootm 200000:kernel@2 200000:ramdisk@2 600000
+bootm 200000:kernel-2 200000:ramdisk-2 600000
 
-- boot kernel "kernel@2" from new uImage at 200000 with FDT "fdt@1" from the
+- boot kernel "kernel-2" from new uImage at 200000 with FDT "fdt-1" from the
   same new uImage:
-bootm 200000:kernel@2 - 200000:fdt@1
+bootm 200000:kernel-2 - 200000:fdt-1
 
 
 Note on current image address
@@ -186,16 +186,16 @@
 commands:
 
 tftp 200000 /tftpboot/uImage
-bootm :kernel@1
+bootm :kernel-1
 Last command is equivalent to:
-bootm 200000:kernel@1
+bootm 200000:kernel-1
 
 tftp 200000 /tftpboot/uImage
-bootm 400000:kernel@1 :ramdisk@1
+bootm 400000:kernel-1 :ramdisk-1
 Last command is equivalent to:
-bootm 400000:kernel@1 400000:ramdisk@1
+bootm 400000:kernel-1 400000:ramdisk-1
 
 tftp 200000 /tftpboot/uImage
-bootm :kernel@1 400000:ramdisk@1 :fdt@1
+bootm :kernel-1 400000:ramdisk-1 :fdt-1
 Last command is equivalent to:
-bootm 200000:kernel@1 400000:ramdisk@1 400000:fdt@1
+bootm 200000:kernel-1 400000:ramdisk-1 400000:fdt-1
diff --git a/doc/uImage.FIT/howto.txt b/doc/uImage.FIT/howto.txt
index 2988a52..8592719 100644
--- a/doc/uImage.FIT/howto.txt
+++ b/doc/uImage.FIT/howto.txt
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
 $ mkimage -l kernel.itb
 FIT description: Simple image with single Linux kernel
 Created:	 Tue Mar 11 17:26:15 2008
- Image 0 (kernel@1)
+ Image 0 (kernel)
   Description:	Vanilla Linux kernel
   Type:		Kernel Image
   Compression:	gzip compressed
@@ -99,10 +99,10 @@
   Hash value:	2ae2bb40
   Hash algo:	sha1
   Hash value:	3c200f34e2c226ddc789240cca0c59fc54a67cf4
- Default Configuration: 'config@1'
- Configuration 0 (config@1)
+ Default Configuration: 'config-1'
+ Configuration 0 (config-1)
   Description:	Boot Linux kernel
-  Kernel:	kernel@1
+  Kernel:	kernel
 
 
 The resulting image file kernel.itb can be now transferred to the target,
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
    FIT image found
    FIT description: Simple image with single Linux kernel
    Created:	    2008-03-11	16:26:15 UTC
-    Image 0 (kernel@1)
+    Image 0 (kernel)
      Description:  Vanilla Linux kernel
      Type:	   Kernel Image
      Compression:  gzip compressed
@@ -144,15 +144,15 @@
      Hash value:   2ae2bb40
      Hash algo:    sha1
      Hash value:   3c200f34e2c226ddc789240cca0c59fc54a67cf4
-    Default Configuration: 'config@1'
-    Configuration 0 (config@1)
+    Default Configuration: 'config-1'
+    Configuration 0 (config-1)
      Description:  Boot Linux kernel
-     Kernel:	   kernel@1
+     Kernel:	   kernel
 
 => bootm
 ## Booting kernel from FIT Image at 00900000 ...
-   Using 'config@1' configuration
-   Trying 'kernel@1' kernel subimage
+   Using 'config-1' configuration
+   Trying 'kernel' kernel subimage
      Description:  Vanilla Linux kernel
      Type:	   Kernel Image
      Compression:  gzip compressed
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@
 $ mkimage -l kernel_fdt.itb
 FIT description: Simple image with single Linux kernel and FDT blob
 Created:	 Tue Mar 11 16:29:22 2008
- Image 0 (kernel@1)
+ Image 0 (kernel)
   Description:	Vanilla Linux kernel
   Type:		Kernel Image
   Compression:	gzip compressed
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@
   Hash value:	2c0cc807
   Hash algo:	sha1
   Hash value:	264b59935470e42c418744f83935d44cdf59a3bb
- Image 1 (fdt@1)
+ Image 1 (fdt-1)
   Description:	Flattened Device Tree blob
   Type:		Flat Device Tree
   Compression:	uncompressed
@@ -219,11 +219,11 @@
   Hash value:	0d655d71
   Hash algo:	sha1
   Hash value:	25ab4e15cd4b8a5144610394560d9c318ce52def
- Default Configuration: 'conf@1'
- Configuration 0 (conf@1)
+ Default Configuration: 'conf-1'
+ Configuration 0 (conf-1)
   Description:	Boot Linux kernel with FDT blob
-  Kernel:	kernel@1
-  FDT:		fdt@1
+  Kernel:	kernel
+  FDT:		fdt-1
 
 
 The resulting image file kernel_fdt.itb can be now transferred to the target,
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@
    FIT image found
    FIT description: Simple image with single Linux kernel and FDT blob
    Created:	    2008-03-11	15:29:22 UTC
-    Image 0 (kernel@1)
+    Image 0 (kernel)
      Description:  Vanilla Linux kernel
      Type:	   Kernel Image
      Compression:  gzip compressed
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@
      Hash value:   2c0cc807
      Hash algo:    sha1
      Hash value:   264b59935470e42c418744f83935d44cdf59a3bb
-    Image 1 (fdt@1)
+    Image 1 (fdt-1)
      Description:  Flattened Device Tree blob
      Type:	   Flat Device Tree
      Compression:  uncompressed
@@ -270,15 +270,15 @@
      Hash value:   0d655d71
      Hash algo:    sha1
      Hash value:   25ab4e15cd4b8a5144610394560d9c318ce52def
-    Default Configuration: 'conf@1'
-    Configuration 0 (conf@1)
+    Default Configuration: 'conf-1'
+    Configuration 0 (conf-1)
      Description:  Boot Linux kernel with FDT blob
-     Kernel:	   kernel@1
-     FDT:	   fdt@1
+     Kernel:	   kernel
+     FDT:	   fdt-1
 => bootm
 ## Booting kernel from FIT Image at 00900000 ...
-   Using 'conf@1' configuration
-   Trying 'kernel@1' kernel subimage
+   Using 'conf-1' configuration
+   Trying 'kernel' kernel subimage
      Description:  Vanilla Linux kernel
      Type:	   Kernel Image
      Compression:  gzip compressed
@@ -295,8 +295,8 @@
    Verifying Hash Integrity ... crc32+ sha1+ OK
    Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
 ## Flattened Device Tree from FIT Image at 00900000
-   Using 'conf@1' configuration
-   Trying 'fdt@1' FDT blob subimage
+   Using 'conf-1' configuration
+   Trying 'fdt-1' FDT blob subimage
      Description:  Flattened Device Tree blob
      Type:	   Flat Device Tree
      Compression:  uncompressed
diff --git a/doc/uImage.FIT/kernel.its b/doc/uImage.FIT/kernel.its
index 0aaf47e..77ddf62 100644
--- a/doc/uImage.FIT/kernel.its
+++ b/doc/uImage.FIT/kernel.its
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 	#address-cells = <1>;
 
 	images {
-		kernel@1 {
+		kernel {
 			description = "Vanilla Linux kernel";
 			data = /incbin/("./vmlinux.bin.gz");
 			type = "kernel";
@@ -18,20 +18,20 @@
 			compression = "gzip";
 			load = <00000000>;
 			entry = <00000000>;
-			hash@1 {
+			hash-1 {
 				algo = "crc32";
 			};
-			hash@2 {
+			hash-2 {
 				algo = "sha1";
 			};
 		};
 	};
 
 	configurations {
-		default = "config@1";
-		config@1 {
+		default = "config-1";
+		config-1 {
 			description = "Boot Linux kernel";
-			kernel = "kernel@1";
+			kernel = "kernel";
 		};
 	};
 };
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 	#address-cells = <1>;
 
 	images {
-		kernel@1 {
+		kernel {
 			description = "Vanilla Linux kernel";
 			data = /incbin/("./image.bin.lzo");
 			type = "kernel";
@@ -56,12 +56,12 @@
 			compression = "lzo";
 			load = <0x01000000>;
 			entry = <0x00000000>;
-			hash@2 {
+			hash-2 {
 				algo = "sha1";
 			};
 		};
 
-		setup@1 {
+		setup {
 			description = "Linux setup.bin";
 			data = /incbin/("./setup.bin");
 			type = "x86_setup";
@@ -70,18 +70,18 @@
 			compression = "none";
 			load = <0x00090000>;
 			entry = <0x00090000>;
-			hash@2 {
+			hash-2 {
 				algo = "sha1";
 			};
 		};
 	};
 
 	configurations {
-		default = "config@1";
-		config@1 {
+		default = "config-1";
+		config-1 {
 			description = "Boot Linux kernel";
-			kernel = "kernel@1";
-			setup = "setup@1";
+			kernel = "kernel";
+			setup = "setup";
 		};
 	};
 };
diff --git a/doc/uImage.FIT/kernel_fdt.its b/doc/uImage.FIT/kernel_fdt.its
index 7c52148..000d85b 100644
--- a/doc/uImage.FIT/kernel_fdt.its
+++ b/doc/uImage.FIT/kernel_fdt.its
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 	#address-cells = <1>;
 
 	images {
-		kernel@1 {
+		kernel {
 			description = "Vanilla Linux kernel";
 			data = /incbin/("./vmlinux.bin.gz");
 			type = "kernel";
@@ -18,34 +18,34 @@
 			compression = "gzip";
 			load = <00000000>;
 			entry = <00000000>;
-			hash@1 {
+			hash-1 {
 				algo = "crc32";
 			};
-			hash@2 {
+			hash-2 {
 				algo = "sha1";
 			};
 		};
-		fdt@1 {
+		fdt-1 {
 			description = "Flattened Device Tree blob";
 			data = /incbin/("./target.dtb");
 			type = "flat_dt";
 			arch = "ppc";
 			compression = "none";
-			hash@1 {
+			hash-1 {
 				algo = "crc32";
 			};
-			hash@2 {
+			hash-2 {
 				algo = "sha1";
 			};
 		};
 	};
 
 	configurations {
-		default = "conf@1";
-		conf@1 {
+		default = "conf-1";
+		conf-1 {
 			description = "Boot Linux kernel with FDT blob";
-			kernel = "kernel@1";
-			fdt = "fdt@1";
+			kernel = "kernel";
+			fdt = "fdt-1";
 		};
 	};
 };
diff --git a/doc/uImage.FIT/multi-with-fpga.its b/doc/uImage.FIT/multi-with-fpga.its
index 0cdb31f..47ee576 100644
--- a/doc/uImage.FIT/multi-with-fpga.its
+++ b/doc/uImage.FIT/multi-with-fpga.its
@@ -10,31 +10,31 @@
 	#address-cells = <1>;
 
 	images {
-		fdt@1 {
+		fdt-1 {
 			description = "zc706";
 			data = /incbin/("/tftpboot/devicetree.dtb");
 			type = "flat_dt";
 			arch = "arm";
 			compression = "none";
 			load = <0x10000000>;
-			hash@1 {
+			hash-1 {
 				algo = "md5";
 			};
 		};
 
-		fpga@1 {
+		fpga {
 			description = "FPGA";
 			data = /incbin/("/tftpboot/download.bit");
 			type = "fpga";
 			arch = "arm";
 			compression = "none";
 			load = <0x30000000>;
-			hash@1 {
+			hash-1 {
 				algo = "md5";
 			};
 		};
 
-		linux_kernel@1 {
+		linux_kernel {
 			description = "Linux";
 			data = /incbin/("/tftpboot/zImage");
 			type = "kernel";
@@ -43,25 +43,25 @@
 			compression = "none";
 			load = <0x8000>;
 			entry = <0x8000>;
-			hash@1 {
+			hash-1 {
 				algo = "md5";
 			};
 		};
 	};
 
 	configurations {
-		default = "config@2";
-		config@1 {
+		default = "config-2";
+		config-1 {
 			description = "Linux";
-			kernel = "linux_kernel@1";
-			fdt = "fdt@1";
+			kernel = "linux_kernel";
+			fdt = "fdt-1";
 		};
 
-		config@2 {
+		config-2 {
 			description = "Linux with fpga";
-			kernel = "linux_kernel@1";
-			fdt = "fdt@1";
-			fpga = "fpga@1";
+			kernel = "linux_kernel";
+			fdt = "fdt-1";
+			fpga = "fpga";
 		};
 	};
 };
diff --git a/doc/uImage.FIT/multi-with-loadables.its b/doc/uImage.FIT/multi-with-loadables.its
index a8545d2..4d4909f 100644
--- a/doc/uImage.FIT/multi-with-loadables.its
+++ b/doc/uImage.FIT/multi-with-loadables.its
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	#address-cells = <1>;
 
 	images {
-		xen_kernel@1 {
+		xen_kernel {
 			description = "xen binary";
 			data = /incbin/("./xen");
 			type = "kernel";
@@ -19,36 +19,36 @@
 			compression = "none";
 			load = <0xa0000000>;
 			entry = <0xa0000000>;
-			hash@1 {
+			hash-1 {
 				algo = "md5";
 			};
 		};
 
-		fdt@1 {
+		fdt-1 {
 			description = "xexpress-ca15 tree blob";
 			data = /incbin/("./vexpress-v2p-ca15-tc1.dtb");
 			type = "flat_dt";
 			arch = "arm";
 			compression = "none";
 			load = <0xb0000000>;
-			hash@1 {
+			hash-1 {
 				algo = "md5";
 			};
 		};
 
-		fdt@2 {
+		fdt-2 {
 			description = "xexpress-ca15 tree blob";
 			data = /incbin/("./vexpress-v2p-ca15-tc1.dtb");
 			type = "flat_dt";
 			arch = "arm";
 			compression = "none";
 			load = <0xb0400000>;
-			hash@1 {
+			hash-1 {
 				algo = "md5";
 			};
 		};
 
-		linux_kernel@1 {
+		linux_kernel {
 			description = "Linux Image";
 			data = /incbin/("./Image");
 			type = "kernel";
@@ -57,33 +57,33 @@
 			compression = "none";
 			load = <0xa0000000>;
 			entry = <0xa0000000>;
-			hash@1 {
+			hash-1 {
 				algo = "md5";
 			};
 		};
 	};
 
 	configurations {
-		default = "config@2";
+		default = "config-2";
 
-		config@1 {
+		config-1 {
 			description = "Just plain Linux";
-			kernel = "linux_kernel@1";
-			fdt = "fdt@1";
+			kernel = "linux_kernel";
+			fdt = "fdt-1";
 		};
 
-		config@2 {
+		config-2 {
 			description = "Xen one loadable";
-			kernel = "xen_kernel@1";
-			fdt = "fdt@1";
-			loadables = "linux_kernel@1";
+			kernel = "xen_kernel";
+			fdt = "fdt-1";
+			loadables = "linux_kernel";
 		};
 
-		config@3 {
+		config-3 {
 			description = "Xen two loadables";
-			kernel = "xen_kernel@1";
-			fdt = "fdt@1";
-			loadables = "linux_kernel@1", "fdt@2";
+			kernel = "xen_kernel";
+			fdt = "fdt-1";
+			loadables = "linux_kernel", "fdt-2";
 		};
 	};
 };
diff --git a/doc/uImage.FIT/multi.its b/doc/uImage.FIT/multi.its
index 37369ec..26c8dad 100644
--- a/doc/uImage.FIT/multi.its
+++ b/doc/uImage.FIT/multi.its
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 	#address-cells = <1>;
 
 	images {
-		kernel@1 {
+		kernel-1 {
 			description = "vanilla-2.6.23";
 			data = /incbin/("./vmlinux.bin.gz");
 			type = "kernel";
@@ -18,15 +18,15 @@
 			compression = "gzip";
 			load = <00000000>;
 			entry = <00000000>;
-			hash@1 {
+			hash-1 {
 				algo = "md5";
 			};
-			hash@2 {
+			hash-2 {
 				algo = "sha1";
 			};
 		};
 
-		kernel@2 {
+		kernel-2 {
 			description = "2.6.23-denx";
 			data = /incbin/("./2.6.23-denx.bin.gz");
 			type = "kernel";
@@ -35,12 +35,12 @@
 			compression = "gzip";
 			load = <00000000>;
 			entry = <00000000>;
-			hash@1 {
+			hash-1 {
 				algo = "sha1";
 			};
 		};
 
-		kernel@3 {
+		kernel-3 {
 			description = "2.4.25-denx";
 			data = /incbin/("./2.4.25-denx.bin.gz");
 			type = "kernel";
@@ -49,12 +49,12 @@
 			compression = "gzip";
 			load = <00000000>;
 			entry = <00000000>;
-			hash@1 {
+			hash-1 {
 				algo = "md5";
 			};
 		};
 
-		ramdisk@1 {
+		ramdisk-1 {
 			description = "eldk-4.2-ramdisk";
 			data = /incbin/("./eldk-4.2-ramdisk");
 			type = "ramdisk";
@@ -63,12 +63,12 @@
 			compression = "gzip";
 			load = <00000000>;
 			entry = <00000000>;
-			hash@1 {
+			hash-1 {
 				algo = "sha1";
 			};
 		};
 
-		ramdisk@2 {
+		ramdisk-2 {
 			description = "eldk-3.1-ramdisk";
 			data = /incbin/("./eldk-3.1-ramdisk");
 			type = "ramdisk";
@@ -77,30 +77,30 @@
 			compression = "gzip";
 			load = <00000000>;
 			entry = <00000000>;
-			hash@1 {
+			hash-1 {
 				algo = "crc32";
 			};
 		};
 
-		fdt@1 {
+		fdt-1 {
 			description = "tqm5200-fdt";
 			data = /incbin/("./tqm5200.dtb");
 			type = "flat_dt";
 			arch = "ppc";
 			compression = "none";
-			hash@1 {
+			hash-1 {
 				algo = "crc32";
 			};
 		};
 
-		fdt@2 {
+		fdt-2 {
 			description = "tqm5200s-fdt";
 			data = /incbin/("./tqm5200s.dtb");
 			type = "flat_dt";
 			arch = "ppc";
 			compression = "none";
 			load = <00700000>;
-			hash@1 {
+			hash-1 {
 				algo = "sha1";
 			};
 		};
@@ -108,26 +108,26 @@
 	};
 
 	configurations {
-		default = "config@1";
+		default = "config-1";
 
-		config@1 {
+		config-1 {
 			description = "tqm5200 vanilla-2.6.23 configuration";
-			kernel = "kernel@1";
-			ramdisk = "ramdisk@1";
-			fdt = "fdt@1";
+			kernel = "kernel-1";
+			ramdisk = "ramdisk-1";
+			fdt = "fdt-1";
 		};
 
-		config@2 {
+		config-2 {
 			description = "tqm5200s denx-2.6.23 configuration";
-			kernel = "kernel@2";
-			ramdisk = "ramdisk@1";
-			fdt = "fdt@2";
+			kernel = "kernel-2";
+			ramdisk = "ramdisk-1";
+			fdt = "fdt-2";
 		};
 
-		config@3 {
+		config-3 {
 			description = "tqm5200s denx-2.4.25 configuration";
-			kernel = "kernel@3";
-			ramdisk = "ramdisk@2";
+			kernel = "kernel-3";
+			ramdisk = "ramdisk-2";
 		};
 	};
 };
diff --git a/doc/uImage.FIT/multi_spl.its b/doc/uImage.FIT/multi_spl.its
index d43563d..5942199 100644
--- a/doc/uImage.FIT/multi_spl.its
+++ b/doc/uImage.FIT/multi_spl.its
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 			load = <0x40000>;
 		};
 
-		fdt@1 {
+		fdt-1 {
 			description = "Pine64+ DT";
 			type = "flat_dt";
 			compression = "none";
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 			arch = "arm64";
 		};
 
-		fdt@2 {
+		fdt-2 {
 			description = "Pine64 DT";
 			type = "flat_dt";
 			compression = "none";
@@ -79,18 +79,18 @@
 	};
 
 	configurations {
-		default = "config@1";
+		default = "config-1";
 
-		config@1 {
+		config-1 {
 			description = "sun50i-a64-pine64-plus";
 			loadables = "uboot", "atf", "kernel", "initrd";
-			fdt = "fdt@1";
+			fdt = "fdt-1";
 		};
 
-		config@2 {
+		config-2 {
 			description = "sun50i-a64-pine64";
 			loadables = "uboot", "atf", "mgmt-firmware";
-			fdt = "fdt@2";
+			fdt = "fdt-2";
 		};
 	};
 };
diff --git a/doc/uImage.FIT/overlay-fdt-boot.txt b/doc/uImage.FIT/overlay-fdt-boot.txt
index 63e47da..dddc4db 100644
--- a/doc/uImage.FIT/overlay-fdt-boot.txt
+++ b/doc/uImage.FIT/overlay-fdt-boot.txt
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 	/dts-v1/;
 	/ {
 		images {
-			kernel@1 {
+			kernel {
 				data = /incbin/("./zImage");
 				type = "kernel";
 				arch = "arm";
@@ -32,32 +32,32 @@
 				load = <0x82000000>;
 				entry = <0x82000000>;
 			};
-			fdt@1 {
+			fdt-1 {
 				data = /incbin/("./foo-reva.dtb");
 				type = "flat_dt";
 				arch = "arm";
 			};
-			fdt@2 {
+			fdt-2 {
 				data = /incbin/("./foo-revb.dtb");
 				type = "flat_dt";
 				arch = "arm";
 			};
-			fdt@3 {
+			fdt-3 {
 				data = /incbin/("./foo-reva-bar.dtb");
 				type = "flat_dt";
 				arch = "arm";
 			};
-			fdt@4 {
+			fdt-4 {
 				data = /incbin/("./foo-revb-bar.dtb");
 				type = "flat_dt";
 				arch = "arm";
 			};
-			fdt@5 {
+			fdt-5 {
 				data = /incbin/("./foo-revb-baz.dtb");
 				type = "flat_dt";
 				arch = "arm";
 			};
-			fdt@6 {
+			fdt-6 {
 				data = /incbin/("./foo-revb-bar-baz.dtb");
 				type = "flat_dt";
 				arch = "arm";
@@ -67,28 +67,28 @@
 		configurations {
 			default = "foo-reva.dtb;
 			foo-reva.dtb {
-				kernel = "kernel@1";
-				fdt = "fdt@1";
+				kernel = "kernel";
+				fdt = "fdt-1";
 			};
 			foo-revb.dtb {
-				kernel = "kernel@1";
-				fdt = "fdt@2";
+				kernel = "kernel";
+				fdt = "fdt-2";
 			};
 			foo-reva-bar.dtb {
-				kernel = "kernel@1";
-				fdt = "fdt@3";
+				kernel = "kernel";
+				fdt = "fdt-3";
 			};
 			foo-revb-bar.dtb {
-				kernel = "kernel@1";
-				fdt = "fdt@4";
+				kernel = "kernel";
+				fdt = "fdt-4";
 			};
 			foo-revb-baz.dtb {
-				kernel = "kernel@1";
-				fdt = "fdt@5";
+				kernel = "kernel";
+				fdt = "fdt-5";
 			};
 			foo-revb-bar-baz.dtb {
-				kernel = "kernel@1";
-				fdt = "fdt@6";
+				kernel = "kernel";
+				fdt = "fdt-6";
 			};
 		};
 	};
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
 	/dts-v1/;
 	/ {
 		images {
-			kernel@1 {
+			kernel {
 				data = /incbin/("./zImage");
 				type = "kernel";
 				arch = "arm";
@@ -125,31 +125,31 @@
 				load = <0x82000000>;
 				entry = <0x82000000>;
 			};
-			fdt@1 {
+			fdt-1 {
 				data = /incbin/("./foo.dtb");
 				type = "flat_dt";
 				arch = "arm";
 				load = <0x87f00000>;
 			};
-			fdt@2 {
+			fdt-2 {
 				data = /incbin/("./reva.dtbo");
 				type = "flat_dt";
 				arch = "arm";
 				load = <0x87fc0000>;
 			};
-			fdt@3 {
+			fdt-3 {
 				data = /incbin/("./revb.dtbo");
 				type = "flat_dt";
 				arch = "arm";
 				load = <0x87fc0000>;
 			};
-			fdt@4 {
+			fdt-4 {
 				data = /incbin/("./bar.dtbo");
 				type = "flat_dt";
 				arch = "arm";
 				load = <0x87fc0000>;
 			};
-			fdt@5 {
+			fdt-5 {
 				data = /incbin/("./baz.dtbo");
 				type = "flat_dt";
 				arch = "arm";
@@ -160,34 +160,34 @@
 		configurations {
 			default = "foo-reva.dtb;
 			foo-reva.dtb {
-				kernel = "kernel@1";
-				fdt = "fdt@1", "fdt@2";
+				kernel = "kernel";
+				fdt = "fdt-1", "fdt-2";
 			};
 			foo-revb.dtb {
-				kernel = "kernel@1";
-				fdt = "fdt@1", "fdt@3";
+				kernel = "kernel";
+				fdt = "fdt-1", "fdt-3";
 			};
 			foo-reva-bar.dtb {
-				kernel = "kernel@1";
-				fdt = "fdt@1", "fdt@2", "fdt@4";
+				kernel = "kernel";
+				fdt = "fdt-1", "fdt-2", "fdt-4";
 			};
 			foo-revb-bar.dtb {
-				kernel = "kernel@1";
-				fdt = "fdt@1", "fdt@3", "fdt@4";
+				kernel = "kernel";
+				fdt = "fdt-1", "fdt-3", "fdt-4";
 			};
 			foo-revb-baz.dtb {
-				kernel = "kernel@1";
-				fdt = "fdt@1", "fdt@3", "fdt@5";
+				kernel = "kernel";
+				fdt = "fdt-1", "fdt-3", "fdt-5";
 			};
 			foo-revb-bar-baz.dtb {
-				kernel = "kernel@1";
-				fdt = "fdt@1", "fdt@3", "fdt@4", "fdt@5";
+				kernel = "kernel";
+				fdt = "fdt-1", "fdt-3", "fdt-4", "fdt-5";
 			};
 			bar {
-				fdt = "fdt@4";
+				fdt = "fdt-4";
 			};
 			baz {
-				fdt = "fdt@5";
+				fdt = "fdt-5";
 			};
 		};
 	};
diff --git a/doc/uImage.FIT/sign-configs.its b/doc/uImage.FIT/sign-configs.its
index 3c17f04..9e992c1 100644
--- a/doc/uImage.FIT/sign-configs.its
+++ b/doc/uImage.FIT/sign-configs.its
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	#address-cells = <1>;
 
 	images {
-		kernel@1 {
+		kernel {
 			data = /incbin/("test-kernel.bin");
 			type = "kernel_noload";
 			arch = "sandbox";
@@ -14,28 +14,28 @@
 			load = <0x4>;
 			entry = <0x8>;
 			kernel-version = <1>;
-			hash@1 {
+			hash-1 {
 				algo = "sha1";
 			};
 		};
-		fdt@1 {
+		fdt-1 {
 			description = "snow";
 			data = /incbin/("sandbox-kernel.dtb");
 			type = "flat_dt";
 			arch = "sandbox";
 			compression = "none";
 			fdt-version = <1>;
-			hash@1 {
+			hash-1 {
 				algo = "sha1";
 			};
 		};
 	};
 	configurations {
-		default = "conf@1";
-		conf@1 {
-			kernel = "kernel@1";
-			fdt = "fdt@1";
-			signature@1 {
+		default = "conf-1";
+		conf-1 {
+			kernel = "kernel";
+			fdt = "fdt-1";
+			signature {
 				algo = "sha1,rsa2048";
 				key-name-hint = "dev";
 				sign-images = "fdt", "kernel";
diff --git a/doc/uImage.FIT/sign-images.its b/doc/uImage.FIT/sign-images.its
index f69326a..18c759e 100644
--- a/doc/uImage.FIT/sign-images.its
+++ b/doc/uImage.FIT/sign-images.its
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	#address-cells = <1>;
 
 	images {
-		kernel@1 {
+		kernel {
 			data = /incbin/("test-kernel.bin");
 			type = "kernel_noload";
 			arch = "sandbox";
@@ -14,29 +14,29 @@
 			load = <0x4>;
 			entry = <0x8>;
 			kernel-version = <1>;
-			signature@1 {
+			signature {
 				algo = "sha1,rsa2048";
 				key-name-hint = "dev";
 			};
 		};
-		fdt@1 {
+		fdt-1 {
 			description = "snow";
 			data = /incbin/("sandbox-kernel.dtb");
 			type = "flat_dt";
 			arch = "sandbox";
 			compression = "none";
 			fdt-version = <1>;
-			signature@1 {
+			signature {
 				algo = "sha1,rsa2048";
 				key-name-hint = "dev";
 			};
 		};
 	};
 	configurations {
-		default = "conf@1";
-		conf@1 {
-			kernel = "kernel@1";
-			fdt = "fdt@1";
+		default = "conf-1";
+		conf-1 {
+			kernel = "kernel";
+			fdt = "fdt-1";
 		};
 	};
 };
diff --git a/doc/uImage.FIT/signature.txt b/doc/uImage.FIT/signature.txt
index 2ece4c4..a765722 100644
--- a/doc/uImage.FIT/signature.txt
+++ b/doc/uImage.FIT/signature.txt
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
 The following properties are required in the FIT's signature node(s) to
 allow the signer to operate. These should be added to the .its file.
 Signature nodes sit at the same level as hash nodes and are called
-signature@1, signature@2, etc.
+signature-1, signature-2, etc.
 
 - algo: Algorithm name (e.g. "sha1,rsa2048")
 
@@ -118,9 +118,9 @@
 - hashed-nodes: A list of nodes which were hashed by the signer. Each is
 	a string - the full path to node. A typical value might be:
 
-	hashed-nodes = "/", "/configurations/conf@1", "/images/kernel@1",
-		"/images/kernel@1/hash@1", "/images/fdt@1",
-		"/images/fdt@1/hash@1";
+	hashed-nodes = "/", "/configurations/conf-1", "/images/kernel",
+		"/images/kernel/hash-1", "/images/fdt-1",
+		"/images/fdt-1/hash-1";
 
 - hashed-strings: The start and size of the string region of the FIT that
 	was hashed
@@ -178,44 +178,44 @@
 
 / {
 	images {
-		kernel@1 {
+		kernel-1 {
 			data = <data for kernel1>
-			signature@1 {
+			signature-1 {
 				algo = "sha1,rsa2048";
 				value = <...kernel signature 1...>
 			};
 		};
-		kernel@2 {
+		kernel-2 {
 			data = <data for kernel2>
-			signature@1 {
+			signature-1 {
 				algo = "sha1,rsa2048";
 				value = <...kernel signature 2...>
 			};
 		};
-		fdt@1 {
+		fdt-1 {
 			data = <data for fdt1>;
-			signature@1 {
+			signature-1 {
 				algo = "sha1,rsa2048";
 				vaue = <...fdt signature 1...>
 			};
 		};
-		fdt@2 {
+		fdt-2 {
 			data = <data for fdt2>;
-			signature@1 {
+			signature-1 {
 				algo = "sha1,rsa2048";
 				vaue = <...fdt signature 2...>
 			};
 		};
 	};
 	configurations {
-		default = "conf@1";
-		conf@1 {
-			kernel = "kernel@1";
-			fdt = "fdt@1";
+		default = "conf-1";
+		conf-1 {
+			kernel = "kernel-1";
+			fdt = "fdt-1";
 		};
-		conf@1 {
-			kernel = "kernel@2";
-			fdt = "fdt@2";
+		conf-1 {
+			kernel = "kernel-2";
+			fdt = "fdt-2";
 		};
 	};
 };
@@ -224,18 +224,18 @@
 configuration 3 with kernel 1 and fdt 2:
 
 	configurations {
-		default = "conf@1";
-		conf@1 {
-			kernel = "kernel@1";
-			fdt = "fdt@1";
+		default = "conf-1";
+		conf-1 {
+			kernel = "kernel-1";
+			fdt = "fdt-1";
 		};
-		conf@1 {
-			kernel = "kernel@2";
-			fdt = "fdt@2";
+		conf-1 {
+			kernel = "kernel-2";
+			fdt = "fdt-2";
 		};
-		conf@3 {
-			kernel = "kernel@1";
-			fdt = "fdt@2";
+		conf-3 {
+			kernel = "kernel-1";
+			fdt = "fdt-2";
 		};
 	};
 
@@ -250,49 +250,49 @@
 
 / {
 	images {
-		kernel@1 {
+		kernel-1 {
 			data = <data for kernel1>
-			hash@1 {
+			hash-1 {
 				algo = "sha1";
 				value = <...kernel hash 1...>
 			};
 		};
-		kernel@2 {
+		kernel-2 {
 			data = <data for kernel2>
-			hash@1 {
+			hash-1 {
 				algo = "sha1";
 				value = <...kernel hash 2...>
 			};
 		};
-		fdt@1 {
+		fdt-1 {
 			data = <data for fdt1>;
-			hash@1 {
+			hash-1 {
 				algo = "sha1";
 				value = <...fdt hash 1...>
 			};
 		};
-		fdt@2 {
+		fdt-2 {
 			data = <data for fdt2>;
-			hash@1 {
+			hash-1 {
 				algo = "sha1";
 				value = <...fdt hash 2...>
 			};
 		};
 	};
 	configurations {
-		default = "conf@1";
-		conf@1 {
-			kernel = "kernel@1";
-			fdt = "fdt@1";
-			signature@1 {
+		default = "conf-1";
+		conf-1 {
+			kernel = "kernel-1";
+			fdt = "fdt-1";
+			signature-1 {
 				algo = "sha1,rsa2048";
 				value = <...conf 1 signature...>;
 			};
 		};
-		conf@2 {
-			kernel = "kernel@2";
-			fdt = "fdt@2";
-			signature@1 {
+		conf-2 {
+			kernel = "kernel-2";
+			fdt = "fdt-2";
+			signature-1 {
 				algo = "sha1,rsa2048";
 				value = <...conf 1 signature...>;
 			};
@@ -303,11 +303,11 @@
 
 You can see that we have added hashes for all images (since they are no
 longer signed), and a signature to each configuration. In the above example,
-mkimage will sign configurations/conf@1, the kernel and fdt that are
-pointed to by the configuration (/images/kernel@1, /images/kernel@1/hash@1,
-/images/fdt@1, /images/fdt@1/hash@1) and the root structure of the image
+mkimage will sign configurations/conf-1, the kernel and fdt that are
+pointed to by the configuration (/images/kernel-1, /images/kernel-1/hash-1,
+/images/fdt-1, /images/fdt-1/hash-1) and the root structure of the image
 (so that it isn't possible to add or remove root nodes). The signature is
-written into /configurations/conf@1/signature@1/value. It can easily be
+written into /configurations/conf-1/signature-1/value. It can easily be
 verified later even if the FIT has been signed with other keys in the
 meantime.
 
diff --git a/doc/uImage.FIT/source_file_format.txt b/doc/uImage.FIT/source_file_format.txt
index 88663a1..d2793a1 100644
--- a/doc/uImage.FIT/source_file_format.txt
+++ b/doc/uImage.FIT/source_file_format.txt
@@ -102,15 +102,15 @@
     |
     o images
     | |
-    | o image@1 {...}
-    | o image@2 {...}
+    | o image-1 {...}
+    | o image-2 {...}
     | ...
     |
     o configurations
-      |- default = "conf@1"
+      |- default = "conf-1"
       |
-      o conf@1 {...}
-      o conf@2 {...}
+      o conf-1 {...}
+      o conf-2 {...}
       ...
 
 
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
 This node is a container node for component sub-image nodes. Each sub-node of
 the '/images' node should have the following layout:
 
- o image@1
+ o image-1
    |- description = "component sub-image description"
    |- data = /incbin/("path/to/data/file.bin")
    |- type = "sub-image type name"
@@ -152,8 +152,8 @@
    |- load = <00000000>
    |- entry = <00000000>
    |
-   o hash@1 {...}
-   o hash@2 {...}
+   o hash-1 {...}
+   o hash-2 {...}
    ...
 
   Mandatory properties:
@@ -183,14 +183,14 @@
     property of the root node. Mandatory for types: "standalone" and "kernel".
 
   Optional nodes:
-  - hash@1 : Each hash sub-node represents separate hash or checksum
+  - hash-1 : Each hash sub-node represents separate hash or checksum
     calculated for node's data according to specified algorithm.
 
 
 5) Hash nodes
 -------------
 
-o hash@1
+o hash-1
   |- algo = "hash or checksum algorithm name"
   |- value = [hash or checksum value]
 
@@ -212,8 +212,8 @@
 o configurations
   |- default = "default configuration sub-node unit name"
   |
-  o config@1 {...}
-  o config@2 {...}
+  o config-1 {...}
+  o config-2 {...}
   ...
 
 
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@
 
 Each configuration has the following structure:
 
-o config@1
+o config-1
   |- description = "configuration description"
   |- kernel = "kernel sub-node unit name"
   |- ramdisk = "ramdisk sub-node unit name"
diff --git a/doc/uImage.FIT/update3.its b/doc/uImage.FIT/update3.its
index a6eaef6..0659f20 100644
--- a/doc/uImage.FIT/update3.its
+++ b/doc/uImage.FIT/update3.its
@@ -9,34 +9,34 @@
 	#address-cells = <1>;
 
 	images {
-		update@1 {
+		update-1 {
 			description = "Linux kernel binary";
 			data = /incbin/("./vmlinux.bin.gz");
 			compression = "none";
 			type = "firmware";
 			load = <FF700000>;
-			hash@1 {
+			hash-1 {
 				algo = "sha1";
 			};
 		};
-		update@2 {
+		update-2 {
 			description = "Ramdisk image";
 			data = /incbin/("./ramdisk_image.gz");
 			compression = "none";
 			type = "firmware";
 			load = <FF8E0000>;
-			hash@1 {
+			hash-1 {
 				algo = "sha1";
 			};
 		};
 
-		update@3 {
+		update-3 {
 			description = "FDT blob";
 			data = /incbin/("./blob.fdt");
 			compression = "none";
 			type = "firmware";
 			load = <FFAC0000>;
-			hash@1 {
+			hash-1 {
 				algo = "sha1";
 			};
 		};
diff --git a/doc/uImage.FIT/update_uboot.its b/doc/uImage.FIT/update_uboot.its
index 846723e..c2ac266 100644
--- a/doc/uImage.FIT/update_uboot.its
+++ b/doc/uImage.FIT/update_uboot.its
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@
 	#address-cells = <1>;
 
 	images {
-		update@1 {
+		update-1 {
 			description = "U-Boot binary";
 			data = /incbin/("./u-boot.bin");
 			compression = "none";
 			type = "firmware";
 			load = <FFFC0000>;
-			hash@1 {
+			hash-1 {
 				algo = "sha1";
 			};
 		};
diff --git a/doc/uImage.FIT/x86-fit-boot.txt b/doc/uImage.FIT/x86-fit-boot.txt
index 02238f9..88d3460 100644
--- a/doc/uImage.FIT/x86-fit-boot.txt
+++ b/doc/uImage.FIT/x86-fit-boot.txt
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@
 $ dumpimage -l image.fit
 FIT description: Simple image with single Linux kernel on x86
 Created:         Tue Oct  7 10:57:24 2014
- Image 0 (kernel@1)
+ Image 0 (kernel)
   Description:  Vanilla Linux kernel
   Created:      Tue Oct  7 10:57:24 2014
   Type:         Kernel Image
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@
   Entry Point:  0x00000000
   Hash algo:    sha1
   Hash value:   446b5163ebfe0fb6ee20cbb7a8501b263cd92392
- Image 1 (setup@1)
+ Image 1 (setup)
   Description:  Linux setup.bin
   Created:      Tue Oct  7 10:57:24 2014
   Type:         x86 setup.bin
@@ -217,10 +217,10 @@
   Data Size:    12912 Bytes = 12.61 kB = 0.01 MB
   Hash algo:    sha1
   Hash value:   a1f2099cf47ff9816236cd534c77af86e713faad
- Default Configuration: 'config@1'
- Configuration 0 (config@1)
+ Default Configuration: 'config-1'
+ Configuration 0 (config-1)
   Description:  Boot Linux kernel
-  Kernel:       kernel@1
+  Kernel:       kernel
 
 
 Booting the FIT
diff --git a/include/image.h b/include/image.h
index a41a836..b2b23a9 100644
--- a/include/image.h
+++ b/include/image.h
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@
  * boot_get_loadable() will take the given FIT configuration, and look
  * for a field named "loadables".  Loadables, is a list of elements in
  * the FIT given as strings.  exe:
- *   loadables = "linux_kernel@1", "fdt@2";
+ *   loadables = "linux_kernel", "fdt-2";
  * this function will attempt to parse each string, and load the
  * corresponding element from the FIT into memory.  Once placed,
  * no aditional actions are taken.
@@ -604,10 +604,10 @@
  * @param images	Boot images structure
  * @param addr		Address of FIT in memory
  * @param fit_unamep	On entry this is the requested image name
- *			(e.g. "kernel@1") or NULL to use the default. On exit
+ *			(e.g. "kernel") or NULL to use the default. On exit
  *			points to the selected image name
  * @param fit_uname_configp	On entry this is the requested configuration
- *			name (e.g. "conf@1") or NULL to use the default. On
+ *			name (e.g. "conf-1") or NULL to use the default. On
  *			exit points to the selected configuration name.
  * @param arch		Expected architecture (IH_ARCH_...)
  * @param datap		Returns address of loaded image
@@ -632,10 +632,10 @@
  * @param images	Boot images structure
  * @param addr		Address of FIT in memory
  * @param fit_unamep	On entry this is the requested image name
- *			(e.g. "kernel@1") or NULL to use the default. On exit
+ *			(e.g. "kernel") or NULL to use the default. On exit
  *			points to the selected image name
  * @param fit_uname_configp	On entry this is the requested configuration
- *			name (e.g. "conf@1") or NULL to use the default. On
+ *			name (e.g. "conf-1") or NULL to use the default. On
  *			exit points to the selected configuration name.
  * @param arch		Expected architecture (IH_ARCH_...)
  * @param image_type	Required image type (IH_TYPE_...). If this is
@@ -658,25 +658,25 @@
 /**
  * fit_get_node_from_config() - Look up an image a FIT by type
  *
- * This looks in the selected conf@ node (images->fit_uname_cfg) for a
+ * This looks in the selected conf- node (images->fit_uname_cfg) for a
  * particular image type (e.g. "kernel") and then finds the image that is
  * referred to.
  *
  * For example, for something like:
  *
  * images {
- *	kernel@1 {
+ *	kernel {
  *		...
  *	};
  * };
  * configurations {
- *	conf@1 {
- *		kernel = "kernel@1";
+ *	conf-1 {
+ *		kernel = "kernel";
  *	};
  * };
  *
  * the function will return the node offset of the kernel@1 node, assuming
- * that conf@1 is the chosen configuration.
+ * that conf-1 is the chosen configuration.
  *
  * @param images	Boot images structure
  * @param prop_name	Property name to look up (FIT_..._PROP)
@@ -1022,10 +1022,10 @@
  * @noffset:	Offset of conf@xxx node to check
  * @prop_name:	Property to read from the conf node
  *
- * The conf@ nodes contain references to other nodes, using properties
- * like 'kernel = "kernel@1"'. Given such a property name (e.g. "kernel"),
+ * The conf- nodes contain references to other nodes, using properties
+ * like 'kernel = "kernel"'. Given such a property name (e.g. "kernel"),
  * return the offset of the node referred to (e.g. offset of node
- * "/images/kernel@1".
+ * "/images/kernel".
  */
 int fit_conf_get_prop_node(const void *fit, int noffset,
 		const char *prop_name);
diff --git a/test/run b/test/run
index 5616097..b2d24e3 100755
--- a/test/run
+++ b/test/run
@@ -17,6 +17,21 @@
 # Run tests for the flat DT version of sandbox
 ./test/py/test.py --bd sandbox_flattree --build
 
+DTC_DIR=build-sandbox_spl/scripts/dtc
+
+PYTHONPATH=${DTC_DIR}/pylibfdt DTC=${DTC_DIR}/dtc run_test \
+	./tools/binman/binman -t
+run_test ./tools/patman/patman --test
+run_test ./tools/buildman/buildman -t
+PYTHONPATH=${DTC_DIR}/pylibfdt DTC=${DTC_DIR}/dtc run_test ./tools/dtoc/dtoc -t
+
+# This needs you to set up Python test coverage tools.
+# To enable Python test coverage on Debian-type distributions (e.g. Ubuntu):
+#   $ sudo apt-get install python-pip python-pytest
+#   $ sudo pip install coverage
+PYTHONPATH=${DTC_DIR}/pylibfdt DTC=${DTC_DIR}/dtc run_test \
+	./tools/binman/binman -T
+
 if [ $result == 0 ]; then
 	echo "Tests passed!"
 else
diff --git a/tools/binman/README b/tools/binman/README
index 08c3e56..7f558ec 100644
--- a/tools/binman/README
+++ b/tools/binman/README
@@ -536,6 +536,10 @@
 Most of the time such essoteric behaviour is not needed, but it can be
 essential for complex images.
 
+If you need to specify a particular device-tree compiler to use, you can define
+the DTC environment variable. This can be useful when the system dtc is too
+old.
+
 
 History / Credits
 -----------------
diff --git a/tools/dtoc/fdt_util.py b/tools/dtoc/fdt_util.py
index ba0b6cc..ad06245 100644
--- a/tools/dtoc/fdt_util.py
+++ b/tools/dtoc/fdt_util.py
@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@
             '-W', 'no-unit_address_vs_reg']
     args.extend(search_list)
     args.append(dts_input)
-    command.Run('dtc', *args)
+    dtc = os.environ.get('DTC') or 'dtc'
+    command.Run(dtc, *args)
     return dtb_output
 
 def GetInt(node, propname, default=None):
diff --git a/tools/fit_image.c b/tools/fit_image.c
index 6dcc88b..1db44f4 100644
--- a/tools/fit_image.c
+++ b/tools/fit_image.c
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@
  * fit_write_images() - Write out a list of images to the FIT
  *
  * We always include the main image (params->datafile). If there are device
- * tree files, we include an fdt@ node for each of those too.
+ * tree files, we include an fdt- node for each of those too.
  */
 static int fit_write_images(struct image_tool_params *params, char *fdt)
 {
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@
 
 	/* First the main image */
 	typename = genimg_get_type_short_name(params->fit_image_type);
-	snprintf(str, sizeof(str), "%s@1", typename);
+	snprintf(str, sizeof(str), "%s-1", typename);
 	fdt_begin_node(fdt, str);
 	fdt_property_string(fdt, "description", params->imagename);
 	fdt_property_string(fdt, "type", typename);
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@
 	for (cont = params->content_head; cont; cont = cont->next) {
 		if (cont->type != IH_TYPE_FLATDT)
 			continue;
-		snprintf(str, sizeof(str), "%s@%d", FIT_FDT_PROP, ++upto);
+		snprintf(str, sizeof(str), "%s-%d", FIT_FDT_PROP, ++upto);
 		fdt_begin_node(fdt, str);
 
 		get_basename(str, sizeof(str), cont->fname);
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@
 
 	/* And a ramdisk file if available */
 	if (params->fit_ramdisk) {
-		fdt_begin_node(fdt, FIT_RAMDISK_PROP "@1");
+		fdt_begin_node(fdt, FIT_RAMDISK_PROP "-1");
 
 		fdt_property_string(fdt, "type", FIT_RAMDISK_PROP);
 		fdt_property_string(fdt, "os", genimg_get_os_short_name(params->os));
@@ -277,41 +277,41 @@
 	int upto;
 
 	fdt_begin_node(fdt, "configurations");
-	fdt_property_string(fdt, "default", "conf@1");
+	fdt_property_string(fdt, "default", "conf-1");
 
 	upto = 0;
 	for (cont = params->content_head; cont; cont = cont->next) {
 		if (cont->type != IH_TYPE_FLATDT)
 			continue;
 		typename = genimg_get_type_short_name(cont->type);
-		snprintf(str, sizeof(str), "conf@%d", ++upto);
+		snprintf(str, sizeof(str), "conf-%d", ++upto);
 		fdt_begin_node(fdt, str);
 
 		get_basename(str, sizeof(str), cont->fname);
 		fdt_property_string(fdt, "description", str);
 
 		typename = genimg_get_type_short_name(params->fit_image_type);
-		snprintf(str, sizeof(str), "%s@1", typename);
+		snprintf(str, sizeof(str), "%s-1", typename);
 		fdt_property_string(fdt, typename, str);
 
 		if (params->fit_ramdisk)
 			fdt_property_string(fdt, FIT_RAMDISK_PROP,
-					    FIT_RAMDISK_PROP "@1");
+					    FIT_RAMDISK_PROP "-1");
 
-		snprintf(str, sizeof(str), FIT_FDT_PROP "@%d", upto);
+		snprintf(str, sizeof(str), FIT_FDT_PROP "-%d", upto);
 		fdt_property_string(fdt, FIT_FDT_PROP, str);
 		fdt_end_node(fdt);
 	}
 
 	if (!upto) {
-		fdt_begin_node(fdt, "conf@1");
+		fdt_begin_node(fdt, "conf-1");
 		typename = genimg_get_type_short_name(params->fit_image_type);
-		snprintf(str, sizeof(str), "%s@1", typename);
+		snprintf(str, sizeof(str), "%s-1", typename);
 		fdt_property_string(fdt, typename, str);
 
 		if (params->fit_ramdisk)
 			fdt_property_string(fdt, FIT_RAMDISK_PROP,
-					    FIT_RAMDISK_PROP "@1");
+					    FIT_RAMDISK_PROP "-1");
 
 		fdt_end_node(fdt);
 	}
diff --git a/tools/image-host.c b/tools/image-host.c
index 2c0030b..8a7469e 100644
--- a/tools/image-host.c
+++ b/tools/image-host.c
@@ -270,16 +270,16 @@
  *
  * Input component image node structure:
  *
- * o image@1 (at image_noffset)
+ * o image-1 (at image_noffset)
  *   | - data = [binary data]
- *   o hash@1
+ *   o hash-1
  *     |- algo = "sha1"
  *
  * Output component image node structure:
  *
- * o image@1 (at image_noffset)
+ * o image-1 (at image_noffset)
  *   | - data = [binary data]
- *   o hash@1
+ *   o hash-1
  *     |- algo = "sha1"
  *     |- value = sha1(data)
  *
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@
 		/*
 		 * Check subnode name, must be equal to "hash" or "signature".
 		 * Multiple hash nodes require unique unit node
-		 * names, e.g. hash@1, hash@2, signature@1, etc.
+		 * names, e.g. hash-1, hash-2, signature-1, etc.
 		 */
 		node_name = fit_get_name(fit, noffset, NULL);
 		if (!strncmp(node_name, FIT_HASH_NODENAME,