diff --git a/obmc/utils/dtree.py b/obmc/utils/dtree.py
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+# Contributors Listed Below - COPYRIGHT 2016
+# [+] International Business Machines Corp.
+#
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
+# implied. See the License for the specific language governing
+# permissions and limitations under the License.
+
+
+def dts_encode(obj, fd, **kw):
+    ''' A rudimentary python to dts encoder.
+    '''
+    indent = kw.get('indent', 0)
+    depth = kw.setdefault('depth', 0)
+    tab = indent * depth * ' '
+    kw['depth'] += 1
+    newline = '\n' if indent else ' '
+    context = kw.get('context')
+
+    if(isinstance(obj, dict)):
+        nodes = []
+        for k, v in obj.iteritems():
+            if(isinstance(v, dict)):
+                nodes.append((k, v))
+                continue
+            if(isinstance(v, basestring) and v.lower() == 'true'):
+                fd.write('%s%s' % (tab, k))
+            elif(isinstance(v, basestring) and v.lower() == 'false'):
+                continue
+            else:
+                fd.write('%s%s = ' % (tab, k))
+                dts_encode(v, fd, **kw)
+            fd.write(";%s" % newline)
+
+        for k, v in nodes:
+            fd.write('%s%s {%s' % (tab, k, newline))
+            dts_encode(v, fd, **kw)
+            fd.write('%s};%s' % (tab, newline))
+
+    if(isinstance(obj, int)):
+        if context == 'int_list':
+            fd.write("%d" % obj)
+        else:
+            fd.write("<%d>" % obj)
+
+    if(isinstance(obj, basestring)):
+        fd.write("\"%s\"" % obj)
+
+    if(isinstance(obj, list)):
+        ctx = 'int_list' if all((type(x) is int) for x in iter(obj)) else ''
+        if ctx is 'int_list':
+            delim = ' '
+            closure = ('<', '>')
+        else:
+            delim = ','
+            closure = ('', '')
+
+        fd.write(closure[0])
+        if obj:
+            for v in obj[:-1]:
+                dts_encode(v, fd, context=ctx, **kw)
+                fd.write(delim)
+
+            dts_encode(obj[-1], fd, context=ctx)
+
+        fd.write(closure[1])