[PATCH 1/5] ARM: dts: ti: Enable overlays for all DTB files
Andreas Kemnade
andreas at kemnade.info
Thu Feb 12 08:47:18 PST 2026
On Thu, 12 Feb 2026 16:49:43 +0100
"H. Nikolaus Schaller" <hns at goldelico.com> wrote:
> > Am 12.02.2026 um 16:26 schrieb Kory Maincent (TI) <kory.maincent at bootlin.com>:
> >
> > Allow overlays to be applied to any DTB. This adds around ~40% to the
> > total size of the DTB files on average.
>
> Is this unconditionally enabled or can it be turned off by some CONFIG? We have
> our own defconfig so I would not worry if if is enabled in omap2plus_defconfig
> and disabled in ours.
>
> We have several devices where the boot loader can't handle overlays (never touch
> a working boot-loader :) So this seems to only contribute to build and load time
> without benefit.
>
As long as you do not add overlays, the bootloader does not care. I would
like to simply carry around the 1-bit mmc overlay for one broken board.
That would help me. So I think there is a benefit but nobody forces
you to use it.
Regards,
Andreas
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