[PATCH 1/5] ARM: dts: ti: Enable overlays for all DTB files
Andreas Kemnade
andreas at kemnade.info
Tue Feb 17 01:34:38 PST 2026
On Tue, 17 Feb 2026 09:58:04 +0100
H. Nikolaus Schaller <hns at goldelico.com> wrote:
> Hi Kory,
>
> > Am 16.02.2026 um 16:11 schrieb Kory Maincent <kory.maincent at bootlin.com>:
> >
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>> 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.
> >
> > Yes, I will move on to this solution for now to avoid too many complaints about
> > the devicetree size increases.
>
> I have done some experimentation with this patch (on top of v6.19 and our private defconfig)
> but could not find any DTB size increase.
>
> Does it require another patch or CONFIG change?
>
if it is your letux_defconfig, then it does not require anything else.
I think something already enables symbols in your tree. Look with
fdtdump at the generated dtbs for a __symbols__ node.
If it is there, then it is enabled.
Regards,
Andreas
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