From: Andreas Kemnade <andreas@kemnade.info>
To: "H. Nikolaus Schaller" <hns@goldelico.com>
Cc: "Kory Maincent (TI)" <kory.maincent@bootlin.com>,
Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@iki.fi>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] ARM: dts: ti: Enable overlays for all DTB files
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2026 17:47:18 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260212174718.7daccb70@kemnade.info> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <B3366A17-641F-4E02-A5D4-978F525E0A96@goldelico.com>
On Thu, 12 Feb 2026 16:49:43 +0100
"H. Nikolaus Schaller" <hns@goldelico.com> wrote:
> > Am 12.02.2026 um 16:26 schrieb Kory Maincent (TI) <kory.maincent@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
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-12 16:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-12 15:26 [PATCH 0/5] Add support for Seeed Studio BeagleBone HDMI cape overlay Kory Maincent (TI)
2026-02-12 15:26 ` [PATCH 1/5] ARM: dts: ti: Enable overlays for all DTB files Kory Maincent (TI)
2026-02-12 15:42 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2026-02-12 16:55 ` Kory Maincent
2026-02-12 15:49 ` H. Nikolaus Schaller
2026-02-12 16:47 ` Andreas Kemnade [this message]
2026-02-12 16:55 ` H. Nikolaus Schaller
2026-02-12 22:19 ` Andreas Kemnade
2026-02-13 3:16 ` Robert Nelson
2026-02-16 15:11 ` Kory Maincent
2026-02-17 8:58 ` H. Nikolaus Schaller
2026-02-17 9:34 ` Andreas Kemnade
2026-02-17 9:36 ` Kory Maincent
2026-02-18 7:28 ` H. Nikolaus Schaller
2026-02-13 5:33 ` H. Nikolaus Schaller
2026-02-16 16:22 ` Andreas Kemnade
2026-02-12 15:26 ` [PATCH 2/5] ARM: multi_v7_defconfig: Enable TILCDC DRM driver Kory Maincent (TI)
2026-02-12 15:26 ` [PATCH 3/5] ARM: omap2plus_defconfig: Enable ITE IT66121 driver Kory Maincent (TI)
2026-02-12 15:26 ` [PATCH 4/5] ARM: multi_v7_defconfig: " Kory Maincent (TI)
2026-02-12 15:40 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2026-02-12 16:58 ` Kory Maincent
2026-02-12 15:26 ` [PATCH 5/5] ARM: dts: am335x: Add Seeed Studio BeagleBone HDMI cape overlay Kory Maincent (TI)
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