Re: [PATCH v7] kernel-fit-image: allow overriding DTB compatible string

["Kavinaya S" <kavinaya@qti.qualcomm.com>]

On Wed, Oct 15, 2025 at 10:43 PM, Adrian Freihofer wrote:

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> What I don't quite understand yet is: Does this make sense from the kernel or
> DTB perspective? Or are we circumventing problems that should be fixed on the
> kernel or DTB side instead of overriding them on the Yocto side? I mean,
> wouldn't it make more sense to assign a compatible string that is useful for
> u-boot in the DTB without requiring FIT_DTB_COMPATIBLE_OVERRIDE?
> > 
> > 
> >
>

Hi Adrian,

Thank you for all your valuable reviews and inputs. After an internal discussion with our colleagues, we feel that the proposed change does not fully align with Qualcomm’s current approach to implementing DTB-only FIT in the format expected by our UEFI bootloader. Given this, we’ve decided to hold off on upstreaming the change for now. Our plan is to first implement the DTB-only FIT support within our meta layer, refine it further, and then propose a solution to oe-core that support both kernel+DTB FIT and DTB-only FIT formats effectively.

Thanks,
Kavinaya