Re: [PATCH 1/5] ARM: dts: ti: Enable overlays for all DTB files

[H. Nikolaus Schaller]

> Am 12.02.2026 um 17:47 schrieb Andreas Kemnade <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> 
> On Thu, 12 Feb 2026 16:49:43 +0100
> "H. Nikolaus Schaller" <hns@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>>> Am 12.02.2026 um 16:26 schrieb Kory Maincent (TI) <kory.maincent@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>> 
>>> 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.

Well, it does not force to use the really good feature, but it forces to add
~40% more file size and some more compile time, if I understand it correctly.

This makes me think that it should be an option to turn it off completely (and
not just ignore it by the boot loader).

BR,
Nikolaus