Re: [RFC PATCH] arm64: broadcom: bcm2712: Rework rp1 overlay handling

[Krzysztof Kozlowski]

On 17/11/2025 22:15, Rob Herring (Arm) wrote:
> It's a requirement that DT overlays be applied at build time in order to
> validate them as overlays are not validated on their own.
> 
> Simply adding a build time target is possible, but it's also not desirable
> to have targets which include the overlay contents and apply the same
> overlay.
> 
> Rework the targets such that there are 2 overlays: the existing RP1 overlay
> and the board specific configuration of the RP1 (bcm2712-rpi-5-b.dtso).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rob Herring (Arm) <robh@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> The missing applying of rp1.dtbo will soon be a warning[1].
> 
> The comment in bcm2712-rpi-5-b.dts(o) needs updating or removing. The RP1
> driver or userspace handling of the overlay probably needs updating to
> handle the 2 overlays. IIRC, I think we can apply overlays to overlays
> which may be useful here. If not, adding that to the tools should be
> possible.
> 
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251114222759.4181152-1-robh@xxxxxxxxxx/
> ---
>  arch/arm64/boot/dts/broadcom/Makefile                 | 10 ++++++++--
>  ...m2712-d-rpi-5-b.dts => bcm2712-d-rpi-5-b-base.dts} |  2 +-
>  .../{bcm2712-rpi-5-b.dts => bcm2712-rpi-5-b.dtso}     | 11 +++++------


So now Linus' tree has warnings. Can this be applied by anyone around
Broadcom and sent as fixes?


Best regards,
Krzysztof