> Am 12.02.2026 um 17:47 schrieb Andreas Kemnade <[email protected]>:
>
> On Thu, 12 Feb 2026 16:49:43 +0100
> "H. Nikolaus Schaller" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>> Am 12.02.2026 um 16:26 schrieb Kory Maincent (TI)
>>> <[email protected]>:
>>>
>>> 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
