The most common trouble with overlays appears to be miscompiled blobs without the -@ option.
In case of an error, spit out a descriptive error message. Signed-off-by: Pantelis Antoniou <pantelis.anton...@konsulko.com> --- cmd/fdt.c | 8 ++++++++ common/image-fit.c | 12 +++++++++++- 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/cmd/fdt.c b/cmd/fdt.c index 05e19f8..9f192be 100644 --- a/cmd/fdt.c +++ b/cmd/fdt.c @@ -654,6 +654,7 @@ static int do_fdt(cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char * const argv[]) unsigned long addr; struct fdt_header *blob; int ret; + bool has_symbols; if (argc != 3) return CMD_RET_USAGE; @@ -666,9 +667,16 @@ static int do_fdt(cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char * const argv[]) if (!fdt_valid(&blob)) return CMD_RET_FAILURE; + ret = fdt_path_offset(working_fdt, "/__symbols__"); + has_symbols = ret >= 0; + ret = fdt_overlay_apply(working_fdt, blob); if (ret) { printf("fdt_overlay_apply(): %s\n", fdt_strerror(ret)); + if (!has_symbols) { + printf("working fdt does did not have a /__symbols__ node\n"); + printf("make sure you've compiled with -@\n"); + } return CMD_RET_FAILURE; } } diff --git a/common/image-fit.c b/common/image-fit.c index cb089ea..28140f1 100644 --- a/common/image-fit.c +++ b/common/image-fit.c @@ -1946,6 +1946,7 @@ int boot_get_fdt_fit(bootm_headers_t *images, ulong addr, const char *uname; void *base, *ov; int i, err, noffset, ov_noffset; + bool has_symbols; #endif fit_uname = fit_unamep ? *fit_unamep : NULL; @@ -2038,9 +2039,18 @@ int boot_get_fdt_fit(bootm_headers_t *images, ulong addr, fdt_noffset = err; goto out; } + + err = fdt_path_offset(base, "/__symbols__"); + has_symbols = err >= 0; + err = fdt_overlay_apply(base, ov); if (err < 0) { - printf("failed on fdt_overlay_apply\n"); + printf("failed on fdt_overlay_apply(): %s\n", + fdt_strerror(err)); + if (!has_symbols) { + printf("base fdt does did not have a /__symbols__ node\n"); + printf("make sure you've compiled with -@\n"); + } fdt_noffset = err; goto out; } -- 2.1.4 _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de https://lists.denx.de/listinfo/u-boot