Re: [DistroKit] [PATCH 1/2] barebox: enable CONFIG_BOOTM_OFTREE_FALLBACK everywhere

Robert Schwebel
2026-04-07T13:43:29Z

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On Tue, Apr 07, 2026 at 03:37:54PM +0200, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
> To quote configs/bsp.ref:
>
> | barebox will substitute its own device tree when no kernel device
> | tree was supplied. This is useful for development, but not recommended
> | for use in production as DT binding breakage is not an infrequent
> | occurrence.
> |
> | We take care in DistroKit though to specify the DT when we specify
> | a kernel, so enable this option as it's occasionally helpful for quick
>
> This rationale applies to all boards we have that use DT, so enable
> CONFIG_BOOTM_OFTREE_FALLBACK everywhere.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
> ---
> configs/platform-v7a/barebox-at91.config | 2 +-
> configs/platform-v7a/barebox-common.config | 2 +-
> configs/platform-v7a_noneon/barebox-at91.config | 2 +-
> configs/platform-v7a_noneon/barebox-common.config | 2 +-
> configs/platform-v7a_noneon/barebox-vexpress.config | 2 +-
> 5 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/configs/platform-v7a/barebox-at91.config b/configs/platform-v7a/barebox-at91.config
> index 2aac4d007cd0..ed423655640c 100644
> --- a/configs/platform-v7a/barebox-at91.config
> +++ b/configs/platform-v7a/barebox-at91.config
> @@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ CONFIG_BOOTM_SHOW_TYPE=y
> CONFIG_BOOTM_VERBOSE=y
> CONFIG_BOOTM_INITRD=y
> CONFIG_BOOTM_OFTREE=y
> -# CONFIG_BOOTM_OFTREE_FALLBACK is not set
> +CONFIG_BOOTM_OFTREE_FALLBACK=y
> CONFIG_BOOTM_UIMAGE=y
> CONFIG_BOOTM_OFTREE_UIMAGE=y
> # CONFIG_BOOTM_AIMAGE is not set
> diff --git a/configs/platform-v7a/barebox-common.config b/configs/platform-v7a/barebox-common.config
> index 328ca48009b8..0be80cb6d650 100644
> --- a/configs/platform-v7a/barebox-common.config
> +++ b/configs/platform-v7a/barebox-common.config
> @@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ CONFIG_BOOTM_SHOW_TYPE=y
> CONFIG_BOOTM_VERBOSE=y
> CONFIG_BOOTM_INITRD=y
> CONFIG_BOOTM_OFTREE=y
> -# CONFIG_BOOTM_OFTREE_FALLBACK is not set
> +CONFIG_BOOTM_OFTREE_FALLBACK=y
> CONFIG_BOOTM_UIMAGE=y
> # CONFIG_BOOTM_OFTREE_UIMAGE is not set
> # CONFIG_BOOTM_AIMAGE is not set
> diff --git a/configs/platform-v7a_noneon/barebox-at91.config b/configs/platform-v7a_noneon/barebox-at91.config
> index 9554d5d53a42..f8f1da88f1e5 100644
> --- a/configs/platform-v7a_noneon/barebox-at91.config
> +++ b/configs/platform-v7a_noneon/barebox-at91.config
> @@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ CONFIG_BOOTM_SHOW_TYPE=y
> # CONFIG_BOOTM_VERBOSE is not set
> CONFIG_BOOTM_INITRD=y
> CONFIG_BOOTM_OFTREE=y
> -# CONFIG_BOOTM_OFTREE_FALLBACK is not set
> +CONFIG_BOOTM_OFTREE_FALLBACK=y
> # CONFIG_BOOTM_UIMAGE is not set
> # CONFIG_BOOTM_AIMAGE is not set
> CONFIG_ELF=y
> diff --git a/configs/platform-v7a_noneon/barebox-common.config b/configs/platform-v7a_noneon/barebox-common.config
> index 63ff1f02b404..0d7cc1d8992a 100644
> --- a/configs/platform-v7a_noneon/barebox-common.config
> +++ b/configs/platform-v7a_noneon/barebox-common.config
> @@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ CONFIG_BOOTM_SHOW_TYPE=y
> CONFIG_BOOTM_VERBOSE=y
> CONFIG_BOOTM_INITRD=y
> CONFIG_BOOTM_OFTREE=y
> -# CONFIG_BOOTM_OFTREE_FALLBACK is not set
> +CONFIG_BOOTM_OFTREE_FALLBACK=y
> # CONFIG_BOOTM_UIMAGE is not set
> # CONFIG_BOOTM_AIMAGE is not set
> CONFIG_ELF=y
> diff --git a/configs/platform-v7a_noneon/barebox-vexpress.config b/configs/platform-v7a_noneon/barebox-vexpress.config
> index b0a5dbddee7f..05c239214e96 100644
> --- a/configs/platform-v7a_noneon/barebox-vexpress.config
> +++ b/configs/platform-v7a_noneon/barebox-vexpress.config
> @@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ CONFIG_BOOTM_SHOW_TYPE=y
> CONFIG_BOOTM_VERBOSE=y
> CONFIG_BOOTM_INITRD=y
> CONFIG_BOOTM_OFTREE=y
> -# CONFIG_BOOTM_OFTREE_FALLBACK is not set
> +CONFIG_BOOTM_OFTREE_FALLBACK=y
> # CONFIG_BOOTM_UIMAGE is not set
> # CONFIG_BOOTM_AIMAGE is not set
> CONFIG_ELF=y
> --
> 2.47.3
>
>
>

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