Signed-off-by: Enrico Jörns <e...@pengutronix.de> --- Documentation/user/devicetree.rst | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/user/devicetree.rst b/Documentation/user/devicetree.rst index 9f46eee4ea..ea2945ab2b 100644 --- a/Documentation/user/devicetree.rst +++ b/Documentation/user/devicetree.rst @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ overlays to. .. note:: Compiling a device tree discards label information by default. To be able to use phandles into the base device tree from inside an overlay, pass to dtc the ``-@`` option when compiling the base device tree. - This will populate ``/__symbols__`` in the base device tree. + This will populate ``/__symbols__`` in the base device tree. Having ``__fixups__`` in the overlay, but no ``__symbols__`` in the base device tree is not allowed: ``ERROR: of_resolver: __symbols__ missing from base devicetree``. @@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ Device tree overlays on the live tree While the live tree can be patched by board code, barebox does not detect any changes to the live tree. To let the overlays have any effect, board -code must make sure the live tree is patched before the devices are instanciated +code must make sure the live tree is patched before the devices are instantiated from it. The ``CONFIG_OF_OVERLAY_LIVE`` option will need to be enabled to generate -- 2.39.5
