Using a .dtb built with kernel from Yocto 3.1.1 with u-boot from Yocto 3.1.2 results in "base fdt does did not have a /__symbols__ node ..."

Using a .dtb built with kernel from Yocto 3.1.1 with u-boot from Yocto 3.1.2 results in "base fdt does did not have a /__symbols__ node ..."

[Brian Hutchinson]

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I have no clue what my problem is here.

I built imx8mm-evk.dtb (kernel version 5.4.51) in Yocto meta-freescale environment from Dunfell/Yocto 3.1.1, and then moved on to Dunfell/Yocto 3.1.2.  Looks like u-boot version changed during that time.  Small bump in kernel version too.

When I copy imx8mm-evk.dtb from previous Yocto release into my sdcard image built with Dunfell/Yocto 3.1.2 I get the following on boot:

BuildInfo:
- ATF b0a00f2
- U-Boot 2020.04-imx_v2020.04_5.4.24_2.1.0+g4979a99482

switch to partitions #0, OK
mmc2(part 0) is current device
flash target is MMC:2
Net:   eth0: ethernet@30be0000
Fastboot: Normal
Normal Boot
Hit any key to stop autoboot:  0
switch to partitions #0, OK
mmc2(part 0) is current device
21621248 bytes read in 87 ms (237 MiB/s)
Booting from mmc ...
43774 bytes read in 10 ms (4.2 MiB/s)
## Flattened Device Tree blob at 43000000
Booting using the fdt blob at 0x43000000
Using Device Tree in place at 0000000043000000, end 000000004300dafd
failed on fdt_overlay_apply(): FDT_ERR_NOTFOUND
base fdt does did not have a /__symbols__ node
make sure you've compiled with -@
No Space for dtb
ERROR: system-specific fdt fixup failed: FDT_ERR_NOTFOUND
- must RESET the board to recover.

It appears to be something with u-boot because if I flash sdcard with u-boot from previous Yocto release the issue goes away.  I'd like to understand what is going on and why this is happening.

Regards,

Brian

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Re: Using a .dtb built with kernel from Yocto 3.1.1 with u-boot from Yocto 3.1.2 results in "base fdt does did not have a /__symbols__ node ..."

[Brian Hutchinson]

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I made an error in my original post.  It was when I moved from Yocto 3.1.2 to 3.1.3 that I noticed this whole:

" failed on fdt_overlay_apply(): FDT_ERR_NOTFOUND
base fdt does did not have a /__symbols__ node
make sure you've compiled with -@
No Space for dtb
ERROR: system-specific fdt fixup failed: FDT_ERR_NOTFOUND
- must RESET the board to recover.

FDT creation failed! hanging...### ERROR ### Please RESET the board ###"

... business, which appears to be associated with u-boot because I can dd if=imx-boot-imx8mmevk-sd.bin of=/dev/mmcblk2 bs=1k seek=33 using u-boot image from Yocto 3.1.2 and the issue goes away.
dd=if .

So nobody has seen this before???

Regards,

Brian

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