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/usr/bin/fdtoverlay

Device Tree Compiler (dtc) for compiling and manipulating device tree source and binary files

From device-tree-compiler 1.8.1-r5 (enterprise-packages), captured 2026-11-08 by running fdtoverlay --help (exit 0). permalink

Usage: apply a number of overlays to a base blob
	fdtoverlay <options> [<overlay.dtbo> [<overlay.dtbo>]]

Options: -[i:o:vhV]
  -i, --input <arg>  Input base DT blob
  -o, --output <arg> Output DT blob
  -v, --verbose      Verbose messages
  -h, --help         Print this help and exit
  -V, --version      Print version and exit
Options (4)
OptionDescriptionSource
-i, --input argInput base DT blobhelp
-v, --verboseVerbose messageshelp
-h, --helpPrint this help and exithelp
-V, --versionPrint version and exithelp

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