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Expand Up @@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ The HAT overlay is automatically loaded by the firmware after the base DTB, so i
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==== Dynamic Device Tree

As of Linux 4.4, the RPi kernels support the dynamic loading of overlays and parameters. Compatible kernels manage a stack of overlays that are applied on top of the base DTB. Changes are immediately reflected in `/proc/device-tree` and can cause modules to be loaded and platform devices to be created and destroyed.
As of Linux 4.4, Raspberry Pi kernels support the dynamic loading of overlays and parameters. Compatible kernels manage a stack of overlays that are applied on top of the base DTB. Changes are immediately reflected in `/proc/device-tree` and can cause modules to be loaded and platform devices to be created and destroyed.

The use of the word "stack" above is important - overlays can only be added and removed at the top of the stack; changing something further down the stack requires that anything on top of it must first be removed.

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