Orange Pi 5 Pro – Device Tree overlays not loading from armbianEnv.txt

[ManeeshaC]

BOARD - Orange Pi 5 Pro

 

PROBLEM

 

Device Tree overlays defined in armbianEnv.txt are not being applied during boot.

The overlay file exists but is not loaded by the system.

 

verbosity=1
bootlogo=false
console=both
extraargs=cma=256M
fdtfile=rockchip/rk3588s-orangepi-5-pro.dtb
rootdev=UUID=a8beb1c4-8079-4e64-8216-8e893f7809d4
rootfstype=ext4
overlays=orangepi-5-pro-disable-leds
usbstoragequirks=0x2537:0x1066:u,0x2537:0x1068:u

 

I also tried with 

 

overlay_prefix=rockchip
overlays=orangepi-5-pro-disable-leds

 

The Kernel is
 

Linux orangepi5pro 6.1.115-vendor-rk35xx #1 SMP Mon Feb 23 05:39:00 UTC 2026 aarch64 GNU/Linux

 

Additional Information

 

I tested the same overlay using the official build system from:

https://github.com/orangepi-xunlong/orangepi-build

and it works correctly there.

 

This suggests the issue may be related to how Armbian loads overlays for RK3588 boards.

 

Question

 

Is overlay loading from armbianEnv.txt supported on the Orange Pi 5 Pro with the vendor-rk35xx kernel, or is there another mechanism required (extlinux overlays, user overlays, etc.)?

 

https://paste.armbian.com/xiteginoku

[Werner]

Attach debug serial console so you can follow u-boot logs and get an idea what the overlay is not applied.