dtoverlay: Failed to find overlays directory

[lokeb]

I am trying to run dtoverlay on Debian-arm64 after compiling userland from source. buildme installed the compiled binaries into /opt/vc. I added lib and bin to proper paths.

On running, dtoverlay reports Failed to find overlays directory.

System

• Raspberry Pi 4

• Debian arm64

• Jun 1 2020 13:23:40
  Copyright (c) 2012 Broadcom
  version 6379679d1ec6a8c746d7e77e015f5b56b939976f (clean) (release) (start)

• Linux 5.9.0-0.bpo.5-arm64 Two minor issues with the cmake install procedure #1 SMP Debian 5.9.15-1~bpo10+1 (2020-12-31) aarch64 GNU/Linux

Additionally, are there any Raspios repositories that I could use directly with Debian, because all rpi- commands are absent in my system?

[pelwell]

Does /boot/overlays exist? If not, where are the overlays in Debian?

[HinTak]

FWIW, ubuntu uses /boot/firmware/overlays. No idea about debian-arm64 .

[pelwell]

The app looks in /boot/overlays and /flash/overlays. You can override that with the -d option. It is also possible to build the app specifying CPP macro values FORCE_BOOT_DIR and OTHER_BOOT_DIR.

[tmm1]

It is also possible to build the app specifying CPP macro values FORCE_BOOT_DIR and OTHER_BOOT_DIR.

How do I ask cmake to set a value for OTHER_BOOT_DIR?