From f198c6ba49784df2c905f85543eb44fc21653aa9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: gojimmypi <jim@wolfssl.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2025 11:11:05 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Hard fail if the wrong user settings is detected

---
 hal/library.c | 6 ++++++
 src/image.c   | 5 +++++
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/hal/library.c b/hal/library.c
index ca7f83827d..00e0b5230b 100644
--- a/hal/library.c
+++ b/hal/library.c
@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@
     #undef NO_FILESYSTEM
 #endif
 
+#ifdef WOLFBOOT_KEYTOOLS
+    /* this code needs to use the Use ./include/user_settings.h file */
+    #error "The wrong user_settings.h has been included."
+#endif
+
+
 /* HAL Stubs */
 void hal_init(void)
 {
diff --git a/src/image.c b/src/image.c
index 16312dcc8a..cb0572dc5f 100644
--- a/src/image.c
+++ b/src/image.c
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #endif
 #include <wolfssl/wolfcrypt/settings.h> /* for wolfCrypt hash/sign routines */
+#ifdef WOLFBOOT_KEYTOOLS
+    /* this code needs to use the Use ./include/user_settings.h, not keytools */
+    #error "The wrong user_settings.h has been included."
+#endif
+
 
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <string.h>