+/**
+ * fdt_stringlist_contains - check a string list property for a string
+ * @strlist: Property containing a list of strings to check
+ * @listlen: Length of property
+ * @str: String to search for
+ *
+ * This is a utility function provided for convenience. The list contains
+ * one or more strings, each terminated by \0, as is found in a device tree
+ * "compatible" property.
+ *
+ * @return: 1 if the string is found in the list, 0 not found, or invalid list
+ */
+int fdt_stringlist_contains(const char *strlist, int listlen, const char *str);
+
+/**
+ * fdt_count_strings - count the number of strings in a string list
+ * @fdt: pointer to the device tree blob
+ * @node: offset of the node
+ * @property: name of the property containing the string list
+ * @return: the number of strings in the given property
+ */
+int fdt_count_strings(const void *fdt, int node, const char *property);
+
+/**
+ * fdt_find_string - find a string in a string list and return its index
+ * @fdt: pointer to the device tree blob
+ * @node: offset of the node
+ * @property: name of the property containing the string list
+ * @string: string to look up in the string list
+ * @return: the index of the string or negative on error
+ */
+int fdt_find_string(const void *fdt, int node, const char *property,
+ const char *string);
+
+/**
+ * fdt_get_string_index() - obtain the string at a given index in a string list
+ * @fdt: pointer to the device tree blob
+ * @node: offset of the node
+ * @property: name of the property containing the string list
+ * @index: index of the string to return
+ * @output: return location for the string
+ * @return: 0 if the string was found or a negative error code otherwise
+ */
+int fdt_get_string_index(const void *fdt, int node, const char *property,
+ int index, const char **output);
+
+/**
+ * fdt_get_string() - obtain the string at a given index in a string list
+ * @fdt: pointer to the device tree blob
+ * @node: offset of the node
+ * @property: name of the property containing the string list
+ * @output: return location for the string
+ * @return: 0 if the string was found or a negative error code otherwise
+ *
+ * This is a shortcut for:
+ *
+ * fdt_get_string_index(fdt, node, property, 0, output).
+ */
+int fdt_get_string(const void *fdt, int node, const char *property,
+ const char **output);
+
+/**********************************************************************/
+/* Read-only functions (addressing related) */
+/**********************************************************************/
+
+/**
+ * FDT_MAX_NCELLS - maximum value for #address-cells and #size-cells
+ *
+ * This is the maximum value for #address-cells, #size-cells and
+ * similar properties that will be processed by libfdt. IEE1275
+ * requires that OF implementations handle values up to 4.
+ * Implementations may support larger values, but in practice higher
+ * values aren't used.
+ */
+#define FDT_MAX_NCELLS 4
+
+/**
+ * fdt_address_cells - retrieve address size for a bus represented in the tree
+ * @fdt: pointer to the device tree blob
+ * @nodeoffset: offset of the node to find the address size for
+ *
+ * When the node has a valid #address-cells property, returns its value.
+ *
+ * returns:
+ * 0 <= n < FDT_MAX_NCELLS, on success
+ * 2, if the node has no #address-cells property
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADNCELLS, if the node has a badly formatted or invalid
+ * #address-cells property
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADMAGIC,
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADVERSION,
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADSTATE,
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADSTRUCTURE,
+ * -FDT_ERR_TRUNCATED, standard meanings
+ */
+int fdt_address_cells(const void *fdt, int nodeoffset);
+
+/**
+ * fdt_size_cells - retrieve address range size for a bus represented in the
+ * tree
+ * @fdt: pointer to the device tree blob
+ * @nodeoffset: offset of the node to find the address range size for
+ *
+ * When the node has a valid #size-cells property, returns its value.
+ *
+ * returns:
+ * 0 <= n < FDT_MAX_NCELLS, on success
+ * 2, if the node has no #address-cells property
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADNCELLS, if the node has a badly formatted or invalid
+ * #size-cells property
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADMAGIC,
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADVERSION,
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADSTATE,
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADSTRUCTURE,
+ * -FDT_ERR_TRUNCATED, standard meanings
+ */
+int fdt_size_cells(const void *fdt, int nodeoffset);
+
+