char *data, int *len);
 static int fdt_print(char *pathp, char *prop, int depth);
 
-static int findnodeoffset(const char *pathp)
-{
-       int  nodeoffset;
-
-       if (strcmp(pathp, "/") == 0) {
-               nodeoffset = 0;
-       } else {
-               nodeoffset = fdt_find_node_by_path (fdt, pathp);
-               if (nodeoffset < 0) {
-                       /*
-                        * Not found or something else bad happened.
-                        */
-                       printf ("findnodeoffset() libfdt: %s\n",
-                               fdt_strerror(nodeoffset));
-               }
-       }
-       return nodeoffset;
-}
-
 /*
  * Flattened Device Tree command, see the help for parameter definitions.
  */
                pathp = argv[2];
                nodep = argv[3];
 
-               nodeoffset = findnodeoffset(pathp);
+               nodeoffset = fdt_find_node_by_path (fdt, pathp);
                if (nodeoffset < 0) {
                        /*
                         * Not found or something else bad happened.
                         */
+                       printf ("libfdt fdt_find_node_by_path() returned %s\n",
+                               fdt_strerror(nodeoffset));
                        return 1;
                }
                err = fdt_add_subnode(fdt, nodeoffset, nodep);
                prop   = argv[3];
                newval = argv[4];
 
-               nodeoffset = findnodeoffset(pathp);
+               nodeoffset = fdt_find_node_by_path (fdt, pathp);
                if (nodeoffset < 0) {
                        /*
                         * Not found or something else bad happened.
                         */
+                       printf ("libfdt fdt_find_node_by_path() returned %s\n",
+                               fdt_strerror(nodeoffset));
                        return 1;
                }
                ret = fdt_parse_prop(pathp, prop, newval, data, &len);
                 * Get the path.  The root node is an oddball, the offset
                 * is zero and has no name.
                 */
-               nodeoffset = findnodeoffset(argv[2]);
+               nodeoffset = fdt_find_node_by_path (fdt, argv[2]);
                if (nodeoffset < 0) {
                        /*
                         * Not found or something else bad happened.
                         */
+                       printf ("libfdt fdt_find_node_by_path() returned %s\n",
+                               fdt_strerror(nodeoffset));
                        return 1;
                }
                /*
        int  len;               /* length of the property */
        int  level = 0;         /* keep track of nesting level */
 
-       nodeoffset = findnodeoffset(pathp);
+       nodeoffset = fdt_find_node_by_path (fdt, pathp);
        if (nodeoffset < 0) {
                /*
                 * Not found or something else bad happened.
                 */
+               printf ("libfdt fdt_find_node_by_path() returned %s\n",
+                       fdt_strerror(nodeoffset));
                return 1;
        }
        /*