diff --git a/lib/libfdt/fdt_ro.c b/lib/libfdt/fdt_ro.c
index 50007f6..0459098 100644
--- a/lib/libfdt/fdt_ro.c
+++ b/lib/libfdt/fdt_ro.c
@@ -88,6 +88,32 @@
 	return (strlen(p) == len) && (memcmp(p, s, len) == 0);
 }
 
+uint32_t fdt_get_max_phandle(const void *fdt)
+{
+	uint32_t max_phandle = 0;
+	int offset;
+
+	for (offset = fdt_next_node(fdt, -1, NULL);;
+	     offset = fdt_next_node(fdt, offset, NULL)) {
+		uint32_t phandle;
+
+		if (offset == -FDT_ERR_NOTFOUND)
+			return max_phandle;
+
+		if (offset < 0)
+			return (uint32_t)-1;
+
+		phandle = fdt_get_phandle(fdt, offset);
+		if (phandle == (uint32_t)-1)
+			continue;
+
+		if (phandle > max_phandle)
+			max_phandle = phandle;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int fdt_get_mem_rsv(const void *fdt, int n, uint64_t *address, uint64_t *size)
 {
 	FDT_CHECK_HEADER(fdt);
@@ -154,9 +180,9 @@
 	return fdt_subnode_offset_namelen(fdt, parentoffset, name, strlen(name));
 }
 
-int fdt_path_offset(const void *fdt, const char *path)
+int fdt_path_offset_namelen(const void *fdt, const char *path, int namelen)
 {
-	const char *end = path + strlen(path);
+	const char *end = path + namelen;
 	const char *p = path;
 	int offset = 0;
 
@@ -164,7 +190,7 @@
 
 	/* see if we have an alias */
 	if (*path != '/') {
-		const char *q = strchr(path, '/');
+		const char *q = memchr(path, '/', end - p);
 
 		if (!q)
 			q = end;
@@ -177,14 +203,15 @@
 		p = q;
 	}
 
-	while (*p) {
+	while (p < end) {
 		const char *q;
 
-		while (*p == '/')
+		while (*p == '/') {
 			p++;
-		if (! *p)
-			return offset;
-		q = strchr(p, '/');
+			if (p == end)
+				return offset;
+		}
+		q = memchr(p, '/', end - p);
 		if (! q)
 			q = end;
 
@@ -198,6 +225,11 @@
 	return offset;
 }
 
+int fdt_path_offset(const void *fdt, const char *path)
+{
+	return fdt_path_offset_namelen(fdt, path, strlen(path));
+}
+
 const char *fdt_get_name(const void *fdt, int nodeoffset, int *len)
 {
 	const struct fdt_node_header *nh = _fdt_offset_ptr(fdt, nodeoffset);
@@ -532,6 +564,106 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int fdt_stringlist_count(const void *fdt, int nodeoffset, const char *property)
+{
+	const char *list, *end;
+	int length, count = 0;
+
+	list = fdt_getprop(fdt, nodeoffset, property, &length);
+	if (!list)
+		return -length;
+
+	end = list + length;
+
+	while (list < end) {
+		length = strnlen(list, end - list) + 1;
+
+		/* Abort if the last string isn't properly NUL-terminated. */
+		if (list + length > end)
+			return -FDT_ERR_BADVALUE;
+
+		list += length;
+		count++;
+	}
+
+	return count;
+}
+
+int fdt_stringlist_search(const void *fdt, int nodeoffset, const char *property,
+			  const char *string)
+{
+	int length, len, idx = 0;
+	const char *list, *end;
+
+	list = fdt_getprop(fdt, nodeoffset, property, &length);
+	if (!list)
+		return -length;
+
+	len = strlen(string) + 1;
+	end = list + length;
+
+	while (list < end) {
+		length = strnlen(list, end - list) + 1;
+
+		/* Abort if the last string isn't properly NUL-terminated. */
+		if (list + length > end)
+			return -FDT_ERR_BADVALUE;
+
+		if (length == len && memcmp(list, string, length) == 0)
+			return idx;
+
+		list += length;
+		idx++;
+	}
+
+	return -FDT_ERR_NOTFOUND;
+}
+
+const char *fdt_stringlist_get(const void *fdt, int nodeoffset,
+			       const char *property, int idx,
+			       int *lenp)
+{
+	const char *list, *end;
+	int length;
+
+	list = fdt_getprop(fdt, nodeoffset, property, &length);
+	if (!list) {
+		if (lenp)
+			*lenp = length;
+
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	end = list + length;
+
+	while (list < end) {
+		length = strnlen(list, end - list) + 1;
+
+		/* Abort if the last string isn't properly NUL-terminated. */
+		if (list + length > end) {
+			if (lenp)
+				*lenp = -FDT_ERR_BADVALUE;
+
+			return NULL;
+		}
+
+		if (idx == 0) {
+			if (lenp)
+				*lenp = length - 1;
+
+			return list;
+		}
+
+		list += length;
+		idx--;
+	}
+
+	if (lenp)
+		*lenp = -FDT_ERR_NOTFOUND;
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 int fdt_node_check_compatible(const void *fdt, int nodeoffset,
 			      const char *compatible)
 {
@@ -541,10 +673,8 @@
 	prop = fdt_getprop(fdt, nodeoffset, "compatible", &len);
 	if (!prop)
 		return len;
-	if (fdt_stringlist_contains(prop, len, compatible))
-		return 0;
-	else
-		return 1;
+
+	return !fdt_stringlist_contains(prop, len, compatible);
 }
 
 int fdt_node_offset_by_compatible(const void *fdt, int startoffset,