diff --git a/scripts/dtc/checks.c b/scripts/dtc/checks.c
index 4834e44b37b2..4719d658432b 100644
--- a/scripts/dtc/checks.c
+++ b/scripts/dtc/checks.c
@@ -660,6 +660,8 @@ ERROR(path_references, fixup_path_references, NULL, &duplicate_node_names);
 static void fixup_omit_unused_nodes(struct check *c, struct dt_info *dti,
 				    struct node *node)
 {
+	if (generate_symbols && node->labels)
+		return;
 	if (node->omit_if_unused && !node->is_referenced)
 		delete_node(node);
 }
@@ -1212,8 +1214,24 @@ static void check_avoid_unnecessary_addr_size(struct check *c, struct dt_info *d
 }
 WARNING(avoid_unnecessary_addr_size, check_avoid_unnecessary_addr_size, NULL, &avoid_default_addr_size);
 
-static void check_unique_unit_address(struct check *c, struct dt_info *dti,
-					      struct node *node)
+static bool node_is_disabled(struct node *node)
+{
+	struct property *prop;
+
+	prop = get_property(node, "status");
+	if (prop) {
+		char *str = prop->val.val;
+		if (streq("disabled", str))
+			return true;
+	}
+
+	return false;
+}
+
+static void check_unique_unit_address_common(struct check *c,
+						struct dt_info *dti,
+						struct node *node,
+						bool disable_check)
 {
 	struct node *childa;
 
@@ -1230,18 +1248,38 @@ static void check_unique_unit_address(struct check *c, struct dt_info *dti,
 		if (!strlen(addr_a))
 			continue;
 
+		if (disable_check && node_is_disabled(childa))
+			continue;
+
 		for_each_child(node, childb) {
 			const char *addr_b = get_unitname(childb);
 			if (childa == childb)
 				break;
 
+			if (disable_check && node_is_disabled(childb))
+				continue;
+
 			if (streq(addr_a, addr_b))
 				FAIL(c, dti, childb, "duplicate unit-address (also used in node %s)", childa->fullpath);
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+static void check_unique_unit_address(struct check *c, struct dt_info *dti,
+					      struct node *node)
+{
+	check_unique_unit_address_common(c, dti, node, false);
+}
 WARNING(unique_unit_address, check_unique_unit_address, NULL, &avoid_default_addr_size);
 
+static void check_unique_unit_address_if_enabled(struct check *c, struct dt_info *dti,
+					      struct node *node)
+{
+	check_unique_unit_address_common(c, dti, node, true);
+}
+CHECK_ENTRY(unique_unit_address_if_enabled, check_unique_unit_address_if_enabled,
+	    NULL, false, false, &avoid_default_addr_size);
+
 static void check_obsolete_chosen_interrupt_controller(struct check *c,
 						       struct dt_info *dti,
 						       struct node *node)
@@ -1542,10 +1580,14 @@ static void check_interrupts_property(struct check *c,
 		prop = get_property(parent, "interrupt-parent");
 		if (prop) {
 			phandle = propval_cell(prop);
-			/* Give up if this is an overlay with external references */
-			if ((phandle == 0 || phandle == -1) &&
-			    (dti->dtsflags & DTSF_PLUGIN))
+			if ((phandle == 0) || (phandle == -1)) {
+				/* Give up if this is an overlay with
+				 * external references */
+				if (dti->dtsflags & DTSF_PLUGIN)
 					return;
+				FAIL_PROP(c, dti, parent, prop, "Invalid phandle");
+				continue;
+			}
 
 			irq_node = get_node_by_phandle(root, phandle);
 			if (!irq_node) {
@@ -1714,7 +1756,7 @@ static void check_graph_endpoint(struct check *c, struct dt_info *dti,
 		return;
 
 	if (!strprefixeq(node->name, node->basenamelen, "endpoint"))
-		FAIL(c, dti, node, "graph endpont node name should be 'endpoint'");
+		FAIL(c, dti, node, "graph endpoint node name should be 'endpoint'");
 
 	check_graph_reg(c, dti, node);
 
@@ -1769,6 +1811,7 @@ static struct check *check_table[] = {
 	&avoid_default_addr_size,
 	&avoid_unnecessary_addr_size,
 	&unique_unit_address,
+	&unique_unit_address_if_enabled,
 	&obsolete_chosen_interrupt_controller,
 	&chosen_node_is_root, &chosen_node_bootargs, &chosen_node_stdout_path,
 
diff --git a/scripts/dtc/dtc.h b/scripts/dtc/dtc.h
index 789e0b1bc057..0d5fa215ac87 100644
--- a/scripts/dtc/dtc.h
+++ b/scripts/dtc/dtc.h
@@ -231,7 +231,8 @@ void add_child(struct node *parent, struct node *child);
 void delete_node_by_name(struct node *parent, char *name);
 void delete_node(struct node *node);
 void append_to_property(struct node *node,
-			char *name, const void *data, int len);
+			char *name, const void *data, int len,
+			enum markertype type);
 
 const char *get_unitname(struct node *node);
 struct property *get_property(struct node *node, const char *propname);
diff --git a/scripts/dtc/flattree.c b/scripts/dtc/flattree.c
index acf04c30669f..f7f70769d73f 100644
--- a/scripts/dtc/flattree.c
+++ b/scripts/dtc/flattree.c
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ void dt_to_asm(FILE *f, struct dt_info *dti, int version)
 	fprintf(f, "/* Memory reserve map from source file */\n");
 
 	/*
-	 * Use .long on high and low halfs of u64s to avoid .quad
+	 * Use .long on high and low halves of u64s to avoid .quad
 	 * as it appears .quad isn't available in some assemblers.
 	 */
 	for (re = dti->reservelist; re; re = re->next) {
diff --git a/scripts/dtc/libfdt/Makefile.libfdt b/scripts/dtc/libfdt/Makefile.libfdt
index 3af3656df801..193da8c99d83 100644
--- a/scripts/dtc/libfdt/Makefile.libfdt
+++ b/scripts/dtc/libfdt/Makefile.libfdt
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ LIBFDT_VERSION = version.lds
 LIBFDT_SRCS = fdt.c fdt_ro.c fdt_wip.c fdt_sw.c fdt_rw.c fdt_strerror.c fdt_empty_tree.c \
 	fdt_addresses.c fdt_overlay.c
 LIBFDT_OBJS = $(LIBFDT_SRCS:%.c=%.o)
+LIBFDT_LIB = libfdt-$(DTC_VERSION).$(SHAREDLIB_EXT)
 
 libfdt_clean:
 	@$(VECHO) CLEAN "(libfdt)"
 	rm -f $(STD_CLEANFILES:%=$(LIBFDT_dir)/%)
+	rm -f $(LIBFDT_dir)/$(LIBFDT_soname)
diff --git a/scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_addresses.c b/scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_addresses.c
index f13a87dfa068..2cc997ea5012 100644
--- a/scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_addresses.c
+++ b/scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_addresses.c
@@ -95,3 +95,50 @@ int fdt_size_cells(const void *fdt, int nodeoffset)
 		return 1;
 	return val;
 }
+
+/* This function assumes that [address|size]_cells is 1 or 2 */
+int fdt_appendprop_addrrange(void *fdt, int parent, int nodeoffset,
+			     const char *name, uint64_t addr, uint64_t size)
+{
+	int addr_cells, size_cells, ret;
+	uint8_t data[sizeof(fdt64_t) * 2], *prop;
+
+	ret = fdt_address_cells(fdt, parent);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+	addr_cells = ret;
+
+	ret = fdt_size_cells(fdt, parent);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+	size_cells = ret;
+
+	/* check validity of address */
+	prop = data;
+	if (addr_cells == 1) {
+		if ((addr > UINT32_MAX) || ((UINT32_MAX + 1 - addr) < size))
+			return -FDT_ERR_BADVALUE;
+
+		fdt32_st(prop, (uint32_t)addr);
+	} else if (addr_cells == 2) {
+		fdt64_st(prop, addr);
+	} else {
+		return -FDT_ERR_BADNCELLS;
+	}
+
+	/* check validity of size */
+	prop += addr_cells * sizeof(fdt32_t);
+	if (size_cells == 1) {
+		if (size > UINT32_MAX)
+			return -FDT_ERR_BADVALUE;
+
+		fdt32_st(prop, (uint32_t)size);
+	} else if (size_cells == 2) {
+		fdt64_st(prop, size);
+	} else {
+		return -FDT_ERR_BADNCELLS;
+	}
+
+	return fdt_appendprop(fdt, nodeoffset, name, data,
+			      (addr_cells + size_cells) * sizeof(fdt32_t));
+}
diff --git a/scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_overlay.c b/scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_overlay.c
index 5fdab6c6371d..d3e9ab2dbb7b 100644
--- a/scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_overlay.c
+++ b/scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_overlay.c
@@ -93,11 +93,11 @@ static uint32_t overlay_get_target_phandle(const void *fdto, int fragment)
  * @pathp: pointer which receives the path of the target (or NULL)
  *
  * overlay_get_target() retrieves the target offset in the base
- * device tree of a fragment, no matter how the actual targetting is
+ * device tree of a fragment, no matter how the actual targeting is
  * done (through a phandle or a path)
  *
  * returns:
- *      the targetted node offset in the base device tree
+ *      the targeted node offset in the base device tree
  *      Negative error code on error
  */
 static int overlay_get_target(const void *fdt, const void *fdto,
@@ -863,12 +863,16 @@ static int overlay_symbol_update(void *fdt, void *fdto)
 
 int fdt_overlay_apply(void *fdt, void *fdto)
 {
-	uint32_t delta = fdt_get_max_phandle(fdt);
+	uint32_t delta;
 	int ret;
 
 	FDT_RO_PROBE(fdt);
 	FDT_RO_PROBE(fdto);
 
+	ret = fdt_find_max_phandle(fdt, &delta);
+	if (ret)
+		goto err;
+
 	ret = overlay_adjust_local_phandles(fdto, delta);
 	if (ret)
 		goto err;
diff --git a/scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_ro.c b/scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_ro.c
index eafc14282892..2c393a100bfc 100644
--- a/scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_ro.c
+++ b/scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_ro.c
@@ -144,29 +144,49 @@ static int fdt_string_eq_(const void *fdt, int stroffset,
 	return p && (slen == len) && (memcmp(p, s, len) == 0);
 }
 
-uint32_t fdt_get_max_phandle(const void *fdt)
+int fdt_find_max_phandle(const void *fdt, uint32_t *phandle)
 {
-	uint32_t max_phandle = 0;
-	int offset;
+	uint32_t max = 0;
+	int offset = -1;
 
-	for (offset = fdt_next_node(fdt, -1, NULL);;
-	     offset = fdt_next_node(fdt, offset, NULL)) {
-		uint32_t phandle;
+	while (true) {
+		uint32_t value;
 
-		if (offset == -FDT_ERR_NOTFOUND)
-			return max_phandle;
+		offset = fdt_next_node(fdt, offset, NULL);
+		if (offset < 0) {
+			if (offset == -FDT_ERR_NOTFOUND)
+				break;
 
-		if (offset < 0)
-			return (uint32_t)-1;
+			return offset;
+		}
 
-		phandle = fdt_get_phandle(fdt, offset);
-		if (phandle == (uint32_t)-1)
-			continue;
+		value = fdt_get_phandle(fdt, offset);
 
-		if (phandle > max_phandle)
-			max_phandle = phandle;
+		if (value > max)
+			max = value;
 	}
 
+	if (phandle)
+		*phandle = max;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int fdt_generate_phandle(const void *fdt, uint32_t *phandle)
+{
+	uint32_t max;
+	int err;
+
+	err = fdt_find_max_phandle(fdt, &max);
+	if (err < 0)
+		return err;
+
+	if (max == FDT_MAX_PHANDLE)
+		return -FDT_ERR_NOPHANDLES;
+
+	if (phandle)
+		*phandle = max + 1;
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_rw.c b/scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_rw.c
index 2e49855d7cf8..9e7661509e9f 100644
--- a/scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_rw.c
+++ b/scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_rw.c
@@ -136,6 +136,14 @@ static int fdt_splice_struct_(void *fdt, void *p,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/* Must only be used to roll back in case of error */
+static void fdt_del_last_string_(void *fdt, const char *s)
+{
+	int newlen = strlen(s) + 1;
+
+	fdt_set_size_dt_strings(fdt, fdt_size_dt_strings(fdt) - newlen);
+}
+
 static int fdt_splice_string_(void *fdt, int newlen)
 {
 	void *p = (char *)fdt
@@ -149,7 +157,7 @@ static int fdt_splice_string_(void *fdt, int newlen)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int fdt_find_add_string_(void *fdt, const char *s)
+static int fdt_find_add_string_(void *fdt, const char *s, int *allocated)
 {
 	char *strtab = (char *)fdt + fdt_off_dt_strings(fdt);
 	const char *p;
@@ -157,6 +165,8 @@ static int fdt_find_add_string_(void *fdt, const char *s)
 	int len = strlen(s) + 1;
 	int err;
 
+	*allocated = 0;
+
 	p = fdt_find_string_(strtab, fdt_size_dt_strings(fdt), s);
 	if (p)
 		/* found it */
@@ -167,6 +177,8 @@ static int fdt_find_add_string_(void *fdt, const char *s)
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
+	*allocated = 1;
+
 	memcpy(new, s, len);
 	return (new - strtab);
 }
@@ -225,11 +237,12 @@ static int fdt_add_property_(void *fdt, int nodeoffset, const char *name,
 	int nextoffset;
 	int namestroff;
 	int err;
+	int allocated;
 
 	if ((nextoffset = fdt_check_node_offset_(fdt, nodeoffset)) < 0)
 		return nextoffset;
 
-	namestroff = fdt_find_add_string_(fdt, name);
+	namestroff = fdt_find_add_string_(fdt, name, &allocated);
 	if (namestroff < 0)
 		return namestroff;
 
@@ -237,8 +250,11 @@ static int fdt_add_property_(void *fdt, int nodeoffset, const char *name,
 	proplen = sizeof(**prop) + FDT_TAGALIGN(len);
 
 	err = fdt_splice_struct_(fdt, *prop, 0, proplen);
-	if (err)
+	if (err) {
+		if (allocated)
+			fdt_del_last_string_(fdt, name);
 		return err;
+	}
 
 	(*prop)->tag = cpu_to_fdt32(FDT_PROP);
 	(*prop)->nameoff = cpu_to_fdt32(namestroff);
diff --git a/scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_strerror.c b/scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_strerror.c
index 9677a1887e57..0e6b4fd5e7ce 100644
--- a/scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_strerror.c
+++ b/scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_strerror.c
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ static struct fdt_errtabent fdt_errtable[] = {
 	FDT_ERRTABENT(FDT_ERR_BADVALUE),
 	FDT_ERRTABENT(FDT_ERR_BADOVERLAY),
 	FDT_ERRTABENT(FDT_ERR_NOPHANDLES),
+	FDT_ERRTABENT(FDT_ERR_BADFLAGS),
 };
 #define FDT_ERRTABSIZE	(sizeof(fdt_errtable) / sizeof(fdt_errtable[0]))
 
diff --git a/scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_sw.c b/scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_sw.c
index 9fa4a94d83c3..e773157d0fc4 100644
--- a/scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_sw.c
+++ b/scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_sw.c
@@ -121,6 +121,12 @@ static int fdt_sw_probe_struct_(void *fdt)
 			return err; \
 	}
 
+static inline uint32_t sw_flags(void *fdt)
+{
+	/* assert: (fdt_magic(fdt) == FDT_SW_MAGIC) */
+	return fdt_last_comp_version(fdt);
+}
+
 /* 'complete' state:	Enter this state after fdt_finish()
  *
  * Allowed functions: none
@@ -141,7 +147,7 @@ static void *fdt_grab_space_(void *fdt, size_t len)
 	return fdt_offset_ptr_w_(fdt, offset);
 }
 
-int fdt_create(void *buf, int bufsize)
+int fdt_create_with_flags(void *buf, int bufsize, uint32_t flags)
 {
 	const size_t hdrsize = FDT_ALIGN(sizeof(struct fdt_header),
 					 sizeof(struct fdt_reserve_entry));
@@ -150,11 +156,22 @@ int fdt_create(void *buf, int bufsize)
 	if (bufsize < hdrsize)
 		return -FDT_ERR_NOSPACE;
 
+	if (flags & ~FDT_CREATE_FLAGS_ALL)
+		return -FDT_ERR_BADFLAGS;
+
 	memset(buf, 0, bufsize);
 
+	/*
+	 * magic and last_comp_version keep intermediate state during the fdt
+	 * creation process, which is replaced with the proper FDT format by
+	 * fdt_finish().
+	 *
+	 * flags should be accessed with sw_flags().
+	 */
 	fdt_set_magic(fdt, FDT_SW_MAGIC);
 	fdt_set_version(fdt, FDT_LAST_SUPPORTED_VERSION);
-	fdt_set_last_comp_version(fdt, FDT_FIRST_SUPPORTED_VERSION);
+	fdt_set_last_comp_version(fdt, flags);
+
 	fdt_set_totalsize(fdt,  bufsize);
 
 	fdt_set_off_mem_rsvmap(fdt, hdrsize);
@@ -164,6 +181,11 @@ int fdt_create(void *buf, int bufsize)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int fdt_create(void *buf, int bufsize)
+{
+	return fdt_create_with_flags(buf, bufsize, 0);
+}
+
 int fdt_resize(void *fdt, void *buf, int bufsize)
 {
 	size_t headsize, tailsize;
@@ -262,19 +284,13 @@ int fdt_end_node(void *fdt)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int fdt_find_add_string_(void *fdt, const char *s)
+static int fdt_add_string_(void *fdt, const char *s)
 {
 	char *strtab = (char *)fdt + fdt_totalsize(fdt);
-	const char *p;
 	int strtabsize = fdt_size_dt_strings(fdt);
 	int len = strlen(s) + 1;
 	int struct_top, offset;
 
-	p = fdt_find_string_(strtab - strtabsize, strtabsize, s);
-	if (p)
-		return p - strtab;
-
-	/* Add it */
 	offset = -strtabsize - len;
 	struct_top = fdt_off_dt_struct(fdt) + fdt_size_dt_struct(fdt);
 	if (fdt_totalsize(fdt) + offset < struct_top)
@@ -285,20 +301,56 @@ static int fdt_find_add_string_(void *fdt, const char *s)
 	return offset;
 }
 
+/* Must only be used to roll back in case of error */
+static void fdt_del_last_string_(void *fdt, const char *s)
+{
+	int strtabsize = fdt_size_dt_strings(fdt);
+	int len = strlen(s) + 1;
+
+	fdt_set_size_dt_strings(fdt, strtabsize - len);
+}
+
+static int fdt_find_add_string_(void *fdt, const char *s, int *allocated)
+{
+	char *strtab = (char *)fdt + fdt_totalsize(fdt);
+	int strtabsize = fdt_size_dt_strings(fdt);
+	const char *p;
+
+	*allocated = 0;
+
+	p = fdt_find_string_(strtab - strtabsize, strtabsize, s);
+	if (p)
+		return p - strtab;
+
+	*allocated = 1;
+
+	return fdt_add_string_(fdt, s);
+}
+
 int fdt_property_placeholder(void *fdt, const char *name, int len, void **valp)
 {
 	struct fdt_property *prop;
 	int nameoff;
+	int allocated;
 
 	FDT_SW_PROBE_STRUCT(fdt);
 
-	nameoff = fdt_find_add_string_(fdt, name);
+	/* String de-duplication can be slow, _NO_NAME_DEDUP skips it */
+	if (sw_flags(fdt) & FDT_CREATE_FLAG_NO_NAME_DEDUP) {
+		allocated = 1;
+		nameoff = fdt_add_string_(fdt, name);
+	} else {
+		nameoff = fdt_find_add_string_(fdt, name, &allocated);
+	}
 	if (nameoff == 0)
 		return -FDT_ERR_NOSPACE;
 
 	prop = fdt_grab_space_(fdt, sizeof(*prop) + FDT_TAGALIGN(len));
-	if (! prop)
+	if (! prop) {
+		if (allocated)
+			fdt_del_last_string_(fdt, name);
 		return -FDT_ERR_NOSPACE;
+	}
 
 	prop->tag = cpu_to_fdt32(FDT_PROP);
 	prop->nameoff = cpu_to_fdt32(nameoff);
@@ -360,6 +412,10 @@ int fdt_finish(void *fdt)
 
 	/* Finally, adjust the header */
 	fdt_set_totalsize(fdt, newstroffset + fdt_size_dt_strings(fdt));
+
+	/* And fix up fields that were keeping intermediate state. */
+	fdt_set_last_comp_version(fdt, FDT_FIRST_SUPPORTED_VERSION);
 	fdt_set_magic(fdt, FDT_MAGIC);
+
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/scripts/dtc/libfdt/libfdt.h b/scripts/dtc/libfdt/libfdt.h
index 627da2e079c9..be14bf63e577 100644
--- a/scripts/dtc/libfdt/libfdt.h
+++ b/scripts/dtc/libfdt/libfdt.h
@@ -138,7 +138,15 @@
 	/* FDT_ERR_NOPHANDLES: The device tree doesn't have any
 	 * phandle available anymore without causing an overflow */
 
-#define FDT_ERR_MAX		17
+#define FDT_ERR_BADFLAGS	18
+	/* FDT_ERR_BADFLAGS: The function was passed a flags field that
+	 * contains invalid flags or an invalid combination of flags. */
+
+#define FDT_ERR_MAX		18
+
+/* constants */
+#define FDT_MAX_PHANDLE 0xfffffffe
+	/* Valid values for phandles range from 1 to 2^32-2. */
 
 /**********************************************************************/
 /* Low-level functions (you probably don't need these)                */
@@ -171,6 +179,16 @@ static inline uint32_t fdt32_ld(const fdt32_t *p)
 		| bp[3];
 }
 
+static inline void fdt32_st(void *property, uint32_t value)
+{
+	uint8_t *bp = property;
+
+	bp[0] = value >> 24;
+	bp[1] = (value >> 16) & 0xff;
+	bp[2] = (value >> 8) & 0xff;
+	bp[3] = value & 0xff;
+}
+
 static inline uint64_t fdt64_ld(const fdt64_t *p)
 {
 	const uint8_t *bp = (const uint8_t *)p;
@@ -185,6 +203,20 @@ static inline uint64_t fdt64_ld(const fdt64_t *p)
 		| bp[7];
 }
 
+static inline void fdt64_st(void *property, uint64_t value)
+{
+	uint8_t *bp = property;
+
+	bp[0] = value >> 56;
+	bp[1] = (value >> 48) & 0xff;
+	bp[2] = (value >> 40) & 0xff;
+	bp[3] = (value >> 32) & 0xff;
+	bp[4] = (value >> 24) & 0xff;
+	bp[5] = (value >> 16) & 0xff;
+	bp[6] = (value >> 8) & 0xff;
+	bp[7] = value & 0xff;
+}
+
 /**********************************************************************/
 /* Traversal functions                                                */
 /**********************************************************************/
@@ -227,7 +259,7 @@ int fdt_next_subnode(const void *fdt, int offset);
  *		...
  *	}
  *
- *	if ((node < 0) && (node != -FDT_ERR_NOT_FOUND)) {
+ *	if ((node < 0) && (node != -FDT_ERR_NOTFOUND)) {
  *		Error handling
  *	}
  *
@@ -361,6 +393,20 @@ const char *fdt_get_string(const void *fdt, int stroffset, int *lenp);
  */
 const char *fdt_string(const void *fdt, int stroffset);
 
+/**
+ * fdt_find_max_phandle - find and return the highest phandle in a tree
+ * @fdt: pointer to the device tree blob
+ * @phandle: return location for the highest phandle value found in the tree
+ *
+ * fdt_find_max_phandle() finds the highest phandle value in the given device
+ * tree. The value returned in @phandle is only valid if the function returns
+ * success.
+ *
+ * returns:
+ *     0 on success or a negative error code on failure
+ */
+int fdt_find_max_phandle(const void *fdt, uint32_t *phandle);
+
 /**
  * fdt_get_max_phandle - retrieves the highest phandle in a tree
  * @fdt: pointer to the device tree blob
@@ -369,12 +415,39 @@ const char *fdt_string(const void *fdt, int stroffset);
  * device tree. This will ignore badly formatted phandles, or phandles
  * with a value of 0 or -1.
  *
+ * This function is deprecated in favour of fdt_find_max_phandle().
+ *
  * returns:
  *      the highest phandle on success
  *      0, if no phandle was found in the device tree
  *      -1, if an error occurred
  */
-uint32_t fdt_get_max_phandle(const void *fdt);
+static inline uint32_t fdt_get_max_phandle(const void *fdt)
+{
+	uint32_t phandle;
+	int err;
+
+	err = fdt_find_max_phandle(fdt, &phandle);
+	if (err < 0)
+		return (uint32_t)-1;
+
+	return phandle;
+}
+
+/**
+ * fdt_generate_phandle - return a new, unused phandle for a device tree blob
+ * @fdt: pointer to the device tree blob
+ * @phandle: return location for the new phandle
+ *
+ * Walks the device tree blob and looks for the highest phandle value. On
+ * success, the new, unused phandle value (one higher than the previously
+ * highest phandle value in the device tree blob) will be returned in the
+ * @phandle parameter.
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ *   0 on success or a negative error-code on failure
+ */
+int fdt_generate_phandle(const void *fdt, uint32_t *phandle);
 
 /**
  * fdt_num_mem_rsv - retrieve the number of memory reserve map entries
@@ -566,7 +639,7 @@ int fdt_next_property_offset(const void *fdt, int offset);
  *		...
  *	}
  *
- *	if ((property < 0) && (property != -FDT_ERR_NOT_FOUND)) {
+ *	if ((property < 0) && (property != -FDT_ERR_NOTFOUND)) {
  *		Error handling
  *	}
  *
@@ -669,7 +742,7 @@ static inline struct fdt_property *fdt_get_property_w(void *fdt, int nodeoffset,
 /**
  * fdt_getprop_by_offset - retrieve the value of a property at a given offset
  * @fdt: pointer to the device tree blob
- * @ffset: offset of the property to read
+ * @offset: offset of the property to read
  * @namep: pointer to a string variable (will be overwritten) or NULL
  * @lenp: pointer to an integer variable (will be overwritten) or NULL
  *
@@ -1360,7 +1433,45 @@ int fdt_nop_node(void *fdt, int nodeoffset);
 /* Sequential write functions                                         */
 /**********************************************************************/
 
+/* fdt_create_with_flags flags */
+#define FDT_CREATE_FLAG_NO_NAME_DEDUP 0x1
+	/* FDT_CREATE_FLAG_NO_NAME_DEDUP: Do not try to de-duplicate property
+	 * names in the fdt. This can result in faster creation times, but
+	 * a larger fdt. */
+
+#define FDT_CREATE_FLAGS_ALL	(FDT_CREATE_FLAG_NO_NAME_DEDUP)
+
+/**
+ * fdt_create_with_flags - begin creation of a new fdt
+ * @fdt: pointer to memory allocated where fdt will be created
+ * @bufsize: size of the memory space at fdt
+ * @flags: a valid combination of FDT_CREATE_FLAG_ flags, or 0.
+ *
+ * fdt_create_with_flags() begins the process of creating a new fdt with
+ * the sequential write interface.
+ *
+ * fdt creation process must end with fdt_finished() to produce a valid fdt.
+ *
+ * returns:
+ *	0, on success
+ *	-FDT_ERR_NOSPACE, bufsize is insufficient for a minimal fdt
+ *	-FDT_ERR_BADFLAGS, flags is not valid
+ */
+int fdt_create_with_flags(void *buf, int bufsize, uint32_t flags);
+
+/**
+ * fdt_create - begin creation of a new fdt
+ * @fdt: pointer to memory allocated where fdt will be created
+ * @bufsize: size of the memory space at fdt
+ *
+ * fdt_create() is equivalent to fdt_create_with_flags() with flags=0.
+ *
+ * returns:
+ *	0, on success
+ *	-FDT_ERR_NOSPACE, bufsize is insufficient for a minimal fdt
+ */
 int fdt_create(void *buf, int bufsize);
+
 int fdt_resize(void *fdt, void *buf, int bufsize);
 int fdt_add_reservemap_entry(void *fdt, uint64_t addr, uint64_t size);
 int fdt_finish_reservemap(void *fdt);
@@ -1831,6 +1942,43 @@ static inline int fdt_appendprop_cell(void *fdt, int nodeoffset,
 #define fdt_appendprop_string(fdt, nodeoffset, name, str) \
 	fdt_appendprop((fdt), (nodeoffset), (name), (str), strlen(str)+1)
 
+/**
+ * fdt_appendprop_addrrange - append a address range property
+ * @fdt: pointer to the device tree blob
+ * @parent: offset of the parent node
+ * @nodeoffset: offset of the node to add a property at
+ * @name: name of property
+ * @addr: start address of a given range
+ * @size: size of a given range
+ *
+ * fdt_appendprop_addrrange() appends an address range value (start
+ * address and size) to the value of the named property in the given
+ * node, or creates a new property with that value if it does not
+ * already exist.
+ * If "name" is not specified, a default "reg" is used.
+ * Cell sizes are determined by parent's #address-cells and #size-cells.
+ *
+ * This function may insert data into the blob, and will therefore
+ * change the offsets of some existing nodes.
+ *
+ * returns:
+ *	0, on success
+ *	-FDT_ERR_BADLAYOUT,
+ *	-FDT_ERR_BADMAGIC,
+ *	-FDT_ERR_BADNCELLS, if the node has a badly formatted or invalid
+ *		#address-cells property
+ *	-FDT_ERR_BADOFFSET, nodeoffset did not point to FDT_BEGIN_NODE tag
+ *	-FDT_ERR_BADSTATE,
+ *	-FDT_ERR_BADSTRUCTURE,
+ *	-FDT_ERR_BADVERSION,
+ *	-FDT_ERR_BADVALUE, addr or size doesn't fit to respective cells size
+ *	-FDT_ERR_NOSPACE, there is insufficient free space in the blob to
+ *		contain a new property
+ *	-FDT_ERR_TRUNCATED, standard meanings
+ */
+int fdt_appendprop_addrrange(void *fdt, int parent, int nodeoffset,
+			     const char *name, uint64_t addr, uint64_t size);
+
 /**
  * fdt_delprop - delete a property
  * @fdt: pointer to the device tree blob
diff --git a/scripts/dtc/libfdt/libfdt_env.h b/scripts/dtc/libfdt/libfdt_env.h
index eb2053845c9c..4d1cdfa58547 100644
--- a/scripts/dtc/libfdt/libfdt_env.h
+++ b/scripts/dtc/libfdt/libfdt_env.h
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
  *     EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
  */
 
+#include <stdbool.h>
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/scripts/dtc/livetree.c b/scripts/dtc/livetree.c
index 7a2e6446a17b..21c274125c2c 100644
--- a/scripts/dtc/livetree.c
+++ b/scripts/dtc/livetree.c
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ struct node * add_orphan_node(struct node *dt, struct node *new_node, char *ref)
 	char *name;
 
 	if (ref[0] == '/') {
+		d = data_add_marker(d, TYPE_STRING, ref);
 		d = data_append_data(d, ref, strlen(ref) + 1);
 
 		p = build_property("target-path", d, NULL);
@@ -350,17 +351,20 @@ void delete_node(struct node *node)
 }
 
 void append_to_property(struct node *node,
-				    char *name, const void *data, int len)
+			char *name, const void *data, int len,
+			enum markertype type)
 {
 	struct data d;
 	struct property *p;
 
 	p = get_property(node, name);
 	if (p) {
-		d = data_append_data(p->val, data, len);
+		d = data_add_marker(p->val, type, name);
+		d = data_append_data(d, data, len);
 		p->val = d;
 	} else {
-		d = data_append_data(empty_data, data, len);
+		d = data_add_marker(empty_data, type, name);
+		d = data_append_data(d, data, len);
 		p = build_property(name, d, NULL);
 		add_property(node, p);
 	}
@@ -858,8 +862,8 @@ static void generate_label_tree_internal(struct dt_info *dti,
 
 			/* insert it */
 			p = build_property(l->label,
-				data_copy_mem(node->fullpath,
-						strlen(node->fullpath) + 1),
+				data_copy_escape_string(node->fullpath,
+						strlen(node->fullpath)),
 				NULL);
 			add_property(an, p);
 		}
@@ -910,7 +914,7 @@ static void add_fixup_entry(struct dt_info *dti, struct node *fn,
 
 	xasprintf(&entry, "%s:%s:%u",
 			node->fullpath, prop->name, m->offset);
-	append_to_property(fn, m->ref, entry, strlen(entry) + 1);
+	append_to_property(fn, m->ref, entry, strlen(entry) + 1, TYPE_STRING);
 
 	free(entry);
 }
@@ -970,7 +974,7 @@ static void add_local_fixup_entry(struct dt_info *dti,
 	char **compp;
 	int i, depth;
 
-	/* walk back retreiving depth */
+	/* walk back retrieving depth */
 	depth = 0;
 	for (wn = node; wn; wn = wn->parent)
 		depth++;
@@ -993,7 +997,7 @@ static void add_local_fixup_entry(struct dt_info *dti,
 	free(compp);
 
 	value_32 = cpu_to_fdt32(m->offset);
-	append_to_property(wn, prop->name, &value_32, sizeof(value_32));
+	append_to_property(wn, prop->name, &value_32, sizeof(value_32), TYPE_UINT32);
 }
 
 static void generate_local_fixups_tree_internal(struct dt_info *dti,
diff --git a/scripts/dtc/util.h b/scripts/dtc/util.h
index 7658781a6200..fc3c0d05ada3 100644
--- a/scripts/dtc/util.h
+++ b/scripts/dtc/util.h
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ int utilfdt_read_err(const char *filename, char **buffp, size_t *len);
  * stderr.
  *
  * @param filename	The filename to write, or - for stdout
- * @param blob		Poiner to buffer containing fdt
+ * @param blob		Pointer to buffer containing fdt
  * @return 0 if ok, -1 on error
  */
 int utilfdt_write(const char *filename, const void *blob);
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ int utilfdt_write(const char *filename, const void *blob);
  * an error message for the user.
  *
  * @param filename	The filename to write, or - for stdout
- * @param blob		Poiner to buffer containing fdt
+ * @param blob		Pointer to buffer containing fdt
  * @return 0 if ok, else an errno value representing the error
  */
 int utilfdt_write_err(const char *filename, const void *blob);
diff --git a/scripts/dtc/version_gen.h b/scripts/dtc/version_gen.h
index 75f383c0b9d3..2111a6e351f9 100644
--- a/scripts/dtc/version_gen.h
+++ b/scripts/dtc/version_gen.h
@@ -1 +1 @@
-#define DTC_VERSION "DTC 1.4.7-gf267e674"
+#define DTC_VERSION "DTC 1.5.0-g87963ee2"