fdt_setprop_cell(9)

💅 fdt_setprop_cell(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual page you actually wanna read 🎀

okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual bestie, today we're doing fdt_setprop_cell(9) and honestly? she's a short one but she matters. Let's get into it ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

fdt_setprop_cell — set a property to a single cell value 🫶

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int fdt_setprop_cell (void *fdt , int nodeoffset , const char *name ,
uint32_t val );

literally copy that exactly, no cap 💅

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• fdt — pointer to the device tree blob, aka the whole vibe you're editing 🌈
• nodeoffset — offset of the node whose property to change, like the exact address of the friend you're texting 💌
• name — name of the property to change, yes bestie we need the name 🏷️
• val — 32-bit integer value for the property (native endian) 🔥

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so plot twist: this is an alternative name for fdt_setprop_u32 🫶 that's it, that's the whole description. she's giving alias energy, she's giving "same girl, different name", and we love her for it 💖

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

0 on success, negative libfdt error value otherwise 🥲 like if it doesn't work you get a negative number and you go "😭".

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

first up, the kernel file: ./scripts/dtc/libfdt/libfdt.h — go read it, iykyk 📖

and now the whole friend group, in order, no one left out 💜

• fdt_offset_ptr(9), fdt_next_tag(9), fdt_first_subnode(9), fdt_next_subnode(9), fdt_for_each_subnode(9)
• fdt_header_size(9), fdt_header_size_(9), fdt_check_header(9), fdt_move(9), fdt_check_full(9)
• fdt_get_string(9), fdt_string(9)
• fdt_find_max_phandle(9), fdt_get_max_phandle(9), fdt_generate_phandle(9)
• fdt_num_mem_rsv(9), fdt_get_mem_rsv(9)
• fdt_subnode_offset_namelen(9), fdt_subnode_offset(9), fdt_path_offset_namelen(9), fdt_path_offset(9), fdt_get_name(9)
• fdt_first_property_offset(9), fdt_next_property_offset(9), fdt_for_each_property_offset(9), fdt_get_property_by_offset(9), fdt_get_property_namelen(9), fdt_get_property(9), fdt_getprop_by_offset(9), fdt_getprop_namelen(9), fdt_getprop(9)
• fdt_get_phandle(9), fdt_get_alias_namelen(9), fdt_get_alias(9), fdt_get_symbol_namelen(9), fdt_get_symbol(9)
• fdt_get_path(9), fdt_supernode_atdepth_offset(9), fdt_node_depth(9), fdt_parent_offset(9)
• fdt_node_offset_by_prop_value(9), fdt_node_offset_by_phandle(9), fdt_node_check_compatible(9), fdt_node_offset_by_compatible(9)
• fdt_stringlist_contains(9), fdt_stringlist_count(9), fdt_stringlist_search(9), fdt_stringlist_get(9)
• FDT_MAX_NCELLS(9), fdt_address_cells(9), fdt_size_cells(9)
• fdt_setprop_inplace_namelen_partial(9), fdt_setprop_inplace(9), fdt_setprop_inplace_u32(9), fdt_setprop_inplace_u64(9), fdt_setprop_inplace_cell(9)
• fdt_nop_property(9), fdt_nop_node(9)
• fdt_create_with_flags(9), fdt_create(9), fdt_resize(9)
• fdt_add_reservemap_entry(9), fdt_finish_reservemap(9)
• fdt_begin_node(9), fdt_property(9), fdt_property_placeholder(9), fdt_end_node(9), fdt_finish(9)
• fdt_create_empty_tree(9), fdt_open_into(9), fdt_pack(9)
• fdt_add_mem_rsv(9), fdt_del_mem_rsv(9)
• fdt_set_name(9), fdt_setprop_namelen(9), fdt_setprop(9), fdt_setprop_placeholder_namelen(9), fdt_setprop_placeholder(9), fdt_setprop_u32(9), fdt_setprop_u64(9), fdt_setprop_string(9), fdt_setprop_namelen_string(9), fdt_setprop_empty(9)
• fdt_appendprop(9), fdt_appendprop_u32(9), fdt_appendprop_u64(9), fdt_appendprop_cell(9), fdt_appendprop_string(9), fdt_appendprop_addrrange(9)
• fdt_delprop(9)
• fdt_add_subnode_namelen(9), fdt_add_subnode(9), fdt_del_node(9)
• fdt_overlay_apply(9), fdt_overlay_target_offset(9), fdt_strerror(9)

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and that's the page!! 💖 this lil icon lives in ./scripts/dtc/libfdt and it's dated October 2026 — so like, ahead of her time fr fr. go forth and set those cells bestie, slay 🧚‍♀️✨