The most direct way is to change the nanopi-r1.dtb patch-sun8i-h3-nanopi.dtsi then recompile sun8i-h3-nanopi-r1.dts to sun8i-h3-nanopi-r1.dtb if you only have the dtb in /boot , dtc -I dtb -O dts ..., edit the resulting dts, then dtc -I dts -O dtb ... --- arch/arm/dts/sun8i-h3-nanopi.dtsi.orig Mon J...