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DTPARAM(1)

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DTPARAM(1)

NAME

dtparam - mainpulate parameters of the base device-tree

SYNOPSIS

dtparam [param=val...]

dtparam -h [param]

DESCRIPTION

dtparam is a command line utility for manipulating the base device-tree's parameters. For example, it can be used to enable the SPI or I2C interfaces at runtime without rebooting. If dtparam is run without any argument, it prints the names of all base device-tree parameters and their description.

OPTIONS

-h [param]: If given without param displays help on the application overall. If param is specified, prints help about that parameter in the base device-tree.

EXAMPLES

sudo dtparam spi=on: Enable the SPI interface on the GPIO header. Note that root privileges are usually required for manipulating the base device-tree (hence, sudo in the example).
dtparam -h spi: Print help about the "spi" parameter.
sudo dtparam audio=off: Disable the audio output.

REFERENCES

[DTREE]: https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/computers/configuration.html#part3.5.2