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authorDavid Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>2009-06-30 11:41:26 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-06-30 18:56:00 -0700
commitb55f627feeb9d48fdbde3835e18afbc76712e49b (patch)
tree1c6084d44f23c5e70040e5d62c93718f77ad09da /drivers
parentc49568235dd7b4a2ffad63aa950562f4ffb9455f (diff)
spi: new spi->mode bits
Add two new spi_device.mode bits to accomodate more protocol options, and pass them through to usermode drivers: * SPI_NO_CS ... a second 3-wire variant, where the chipselect line is removed instead of a data line; transfers are still full duplex. This obviously has STRONG protocol implications since the chipselect transitions can't be used to synchronize state transitions with the SPI master. * SPI_READY ... defines open drain signal that's pulled low to pause the clock. This defines a 5-wire variant (normal 4-wire SPI plus READY) and two 4-wire variants (READY plus each of the 3-wire flavors). Such hardware flow control can be a big win. There are ADC converters and flash chips that expose READY signals, but not many host controllers support it today. The spi_bitbang code should be changed to use SPI_NO_CS instead of its current nonportable hack. That's a mode most hardware can easily support (unlike SPI_READY). Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Cc: "Paulraj, Sandeep" <s-paulraj@ti.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers')
-rw-r--r--drivers/spi/spidev.c17
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/spi/spidev.c b/drivers/spi/spidev.c
index 5d869c4d3eb..606e7a40a8d 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spidev.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spidev.c
@@ -58,15 +58,20 @@ static unsigned long minors[N_SPI_MINORS / BITS_PER_LONG];
/* Bit masks for spi_device.mode management. Note that incorrect
- * settings for CS_HIGH and 3WIRE can cause *lots* of trouble for other
- * devices on a shared bus: CS_HIGH, because this device will be
- * active when it shouldn't be; 3WIRE, because when active it won't
- * behave as it should.
+ * settings for some settings can cause *lots* of trouble for other
+ * devices on a shared bus:
*
- * REVISIT should changing those two modes be privileged?
+ * - CS_HIGH ... this device will be active when it shouldn't be
+ * - 3WIRE ... when active, it won't behave as it should
+ * - NO_CS ... there will be no explicit message boundaries; this
+ * is completely incompatible with the shared bus model
+ * - READY ... transfers may proceed when they shouldn't.
+ *
+ * REVISIT should changing those flags be privileged?
*/
#define SPI_MODE_MASK (SPI_CPHA | SPI_CPOL | SPI_CS_HIGH \
- | SPI_LSB_FIRST | SPI_3WIRE | SPI_LOOP)
+ | SPI_LSB_FIRST | SPI_3WIRE | SPI_LOOP \
+ | SPI_NO_CS | SPI_READY)
struct spidev_data {
dev_t devt;