Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI)

SPI is the “Serial Peripheral Interface”, widely used with embeddedsystems because it is a simple and efficient interface: basically amultiplexed shift register. Its three signal wires hold a clock (SCK,often in the range of 1-20 MHz), a “Master Out, Slave In” (MOSI) dataline, and a “Master In, Slave Out” (MISO) data line. SPI is a fullduplex protocol; for each bit shifted out the MOSI line (one per clock)another is shifted in on the MISO line. Those bits are assembled intowords of various sizes on the way to and from system memory. Anadditional chipselect line is usually active-low (nCS); four signals arenormally used for each peripheral, plus sometimes an interrupt.

The SPI bus facilities listed here provide a generalized interface todeclare SPI buses and devices, manage them according to the standardLinux driver model, and perform input/output operations. At this time,only “master” side interfaces are supported, where Linux talks to SPIperipherals and does not implement such a peripheral itself. (Interfacesto support implementing SPI slaves would necessarily look different.)

The programming interface is structured around two kinds of driver, andtwo kinds of device. A “Controller Driver” abstracts the controllerhardware, which may be as simple as a set of GPIO pins or as complex asa pair of FIFOs connected to dual DMA engines on the other side of theSPI shift register (maximizing throughput). Such drivers bridge betweenwhatever bus they sit on (often the platform bus) and SPI, and exposethe SPI side of their device as astructspi_controller. SPI devices are children of that master,represented as astructspi_device andmanufactured fromstructspi_board_info descriptors which are usually provided byboard-specific initialization code. Astructspi_driver is called a “Protocol Driver”, and is bound to aspi_device using normal driver model calls.

The I/O model is a set of queued messages. Protocol drivers submit oneor morestructspi_message objects,which are processed and completed asynchronously. (There are synchronouswrappers, however.) Messages are built from one or morestructspi_transfer objects, each ofwhich wraps a full duplex SPI transfer. A variety of protocol tweakingoptions are needed, because different chips adopt very differentpolicies for how they use the bits transferred with SPI.

structspi_statistics

statistics for spi transfers

Definition:

struct spi_statistics {    struct u64_stats_sync   syncp;    u64_stats_t messages;    u64_stats_t transfers;    u64_stats_t errors;    u64_stats_t timedout;    u64_stats_t spi_sync;    u64_stats_t spi_sync_immediate;    u64_stats_t spi_async;    u64_stats_t bytes;    u64_stats_t bytes_rx;    u64_stats_t bytes_tx;#define SPI_STATISTICS_HISTO_SIZE 17;    u64_stats_t transfer_bytes_histo[SPI_STATISTICS_HISTO_SIZE];    u64_stats_t transfers_split_maxsize;};

Members

syncp

seqcount to protect members in this struct for per-cpu updateon 32-bit systems

messages

number of spi-messages handled

transfers

number of spi_transfers handled

errors

number of errors during spi_transfer

timedout

number of timeouts during spi_transfer

spi_sync

number of times spi_sync is used

spi_sync_immediate

number of times spi_sync is executed immediatelyin calling context without queuing and scheduling

spi_async

number of times spi_async is used

bytes

number of bytes transferred to/from device

bytes_rx

number of bytes received from device

bytes_tx

number of bytes sent to device

transfer_bytes_histo

transfer bytes histogram

transfers_split_maxsize

number of transfers that have been split because ofmaxsize limit

structspi_delay

SPI delay information

Definition:

struct spi_delay {#define SPI_DELAY_UNIT_USECS    0;#define SPI_DELAY_UNIT_NSECS    1;#define SPI_DELAY_UNIT_SCK      2;    u16 value;    u8 unit;};

Members

value

Value for the delay

unit

Unit for the delay

structspi_device

Controller side proxy for an SPI target device

Definition:

struct spi_device {    struct device           dev;    struct spi_controller   *controller;    u32 max_speed_hz;    u8 bits_per_word;    bool rt;#define SPI_NO_TX               BIT(31);#define SPI_NO_RX               BIT(30);#define SPI_TPM_HW_FLOW         BIT(29);#define SPI_MODE_KERNEL_MASK    (~(BIT(29) - 1));    u32 mode;    int irq;    void *controller_state;    void *controller_data;    char modalias[SPI_NAME_SIZE];    const char              *driver_override;    struct spi_statistics __percpu  *pcpu_statistics;    struct spi_delay        word_delay;    struct spi_delay        cs_setup;    struct spi_delay        cs_hold;    struct spi_delay        cs_inactive;    u8 chip_select[SPI_DEVICE_CS_CNT_MAX];    u8 num_chipselect;    u32 cs_index_mask : SPI_DEVICE_CS_CNT_MAX;    struct gpio_desc        *cs_gpiod[SPI_DEVICE_CS_CNT_MAX];};

Members

dev

Driver model representation of the device.

controller

SPI controller used with the device.

max_speed_hz

Maximum clock rate to be used with this chip(on this board); may be changed by the device’s driver.The spi_transfer.speed_hz can override this for each transfer.

bits_per_word

Data transfers involve one or more words; word sizeslike eight or 12 bits are common. In-memory wordsizes arepowers of two bytes (e.g. 20 bit samples use 32 bits).This may be changed by the device’s driver, or left at thedefault (0) indicating protocol words are eight bit bytes.The spi_transfer.bits_per_word can override this for each transfer.

rt

Make the pump thread real time priority.

mode

The spi mode defines how data is clocked out and in.This may be changed by the device’s driver.The “active low” default for chipselect mode can be overridden(by specifying SPI_CS_HIGH) as can the “MSB first” default foreach word in a transfer (by specifying SPI_LSB_FIRST).

irq

Negative, or the number passed torequest_irq() to receiveinterrupts from this device.

controller_state

Controller’s runtime state

controller_data

Board-specific definitions for controller, such asFIFO initialization parameters; from board_info.controller_data

modalias

Name of the driver to use with this device, or an aliasfor that name. This appears in the sysfs “modalias” attributefor driver coldplugging, and in uevents used for hotplugging

driver_override

If the name of a driver is written to this attribute, thenthe device will bind to the named driver and only the named driver.Do not set directly, because core frees it; usedriver_set_override() toset or clear it.

pcpu_statistics

statistics for the spi_device

word_delay

delay to be inserted between consecutivewords of a transfer

cs_setup

delay to be introduced by the controller after CS is asserted

cs_hold

delay to be introduced by the controller before CS is deasserted

cs_inactive

delay to be introduced by the controller after CS isdeasserted. Ifcs_change_delay is used fromspi_transfer, then thetwo delays will be added up.

chip_select

Array of physical chipselect, spi->chipselect[i] givesthe corresponding physical CS for logical CS i.

num_chipselect

Number of physical chipselects used.

cs_index_mask

Bit mask of the active chipselect(s) in the chipselect array

cs_gpiod

Array of GPIO descriptors of the corresponding chipselect lines(optional, NULL when not using a GPIO line)

Description

Aspi_device is used to interchange data between an SPI target device(usually a discrete chip) and CPU memory.

Indev, the platform_data is used to hold information about thisdevice that’s meaningful to the device’s protocol driver, but notto its controller. One example might be an identifier for a chipvariant with slightly different functionality; another might beinformation about how this particular board wires the chip’s pins.

structspi_driver

Host side “protocol” driver

Definition:

struct spi_driver {    const struct spi_device_id *id_table;    int (*probe)(struct spi_device *spi);    void (*remove)(struct spi_device *spi);    void (*shutdown)(struct spi_device *spi);    struct device_driver    driver;};

Members

id_table

List of SPI devices supported by this driver

probe

Binds this driver to the SPI device. Drivers can verifythat the device is actually present, and may need to configurecharacteristics (such as bits_per_word) which weren’t needed forthe initial configuration done during system setup.

remove

Unbinds this driver from the SPI device

shutdown

Standard shutdown callback used during system statetransitions such as powerdown/halt and kexec

driver

SPI device drivers should initialize the name and ownerfield of this structure.

Description

This represents the kind of device driver that uses SPI messages tointeract with the hardware at the other end of a SPI link. It’s calleda “protocol” driver because it works through messages rather than talkingdirectly to SPI hardware (which is what the underlying SPI controllerdriver does to pass those messages). These protocols are defined in thespecification for the device(s) supported by the driver.

As a rule, those device protocols represent the lowest level interfacesupported by a driver, and it will support upper level interfaces too.Examples of such upper levels include frameworks like MTD, networking,MMC, RTC, filesystem character device nodes, and hardware monitoring.

voidspi_unregister_driver(structspi_driver*sdrv)

reverse effect of spi_register_driver

Parameters

structspi_driver*sdrv

the driver to unregister

Context

can sleep

module_spi_driver

module_spi_driver(__spi_driver)

Helper macro for registering a SPI driver

Parameters

__spi_driver

spi_driver struct

Description

Helper macro for SPI drivers which do not do anything special in moduleinit/exit. This eliminates a lot of boilerplate. Each module may onlyuse this macro once, and calling it replacesmodule_init() andmodule_exit()

structspi_controller

interface to SPI host or target controller

Definition:

struct spi_controller {    struct device   dev;    struct list_head list;    s16 bus_num;    u16 num_chipselect;    u16 dma_alignment;    u32 mode_bits;    u32 buswidth_override_bits;    u32 bits_per_word_mask;#define SPI_BPW_MASK(bits) BIT((bits) - 1);#define SPI_BPW_RANGE_MASK(min, max) GENMASK((max) - 1, (min) - 1);    u32 min_speed_hz;    u32 max_speed_hz;    u16 flags;#define SPI_CONTROLLER_HALF_DUPLEX      BIT(0);#define SPI_CONTROLLER_NO_RX            BIT(1);#define SPI_CONTROLLER_NO_TX            BIT(2);#define SPI_CONTROLLER_MUST_RX          BIT(3);#define SPI_CONTROLLER_MUST_TX          BIT(4);#define SPI_CONTROLLER_GPIO_SS          BIT(5);#define SPI_CONTROLLER_SUSPENDED        BIT(6);#define SPI_CONTROLLER_MULTI_CS         BIT(7);    bool devm_allocated;    union {        bool slave;        bool target;    };    size_t (*max_transfer_size)(struct spi_device *spi);    size_t (*max_message_size)(struct spi_device *spi);    struct mutex            io_mutex;    struct mutex            add_lock;    spinlock_t bus_lock_spinlock;    struct mutex            bus_lock_mutex;    bool bus_lock_flag;    int (*setup)(struct spi_device *spi);    int (*set_cs_timing)(struct spi_device *spi);    int (*transfer)(struct spi_device *spi, struct spi_message *mesg);    void (*cleanup)(struct spi_device *spi);    bool (*can_dma)(struct spi_controller *ctlr, struct spi_device *spi, struct spi_transfer *xfer);    struct device *dma_map_dev;    struct device *cur_rx_dma_dev;    struct device *cur_tx_dma_dev;    bool queued;    struct kthread_worker           *kworker;    struct kthread_work             pump_messages;    spinlock_t queue_lock;    struct list_head                queue;    struct spi_message              *cur_msg;    struct completion               cur_msg_completion;    bool cur_msg_incomplete;    bool cur_msg_need_completion;    bool busy;    bool running;    bool rt;    bool auto_runtime_pm;    bool fallback;    bool last_cs_mode_high;    s8 last_cs[SPI_DEVICE_CS_CNT_MAX];    u32 last_cs_index_mask : SPI_DEVICE_CS_CNT_MAX;    struct completion               xfer_completion;    size_t max_dma_len;    int (*optimize_message)(struct spi_message *msg);    int (*unoptimize_message)(struct spi_message *msg);    int (*prepare_transfer_hardware)(struct spi_controller *ctlr);    int (*transfer_one_message)(struct spi_controller *ctlr, struct spi_message *mesg);    int (*unprepare_transfer_hardware)(struct spi_controller *ctlr);    int (*prepare_message)(struct spi_controller *ctlr, struct spi_message *message);    int (*unprepare_message)(struct spi_controller *ctlr, struct spi_message *message);    int (*target_abort)(struct spi_controller *ctlr);    void (*set_cs)(struct spi_device *spi, bool enable);    int (*transfer_one)(struct spi_controller *ctlr, struct spi_device *spi, struct spi_transfer *transfer);    void (*handle_err)(struct spi_controller *ctlr, struct spi_message *message);    const struct spi_controller_mem_ops *mem_ops;    const struct spi_controller_mem_caps *mem_caps;    bool dtr_caps;    struct spi_offload *(*get_offload)(struct spi_device *spi, const struct spi_offload_config *config);    void (*put_offload)(struct spi_offload *offload);    struct gpio_desc        **cs_gpiods;    bool use_gpio_descriptors;    s8 unused_native_cs;    s8 max_native_cs;    struct spi_statistics __percpu  *pcpu_statistics;    struct dma_chan         *dma_tx;    struct dma_chan         *dma_rx;    void *dummy_rx;    void *dummy_tx;    int (*fw_translate_cs)(struct spi_controller *ctlr, unsigned cs);    bool ptp_sts_supported;    unsigned long           irq_flags;    bool queue_empty;    bool must_async;    bool defer_optimize_message;};

Members

dev

device interface to this driver

list

link with the global spi_controller list

bus_num

board-specific (and often SOC-specific) identifier for agiven SPI controller.

num_chipselect

chipselects are used to distinguish individualSPI targets, and are numbered from zero to num_chipselects.each target has a chipselect signal, but it’s common that notevery chipselect is connected to a target.

dma_alignment

SPI controller constraint on DMA buffers alignment.

mode_bits

flags understood by this controller driver

buswidth_override_bits

flags to override for this controller driver

bits_per_word_mask

A mask indicating which values of bits_per_word aresupported by the driver. Bit n indicates that a bits_per_word n+1 issupported. If set, the SPI core will reject any transfer with anunsupported bits_per_word. If not set, this value is simply ignored,and it’s up to the individual driver to perform any validation.

min_speed_hz

Lowest supported transfer speed

max_speed_hz

Highest supported transfer speed

flags

other constraints relevant to this driver

devm_allocated

whether the allocation of thisstructis devres-managed

{unnamed_union}

anonymous

slave

indicates that this is an SPI slave controller

target

indicates that this is an SPI target controller

max_transfer_size

function that returns the max transfer size foraspi_device; may beNULL, so the defaultSIZE_MAX will be used.

max_message_size

function that returns the max message size foraspi_device; may beNULL, so the defaultSIZE_MAX will be used.

io_mutex

mutex for physical bus access

add_lock

mutex to avoid adding devices to the same chipselect

bus_lock_spinlock

spinlock for SPI bus locking

bus_lock_mutex

mutex for exclusion of multiple callers

bus_lock_flag

indicates that the SPI bus is locked for exclusive use

setup

updates the device mode and clocking records used by adevice’s SPI controller; protocol code may call this. Thismust fail if an unrecognized or unsupported mode is requested.It’s always safe to call this unless transfers are pending onthe device whose settings are being modified.

set_cs_timing

optional hook for SPI devices to request SPIcontroller for configuring specific CS setup time, hold time and inactivedelay in terms of clock counts

transfer

adds a message to the controller’s transfer queue.

cleanup

frees controller-specific state

can_dma

determine whether this controller supports DMA

dma_map_dev

device which can be used for DMA mapping

cur_rx_dma_dev

device which is currently used for RX DMA mapping

cur_tx_dma_dev

device which is currently used for TX DMA mapping

queued

whether this controller is providing an internal message queue

kworker

pointer to thread struct for message pump

pump_messages

work struct for scheduling work to the message pump

queue_lock

spinlock to synchronise access to message queue

queue

message queue

cur_msg

the currently in-flight message

cur_msg_completion

a completion for the current in-flight message

cur_msg_incomplete

Flag used internally to opportunistically skipthecur_msg_completion. This flag is used to check if the driver hasalready calledspi_finalize_current_message().

cur_msg_need_completion

Flag used internally to opportunistically skipthecur_msg_completion. This flag is used to signal the context thatis runningspi_finalize_current_message() that it needs tocomplete()

busy

message pump is busy

running

message pump is running

rt

whether this queue is set to run as a realtime task

auto_runtime_pm

the core should ensure a runtime PM reference is heldwhile the hardware is prepared, using the parentdevice for the spidev

fallback

fallback to PIO if DMA transfer return failure withSPI_TRANS_FAIL_NO_START.

last_cs_mode_high

was (mode & SPI_CS_HIGH) true on the last call to set_cs.

last_cs

the last chip_select that is recorded by set_cs, -1 on non chipselected

last_cs_index_mask

bit mask the last chip selects that were used

xfer_completion

used by coretransfer_one_message()

max_dma_len

Maximum length of a DMA transfer for the device.

optimize_message

optimize the message for reuse

unoptimize_message

release resources allocated by optimize_message

prepare_transfer_hardware

a message will soon arrive from the queueso the subsystem requests the driver to prepare the transfer hardwareby issuing this call

transfer_one_message

the subsystem calls the driver to transfer a singlemessage while queuing transfers that arrive in the meantime. When thedriver is finished with this message, it must callspi_finalize_current_message() so the subsystem can issue the nextmessage

unprepare_transfer_hardware

there are currently no more messages on thequeue so the subsystem notifies the driver that it may relax thehardware by issuing this call

prepare_message

set up the controller to transfer a single message,for example doing DMA mapping. Called from threadedcontext.

unprepare_message

undo any work done byprepare_message().

target_abort

abort the ongoing transfer request on an SPI target controller

set_cs

set the logic level of the chip select line. May be calledfrom interrupt context.

transfer_one

transfer a single spi_transfer.

handle_err

the subsystem calls the driver to handle an error that occursin the generic implementation oftransfer_one_message().

mem_ops

optimized/dedicated operations for interactions with SPI memory.This field is optional and should only be implemented if thecontroller has native support for memory like operations.

mem_caps

controller capabilities for the handling of memory operations.

dtr_caps

true if controller has dtr(single/dual transfer rate) capability.QSPI based controller should fill this based on controller’s capability.

get_offload

callback for controllers with offload support to get matchingoffload instance. Implementations should return -ENODEV if no match isfound.

put_offload

release the offload instance acquired byget_offload.

cs_gpiods

Array of GPIO descriptors to use as chip select lines; one per CSnumber. Any individual value may be NULL for CS lines thatare not GPIOs (driven by the SPI controller itself).

use_gpio_descriptors

Turns on the code in the SPI core to parse and grabGPIO descriptors. This will fill incs_gpiods and SPI devices will havethe cs_gpiod assigned if a GPIO line is found for the chipselect.

unused_native_cs

When cs_gpiods is used,spi_register_controller() willfill in this field with the first unused native CS, to be used by SPIcontroller drivers that need to drive a native CS when using GPIO CS.

max_native_cs

When cs_gpiods is used, and this field is filled in,spi_register_controller() will validate all native CS (including theunused native CS) against this value.

pcpu_statistics

statistics for the spi_controller

dma_tx

DMA transmit channel

dma_rx

DMA receive channel

dummy_rx

dummy receive buffer for full-duplex devices

dummy_tx

dummy transmit buffer for full-duplex devices

fw_translate_cs

If the boot firmware uses different numbering schemewhat Linux expects, this optional hook can be used to translatebetween the two.

ptp_sts_supported

If the driver sets this to true, it must provide atime snapshot inspi_transfer->ptp_sts as close as possible to themoment in time whenspi_transfer->ptp_sts_word_pre andspi_transfer->ptp_sts_word_post were transmitted.If the driver does not set this, the SPI core takes the snapshot asclose to the driver hand-over as possible.

irq_flags

Interrupt enable state during PTP system timestamping

queue_empty

signal green light for opportunistically skipping the queuefor spi_sync transfers.

must_async

disable all fast paths in the core

defer_optimize_message

set to true if controller cannot pre-optimize messagesand needs to defer the optimization step until the message is actuallybeing transferred

Description

  • return 0 if the transfer is finished,

  • return 1 if the transfer is still in progress. Whenthe driver is finished with this transfer it mustcallspi_finalize_current_transfer() so the subsystemcan issue the next transfer. If the transfer fails, thedriver must set the flag SPI_TRANS_FAIL_IO tospi_transfer->error first, before callingspi_finalize_current_transfer().

Each SPI controller can communicate with one or morespi_devicechildren. These make a small bus, sharing MOSI, MISO and SCK signalsbut not chip select signals. Each device may be configured to use adifferent clock rate, since those shared signals are ignored unlessthe chip is selected.

The driver for an SPI controller manages access to those devices througha queue of spi_message transactions, copying data between CPU memory andan SPI target device. For each such message it queues, it calls themessage’s completion function when the transaction completes.

Note

transfer_one and transfer_one_message are mutually

exclusive; when both are set, the generic subsystem doesnot call your transfer_one callback.

structspi_res

SPI resource management structure

Definition:

struct spi_res {    struct list_head        entry;    spi_res_release_t release;    unsigned long long      data[];};

Members

entry

list entry

release

release code called prior to freeing this resource

data

extra data allocated for the specific use-case

Description

This is based on ideas from devres, but focused on life-cyclemanagement during spi_message processing.

structspi_transfer

a read/write buffer pair

Definition:

struct spi_transfer {    const void      *tx_buf;    void *rx_buf;    unsigned len;#define SPI_TRANS_FAIL_NO_START BIT(0);#define SPI_TRANS_FAIL_IO       BIT(1);    u16 error;    bool tx_sg_mapped;    bool rx_sg_mapped;    struct sg_table tx_sg;    struct sg_table rx_sg;    dma_addr_t tx_dma;    dma_addr_t rx_dma;    unsigned dummy_data:1;    unsigned cs_off:1;    unsigned cs_change:1;    unsigned tx_nbits:4;    unsigned rx_nbits:4;    unsigned timestamped:1;    bool dtr_mode;#define SPI_NBITS_SINGLE        0x01;#define SPI_NBITS_DUAL          0x02;#define SPI_NBITS_QUAD          0x04;#define SPI_NBITS_OCTAL 0x08;    u8 bits_per_word;    struct spi_delay        delay;    struct spi_delay        cs_change_delay;    struct spi_delay        word_delay;    u32 speed_hz;    u32 effective_speed_hz;    unsigned int    offload_flags;    unsigned int    ptp_sts_word_pre;    unsigned int    ptp_sts_word_post;    struct ptp_system_timestamp *ptp_sts;    struct list_head transfer_list;};

Members

tx_buf

data to be written (DMA-safe memory), or NULL

rx_buf

data to be read (DMA-safe memory), or NULL

len

size of rx and tx buffers (in bytes)

error

Error status logged by SPI controller driver.

tx_sg_mapped

If true, thetx_sg is mapped for DMA

rx_sg_mapped

If true, therx_sg is mapped for DMA

tx_sg

Scatterlist for transmit, currently not for client use

rx_sg

Scatterlist for receive, currently not for client use

tx_dma

DMA address of tx_buf, currently not for client use

rx_dma

DMA address of rx_buf, currently not for client use

dummy_data

indicates transfer is dummy bytes transfer.

cs_off

performs the transfer with chipselect off.

cs_change

affects chipselect after this transfer completes

tx_nbits

number of bits used for writing. If 0 the default(SPI_NBITS_SINGLE) is used.

rx_nbits

number of bits used for reading. If 0 the default(SPI_NBITS_SINGLE) is used.

timestamped

true if the transfer has been timestamped

dtr_mode

true if supports double transfer rate.

bits_per_word

select a bits_per_word other than the device defaultfor this transfer. If 0 the default (fromspi_device) is used.

delay

delay to be introduced after this transfer before(optionally) changing the chipselect status, then startingthe next transfer or completing thisspi_message.

cs_change_delay

delay between cs deassert and assert whencs_change is set andspi_transfer is not the last inspi_message

word_delay

inter word delay to be introduced after each word size(set by bits_per_word) transmission.

speed_hz

Select a speed other than the device default for thistransfer. If 0 the default (fromspi_device) is used.

effective_speed_hz

the effective SCK-speed that was used totransfer this transfer. Set to 0 if the SPI bus driver doesnot support it.

offload_flags

Flags that are only applicable to specialized SPI offloadtransfers. SeeSPI_OFFLOAD_XFER_* in spi-offload.h.

ptp_sts_word_pre

The word (subject to bits_per_word semantics) offsetwithintx_buf for which the SPI device is requesting that the timesnapshot for this transfer begins. Upon completing the SPI transfer,this value may have changed compared to what was requested, dependingon the available snapshotting resolution (DMA transfer,ptp_sts_supported is false, etc).

ptp_sts_word_post

Seeptp_sts_word_post. The two can be equal (meaningthat a single byte should be snapshotted).If the core takes care of the timestamp (ifptp_sts_supported is falsefor this controller), it will setptp_sts_word_pre to 0, andptp_sts_word_post to the length of the transfer. This is donepurposefully (instead of setting to spi_transfer->len - 1) to denotethat a transfer-level snapshot taken from within the driver may stillbe of higher quality.

ptp_sts

Pointer to a memory location held by the SPI target device where aPTP system timestamp structure may lie. If drivers use PIO or theirhardware has some sort of assist for retrieving exact transfer timing,they can (and should) assertptp_sts_supported and populate thisstructure using the ptp_read_system_*ts helper functions.The timestamp must represent the time at which the SPI target device hasprocessed the word, i.e. the “pre” timestamp should be taken beforetransmitting the “pre” word, and the “post” timestamp after receivingtransmit confirmation from the controller for the “post” word.

transfer_list

transfers are sequenced throughspi_message.transfers

Description

SPI transfers always write the same number of bytes as they read.Protocol drivers should always providerx_buf and/ortx_buf.In some cases, they may also want to provide DMA addresses forthe data being transferred; that may reduce overhead, when theunderlying driver uses DMA.

If the transmit buffer is NULL, zeroes will be shifted outwhile fillingrx_buf. If the receive buffer is NULL, the datashifted in will be discarded. Only “len” bytes shift out (or in).It’s an error to try to shift out a partial word. (For example, byshifting out three bytes with word size of sixteen or twenty bits;the former uses two bytes per word, the latter uses four bytes.)

In-memory data values are always in native CPU byte order, translatedfrom the wire byte order (big-endian except with SPI_LSB_FIRST). Sofor example when bits_per_word is sixteen, buffers are 2N bytes long(len = 2N) and hold N sixteen bit words in CPU byte order.

When the word size of the SPI transfer is not a power-of-two multipleof eight bits, those in-memory words include extra bits. In-memorywords are always seen by protocol drivers as right-justified, so theundefined (rx) or unused (tx) bits are always the most significant bits.

All SPI transfers start with the relevant chipselect active. Normallyit stays selected until after the last transfer in a message. Driverscan affect the chipselect signal using cs_change.

(i) If the transfer isn’t the last one in the message, this flag isused to make the chipselect briefly go inactive in the middle of themessage. Toggling chipselect in this way may be needed to terminatea chip command, letting a single spi_message perform all of group ofchip transactions together.

(ii) When the transfer is the last one in the message, the chip maystay selected until the next transfer. On multi-device SPI busseswith nothing blocking messages going to other devices, this is justa performance hint; starting a message to another device deselectsthis one. But in other cases, this can be used to ensure correctness.Some devices need protocol transactions to be built from a series ofspi_message submissions, where the content of one message is determinedby the results of previous messages and where the whole transactionends when the chipselect goes inactive.

When SPI can transfer in 1x,2x or 4x. It can get this transfer informationfrom device throughtx_nbits andrx_nbits. In Bi-direction, thesetwo should both be set. User can set transfer mode with SPI_NBITS_SINGLE(1x)SPI_NBITS_DUAL(2x) and SPI_NBITS_QUAD(4x) to support these three transfer.

User may also set dtr_mode to true to use dual transfer mode if desired. ifnot, default considered as single transfer mode.

The code that submits an spi_message (and its spi_transfers)to the lower layers is responsible for managing its memory.Zero-initialize every field you don’t set up explicitly, toinsulate against future API updates. After you submit a messageand its transfers, ignore them until its completion callback.

structspi_message

one multi-segment SPI transaction

Definition:

struct spi_message {    struct list_head        transfers;    struct spi_device       *spi;    bool pre_optimized;    bool optimized;    bool prepared;    int status;    void (*complete)(void *context);    void *context;    unsigned frame_length;    unsigned actual_length;    struct list_head        queue;    void *state;    void *opt_state;    struct spi_offload      *offload;    struct list_head        resources;};

Members

transfers

list of transfer segments in this transaction

spi

SPI device to which the transaction is queued

pre_optimized

peripheral driver pre-optimized the message

optimized

the message is in the optimized state

prepared

spi_prepare_message was called for the this message

status

zero for success, else negative errno

complete

called to report transaction completions

context

the argument tocomplete() when it’s called

frame_length

the total number of bytes in the message

actual_length

the total number of bytes that were transferred in allsuccessful segments

queue

for use by whichever driver currently owns the message

state

for use by whichever driver currently owns the message

opt_state

for use by whichever driver currently owns the message

offload

(optional) offload instance used by this message

resources

for resource management when the SPI message is processed

Description

Aspi_message is used to execute an atomic sequence of data transfers,each represented by astructspi_transfer. The sequence is “atomic”in the sense that no other spi_message may use that SPI bus until thatsequence completes. On some systems, many such sequences can execute asa single programmed DMA transfer. On all systems, these messages arequeued, and might complete after transactions to other devices. Messagessent to a given spi_device are always executed in FIFO order.

The code that submits an spi_message (and its spi_transfers)to the lower layers is responsible for managing its memory.Zero-initialize every field you don’t set up explicitly, toinsulate against future API updates. After you submit a messageand its transfers, ignore them until its completion callback.

voidspi_message_init_with_transfers(structspi_message*m,structspi_transfer*xfers,unsignedintnum_xfers)

Initialize spi_message and append transfers

Parameters

structspi_message*m

spi_message to be initialized

structspi_transfer*xfers

An array of SPI transfers

unsignedintnum_xfers

Number of items in the xfer array

Description

This function initializes the given spi_message and adds each spi_transfer inthe given array to the message.

boolspi_is_bpw_supported(structspi_device*spi,u32bpw)

Check if bits per word is supported

Parameters

structspi_device*spi

SPI device

u32bpw

Bits per word

Description

This function checks to see if the SPI controller supportsbpw.

Return

True ifbpw is supported, false otherwise.

u32spi_bpw_to_bytes(u32bpw)

Covert bits per word to bytes

Parameters

u32bpw

Bits per word

Description

This function converts the givenbpw to bytes. The result is alwayspower-of-two, e.g.,

Input (in bits)

Output (in bytes)

5

1

9

2

21

4

37

8

It will return 0 for the 0 input.

Return

Bytes for the givenbpw.

unsignedintspi_controller_xfer_timeout(structspi_controller*ctlr,structspi_transfer*xfer)

Compute a suitable timeout value

Parameters

structspi_controller*ctlr

SPI device

structspi_transfer*xfer

Transfer descriptor

Description

Compute a relevant timeout value for the given transfer. We derive the timethat it would take on a single data line and take twice this amount of timewith a minimum of 500ms to avoid false positives on loaded systems.

Return

Transfer timeout value in milliseconds.

structspi_replaced_transfers

structure describing the spi_transfer replacements that have occurred so that they can get reverted

Definition:

struct spi_replaced_transfers {    spi_replaced_release_t release;    void *extradata;    struct list_head replaced_transfers;    struct list_head *replaced_after;    size_t inserted;    struct spi_transfer inserted_transfers[];};

Members

release

some extra release code to get executed prior toreleasing this structure

extradata

pointer to some extra data if requested or NULL

replaced_transfers

transfers that have been replaced and which needto get restored

replaced_after

the transfer after which thereplaced_transfersare to get re-inserted

inserted

number of transfers inserted

inserted_transfers

array of spi_transfers of array-sizeinserted,that have been replacing replaced_transfers

Note

thatextradata will point toinserted_transfers**[**inserted]if some extra allocation is requested, so alignment will be the sameas for spi_transfers.

intspi_sync_transfer(structspi_device*spi,structspi_transfer*xfers,unsignedintnum_xfers)

synchronous SPI data transfer

Parameters

structspi_device*spi

device with which data will be exchanged

structspi_transfer*xfers

An array of spi_transfers

unsignedintnum_xfers

Number of items in the xfer array

Context

can sleep

Description

Does a synchronous SPI data transfer of the given spi_transfer array.

For more specific semantics seespi_sync().

Return

zero on success, else a negative error code.

intspi_write(structspi_device*spi,constvoid*buf,size_tlen)

SPI synchronous write

Parameters

structspi_device*spi

device to which data will be written

constvoid*buf

data buffer

size_tlen

data buffer size

Context

can sleep

Description

This function writes the bufferbuf.Callable only from contexts that can sleep.

Return

zero on success, else a negative error code.

intspi_read(structspi_device*spi,void*buf,size_tlen)

SPI synchronous read

Parameters

structspi_device*spi

device from which data will be read

void*buf

data buffer

size_tlen

data buffer size

Context

can sleep

Description

This function reads the bufferbuf.Callable only from contexts that can sleep.

Return

zero on success, else a negative error code.

ssize_tspi_w8r8(structspi_device*spi,u8cmd)

SPI synchronous 8 bit write followed by 8 bit read

Parameters

structspi_device*spi

device with which data will be exchanged

u8cmd

command to be written before data is read back

Context

can sleep

Description

Callable only from contexts that can sleep.

Return

the (unsigned) eight bit number returned by thedevice, or else a negative error code.

ssize_tspi_w8r16(structspi_device*spi,u8cmd)

SPI synchronous 8 bit write followed by 16 bit read

Parameters

structspi_device*spi

device with which data will be exchanged

u8cmd

command to be written before data is read back

Context

can sleep

Description

The number is returned in wire-order, which is at least sometimesbig-endian.

Callable only from contexts that can sleep.

Return

the (unsigned) sixteen bit number returned by thedevice, or else a negative error code.

ssize_tspi_w8r16be(structspi_device*spi,u8cmd)

SPI synchronous 8 bit write followed by 16 bit big-endian read

Parameters

structspi_device*spi

device with which data will be exchanged

u8cmd

command to be written before data is read back

Context

can sleep

Description

This function is similar to spi_w8r16, with the exception that it willconvert the read 16 bit data word from big-endian to native endianness.

Callable only from contexts that can sleep.

Return

the (unsigned) sixteen bit number returned by the device in CPUendianness, or else a negative error code.

structspi_board_info

board-specific template for a SPI device

Definition:

struct spi_board_info {    char modalias[SPI_NAME_SIZE];    const void      *platform_data;    const struct software_node *swnode;    void *controller_data;    int irq;    u32 max_speed_hz;    u16 bus_num;    u16 chip_select;    u32 mode;};

Members

modalias

Initializes spi_device.modalias; identifies the driver.

platform_data

Initializes spi_device.platform_data; the particulardata stored there is driver-specific.

swnode

Software node for the device.

controller_data

Initializes spi_device.controller_data; somecontrollers need hints about hardware setup, e.g. for DMA.

irq

Initializes spi_device.irq; depends on how the board is wired.

max_speed_hz

Initializes spi_device.max_speed_hz; based on limitsfrom the chip datasheet and board-specific signal quality issues.

bus_num

Identifies which spi_controller parents the spi_device; unusedbyspi_new_device(), and otherwise depends on board wiring.

chip_select

Initializes spi_device.chip_select; depends on howthe board is wired.

mode

Initializes spi_device.mode; based on the chip datasheet, boardwiring (some devices support both 3WIRE and standard modes), andpossibly presence of an inverter in the chipselect path.

Description

When adding new SPI devices to the device tree, these structures serveas a partial device template. They hold information which can’t alwaysbe determined by drivers. Information thatprobe() can establish (suchas the default transfer wordsize) is not included here.

These structures are used in two places. Their primary role is tobe stored in tables of board-specific device descriptors, which aredeclared early in board initialization and then used (much later) topopulate a controller’s device tree after the that controller’s driverinitializes. A secondary (and atypical) role is as a parameter tospi_new_device() call, which happens after those controller driversare active in some dynamic board configuration models.

intspi_register_board_info(structspi_board_infoconst*info,unsignedn)

register SPI devices for a given board

Parameters

structspi_board_infoconst*info

array of chip descriptors

unsignedn

how many descriptors are provided

Context

can sleep

Description

Board-specific early init code calls this (probably during arch_initcall)with segments of the SPI device table. Any device nodes are created later,after the relevant parent SPI controller (bus_num) is defined. We keepthis table of devices forever, so that reloading a controller driver willnot make Linux forget about these hard-wired devices.

Other code can also call this, e.g. a particular add-on board might provideSPI devices through its expansion connector, so code initializing that boardwould naturally declare its SPI devices.

The board info passed can safely be __initdata ... but be careful ofany embedded pointers (platform_data, etc), they’re copied as-is.

Return

zero on success, else a negative error code.

int__spi_register_driver(structmodule*owner,structspi_driver*sdrv)

register a SPI driver

Parameters

structmodule*owner

owner module of the driver to register

structspi_driver*sdrv

the driver to register

Context

can sleep

Return

zero on success, else a negative error code.

structspi_device*spi_alloc_device(structspi_controller*ctlr)

Allocate a new SPI device

Parameters

structspi_controller*ctlr

Controller to which device is connected

Context

can sleep

Description

Allows a driver to allocate and initialize a spi_device withoutregistering it immediately. This allows a driver to directlyfill the spi_device with device parameters before callingspi_add_device() on it.

Caller is responsible to callspi_add_device() on the returnedspi_device structure to add it to the SPI controller. If the callerneeds to discard the spi_device without adding it, then it shouldcallspi_dev_put() on it.

Return

a pointer to the new device, or NULL.

intspi_add_device(structspi_device*spi)

Add spi_device allocated with spi_alloc_device

Parameters

structspi_device*spi

spi_device to register

Description

Companion function to spi_alloc_device. Devices allocated withspi_alloc_device can be added onto the SPI bus with this function.

Return

0 on success; negative errno on failure

structspi_device*spi_new_device(structspi_controller*ctlr,structspi_board_info*chip)

instantiate one new SPI device

Parameters

structspi_controller*ctlr

Controller to which device is connected

structspi_board_info*chip

Describes the SPI device

Context

can sleep

Description

On typical mainboards, this is purely internal; and it’s not neededafter board init creates the hard-wired devices. Some developmentplatforms may not be able to use spi_register_board_info though, andthis is exported so that for example a USB or parport based adapterdriver could add devices (which it would learn about out-of-band).

Return

the new device, or NULL.

voidspi_unregister_device(structspi_device*spi)

unregister a single SPI device

Parameters

structspi_device*spi

spi_device to unregister

Description

Start making the passed SPI device vanish. Normally this would be handledbyspi_unregister_controller().

voidspi_finalize_current_transfer(structspi_controller*ctlr)

report completion of a transfer

Parameters

structspi_controller*ctlr

the controller reporting completion

Description

Called by SPI drivers using the coretransfer_one_message()implementation to notify it that the current interrupt driventransfer has finished and the next one may be scheduled.

voidspi_take_timestamp_pre(structspi_controller*ctlr,structspi_transfer*xfer,size_tprogress,boolirqs_off)

helper to collect the beginning of the TX timestamp

Parameters

structspi_controller*ctlr

Pointer to the spi_controller structure of the driver

structspi_transfer*xfer

Pointer to the transfer being timestamped

size_tprogress

How many words (not bytes) have been transferred so far

boolirqs_off

If true, will disable IRQs and preemption for the duration of thetransfer, for less jitter in time measurement. Only compatiblewith PIO drivers. If true, must follow up withspi_take_timestamp_post or otherwise system will crash.WARNING: for fully predictable results, the CPU frequency mustalso be under control (governor).

Description

This is a helper for drivers to collect the beginning of the TX timestampfor the requested byte from the SPI transfer. The frequency with which thisfunction must be called (once per word, once for the whole transfer, onceper batch of words etc) is arbitrary as long as thetx buffer offset isgreater than or equal to the requested byte at the time of the call. Thetimestamp is only taken once, at the first such call. It is assumed thatthe driver advances itstx buffer pointer monotonically.

voidspi_take_timestamp_post(structspi_controller*ctlr,structspi_transfer*xfer,size_tprogress,boolirqs_off)

helper to collect the end of the TX timestamp

Parameters

structspi_controller*ctlr

Pointer to the spi_controller structure of the driver

structspi_transfer*xfer

Pointer to the transfer being timestamped

size_tprogress

How many words (not bytes) have been transferred so far

boolirqs_off

If true, will re-enable IRQs and preemption for the local CPU.

Description

This is a helper for drivers to collect the end of the TX timestamp forthe requested byte from the SPI transfer. Can be called with an arbitraryfrequency: only the first call wheretx exceeds or is equal to therequested word will be timestamped.

structspi_message*spi_get_next_queued_message(structspi_controller*ctlr)

called by driver to check for queued messages

Parameters

structspi_controller*ctlr

the controller to check for queued messages

Description

If there are more messages in the queue, the next message is returned fromthis call.

Return

the next message in the queue, else NULL if the queue is empty.

voidspi_finalize_current_message(structspi_controller*ctlr)

the current message is complete

Parameters

structspi_controller*ctlr

the controller to return the message to

Description

Called by the driver to notify the core that the message in the front of thequeue is complete and can be removed from the queue.

structspi_device*spi_new_ancillary_device(structspi_device*spi,u8chip_select)

Register ancillary SPI device

Parameters

structspi_device*spi

Pointer to the main SPI device registering the ancillary device

u8chip_select

Chip Select of the ancillary device

Description

Register an ancillary SPI device; for example some chips have a chip-selectfor normal device usage and another one for setup/firmware upload.

This may only be called from main SPI device’s probe routine.

Return

0 on success; negative errno on failure

intacpi_spi_count_resources(structacpi_device*adev)

Count the number of SpiSerialBus resources

Parameters

structacpi_device*adev

ACPI device

Return

the number of SpiSerialBus resources in the ACPI-device’sresource-list; or a negative error code.

structspi_device*acpi_spi_device_alloc(structspi_controller*ctlr,structacpi_device*adev,intindex)

Allocate a spi device, and fill it in with ACPI information

Parameters

structspi_controller*ctlr

controller to which the spi device belongs

structacpi_device*adev

ACPI Device for the spi device

intindex

Index of the spi resource inside the ACPI Node

Description

This should be used to allocate a new SPI device from and ACPI Device node.The caller is responsible for calling spi_add_device to register the SPI device.

If ctlr is set to NULL, the Controller for the SPI device will be looked upusing the resource.If index is set to -1, index is not used.

Note

If index is -1, ctlr must be set.

Return

a pointer to the new device, or ERR_PTR on error.

intspi_target_abort(structspi_device*spi)

abort the ongoing transfer request on an SPI target controller

Parameters

structspi_device*spi

device used for the current transfer

structspi_controller*__spi_alloc_controller(structdevice*dev,unsignedintsize,booltarget)

allocate an SPI host or target controller

Parameters

structdevice*dev

the controller, possibly using the platform_bus

unsignedintsize

how much zeroed driver-private data to allocate; the pointer to thismemory is in the driver_data field of the returned device, accessiblewithspi_controller_get_devdata(); the memory is cacheline aligned;drivers granting DMA access to portions of their private data need toround upsize using ALIGN(size,dma_get_cache_alignment()).

booltarget

flag indicating whether to allocate an SPI host (false) or SPI target (true)controller

Context

can sleep

Description

This call is used only by SPI controller drivers, which are theonly ones directly touching chip registers. It’s how they allocatean spi_controller structure, prior to callingspi_register_controller().

This must be called from context that can sleep.

The caller is responsible for assigning the bus number and initializing thecontroller’s methods before callingspi_register_controller(); and (aftererrors adding the device) callingspi_controller_put() to prevent a memoryleak.

Return

the SPI controller structure on success, else NULL.

structspi_controller*__devm_spi_alloc_controller(structdevice*dev,unsignedintsize,booltarget)

resource-managed__spi_alloc_controller()

Parameters

structdevice*dev

physical device of SPI controller

unsignedintsize

how much zeroed driver-private data to allocate

booltarget

whether to allocate an SPI host (false) or SPI target (true) controller

Context

can sleep

Description

Allocate an SPI controller and automatically release a reference on itwhendev is unbound from its driver. Drivers are thus relieved fromhaving to callspi_controller_put().

The arguments to this function are identical to__spi_alloc_controller().

Return

the SPI controller structure on success, else NULL.

intspi_register_controller(structspi_controller*ctlr)

register SPI host or target controller

Parameters

structspi_controller*ctlr

initialized controller, originally fromspi_alloc_host() orspi_alloc_target()

Context

can sleep

Description

SPI controllers connect to their drivers using some non-SPI bus,such as the platform bus. The final stage ofprobe() in that codeincludes callingspi_register_controller() to hook up to this SPI bus glue.

SPI controllers use board specific (often SOC specific) bus numbers,and board-specific addressing for SPI devices combines those numberswith chip select numbers. Since SPI does not directly support dynamicdevice identification, boards need configuration tables telling whichchip is at which address.

This must be called from context that can sleep. It returns zero onsuccess, else a negative error code (dropping the controller’s refcount).After a successful return, the caller is responsible for callingspi_unregister_controller().

Return

zero on success, else a negative error code.

intdevm_spi_register_controller(structdevice*dev,structspi_controller*ctlr)

register managed SPI host or target controller

Parameters

structdevice*dev

device managing SPI controller

structspi_controller*ctlr

initialized controller, originally fromspi_alloc_host() orspi_alloc_target()

Context

can sleep

Description

Register a SPI device as withspi_register_controller() which willautomatically be unregistered and freed.

Return

zero on success, else a negative error code.

voidspi_unregister_controller(structspi_controller*ctlr)

unregister SPI host or target controller

Parameters

structspi_controller*ctlr

the controller being unregistered

Context

can sleep

Description

This call is used only by SPI controller drivers, which are theonly ones directly touching chip registers.

This must be called from context that can sleep.

Note that this function also drops a reference to the controller.

intspi_split_transfers_maxsize(structspi_controller*ctlr,structspi_message*msg,size_tmaxsize)

split spi transfers into multiple transfers when an individual transfer exceeds a certain size

Parameters

structspi_controller*ctlr

thespi_controller for this transfer

structspi_message*msg

thespi_message to transform

size_tmaxsize

the maximum when to apply this

Description

This function allocates resources that are automatically freed during thespi message unoptimize phase so this function should only be called fromoptimize_message callbacks.

Return

status of transformation

intspi_split_transfers_maxwords(structspi_controller*ctlr,structspi_message*msg,size_tmaxwords)

split SPI transfers into multiple transfers when an individual transfer exceeds a certain number of SPI words

Parameters

structspi_controller*ctlr

thespi_controller for this transfer

structspi_message*msg

thespi_message to transform

size_tmaxwords

the number of words to limit each transfer to

Description

This function allocates resources that are automatically freed during thespi message unoptimize phase so this function should only be called fromoptimize_message callbacks.

Return

status of transformation

intspi_setup(structspi_device*spi)

setup SPI mode and clock rate

Parameters

structspi_device*spi

the device whose settings are being modified

Context

can sleep, and no requests are queued to the device

Description

SPI protocol drivers may need to update the transfer mode if thedevice doesn’t work with its default. They may likewise needto update clock rates or word sizes from initial values. This functionchanges those settings, and must be called from a context that can sleep.Except for SPI_CS_HIGH, which takes effect immediately, the changes takeeffect the next time the device is selected and data is transferred toor from it. When this function returns, the SPI device is deselected.

Note that this call will fail if the protocol driver specifies an optionthat the underlying controller or its driver does not support. Forexample, not all hardware supports wire transfers using nine bit words,LSB-first wire encoding, or active-high chipselects.

Return

zero on success, else a negative error code.

intspi_optimize_message(structspi_device*spi,structspi_message*msg)

do any one-time validation and setup for a SPI message

Parameters

structspi_device*spi

the device that will be used for the message

structspi_message*msg

the message to optimize

Description

Peripheral drivers that reuse the same message repeatedly may call this toperform as much message prep as possible once, rather than repeating it eachtime a message transfer is performed to improve throughput and reduce CPUusage.

Once a message has been optimized, it cannot be modified with the exceptionof updating the contents of any xfer->tx_buf (the pointer can’t be changed,only the data in the memory it points to).

Calls to this function must be balanced with calls tospi_unoptimize_message()to avoid leaking resources.

Context

can sleep

Return

zero on success, else a negative error code

voidspi_unoptimize_message(structspi_message*msg)

releases any resources allocated byspi_optimize_message()

Parameters

structspi_message*msg

the message to unoptimize

Description

Calls to this function must be balanced with calls tospi_optimize_message().

Context

can sleep

intdevm_spi_optimize_message(structdevice*dev,structspi_device*spi,structspi_message*msg)

managed version ofspi_optimize_message()

Parameters

structdevice*dev

the device that managesmsg (usuallyspi->dev)

structspi_device*spi

the device that will be used for the message

structspi_message*msg

the message to optimize

Return

zero on success, else a negative error code

Description

spi_unoptimize_message() will automatically be called when the device isremoved.

intspi_async(structspi_device*spi,structspi_message*message)

asynchronous SPI transfer

Parameters

structspi_device*spi

device with which data will be exchanged

structspi_message*message

describes the data transfers, including completion callback

Context

any (IRQs may be blocked, etc)

Description

This call may be used in_irq and other contexts which can’t sleep,as well as from task contexts which can sleep.

The completion callback is invoked in a context which can’t sleep.Before that invocation, the value of message->status is undefined.When the callback is issued, message->status holds either zero (toindicate complete success) or a negative error code. After thatcallback returns, the driver which issued the transfer request maydeallocate the associated memory; it’s no longer in use by any SPIcore or controller driver code.

Note that although all messages to a spi_device are handled inFIFO order, messages may go to different devices in other orders.Some device might be higher priority, or have various “hard” accesstime requirements, for example.

On detection of any fault during the transfer, processing ofthe entire message is aborted, and the device is deselected.Until returning from the associated message completion callback,no other spi_message queued to that device will be processed.(This rule applies equally to all the synchronous transfer calls,which are wrappers around this core asynchronous primitive.)

Return

zero on success, else a negative error code.

intspi_sync(structspi_device*spi,structspi_message*message)

blocking/synchronous SPI data transfers

Parameters

structspi_device*spi

device with which data will be exchanged

structspi_message*message

describes the data transfers

Context

can sleep

Description

This call may only be used from a context that may sleep. The sleepis non-interruptible, and has no timeout. Low-overhead controllerdrivers may DMA directly into and out of the message buffers.

Note that the SPI device’s chip select is active during the message,and then is normally disabled between messages. Drivers for somefrequently-used devices may want to minimize costs of selecting a chip,by leaving it selected in anticipation that the next message will goto the same chip. (That may increase power usage.)

Also, the caller is guaranteeing that the memory associated with themessage will not be freed before this call returns.

Return

zero on success, else a negative error code.

intspi_sync_locked(structspi_device*spi,structspi_message*message)

version of spi_sync with exclusive bus usage

Parameters

structspi_device*spi

device with which data will be exchanged

structspi_message*message

describes the data transfers

Context

can sleep

Description

This call may only be used from a context that may sleep. The sleepis non-interruptible, and has no timeout. Low-overhead controllerdrivers may DMA directly into and out of the message buffers.

This call should be used by drivers that require exclusive access to theSPI bus. It has to be preceded by a spi_bus_lock call. The SPI bus mustbe released by a spi_bus_unlock call when the exclusive access is over.

Return

zero on success, else a negative error code.

intspi_bus_lock(structspi_controller*ctlr)

obtain a lock for exclusive SPI bus usage

Parameters

structspi_controller*ctlr

SPI bus controller that should be locked for exclusive bus access

Context

can sleep

Description

This call may only be used from a context that may sleep. The sleepis non-interruptible, and has no timeout.

This call should be used by drivers that require exclusive access to theSPI bus. The SPI bus must be released by a spi_bus_unlock call when theexclusive access is over. Data transfer must be done by spi_sync_lockedand spi_async_locked calls when the SPI bus lock is held.

Return

always zero.

intspi_bus_unlock(structspi_controller*ctlr)

release the lock for exclusive SPI bus usage

Parameters

structspi_controller*ctlr

SPI bus controller that was locked for exclusive bus access

Context

can sleep

Description

This call may only be used from a context that may sleep. The sleepis non-interruptible, and has no timeout.

This call releases an SPI bus lock previously obtained by an spi_bus_lockcall.

Return

always zero.

intspi_write_then_read(structspi_device*spi,constvoid*txbuf,unsignedn_tx,void*rxbuf,unsignedn_rx)

SPI synchronous write followed by read

Parameters

structspi_device*spi

device with which data will be exchanged

constvoid*txbuf

data to be written (need not be DMA-safe)

unsignedn_tx

size of txbuf, in bytes

void*rxbuf

buffer into which data will be read (need not be DMA-safe)

unsignedn_rx

size of rxbuf, in bytes

Context

can sleep

Description

This performs a half duplex MicroWire style transaction with thedevice, sending txbuf and then reading rxbuf. The return valueis zero for success, else a negative errno status code.This call may only be used from a context that may sleep.

Parameters to this routine are always copied using a small buffer.Performance-sensitive or bulk transfer code should instead usespi_{async,sync}() calls with DMA-safe buffers.

Return

zero on success, else a negative error code.