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Generalize the old at91rm9200 "bootstrap" bitbanging SPI master driver as
"spi_gpio", so it works with arbitrary GPIOs and can be configured through
platform_data.  Such SPI masters support:

 - any number of bus instances (bus_num is the platform_device.id)
 - any number of chipselects (one GPIO per spi_device)
 - all four SPI_MODE values, and SPI_CS_HIGH
 - i/o word sizes from 1 to 32 bits;
 - devices configured as with any other spi_master controller

When configured using platform_data, this provides relatively low clock
rates.  On platforms that support inlined GPIO calls, significantly
improved transfer speeds are also possible with a semi-custom driver.
(It's still painful when accessing flash memory, but less so.)

Sanity checked by using this version to replace both native controllers on
a board with six different SPI slaves, relying on three different
SPI_MODE_* values and both SPI_CS_HIGH settings for correct operation.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: cleanups]
Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
Acked-by: Magnus Damm <damm@igel.co.jp>
Tested-by: Magnus Damm <damm@igel.co.jp>
Cc: Torgil Svensson <torgil.svensson@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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David Brownell authored and Linus Torvalds committed Jan 6, 2009
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18 changes: 17 additions & 1 deletion drivers/spi/Kconfig
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Expand Up @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ config SPI_AU1550
will be called au1550_spi.

config SPI_BITBANG
tristate "Bitbanging SPI master"
tristate "Utilities for Bitbanging SPI masters"
help
With a few GPIO pins, your system can bitbang the SPI protocol.
Select this to get SPI support through I/O pins (GPIO, parallel
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inexpensive battery powered microcontroller evaluation board.
This same cable can be used to flash new firmware.

config SPI_GPIO
tristate "GPIO-based bitbanging SPI Master"
depends on GENERIC_GPIO
select SPI_BITBANG
help
This simple GPIO bitbanging SPI master uses the arch-neutral GPIO
interface to manage MOSI, MISO, SCK, and chipselect signals. SPI
slaves connected to a bus using this driver are configured as usual,
except that the spi_board_info.controller_data holds the GPIO number
for the chipselect used by this controller driver.

Note that this driver often won't achieve even 1 Mbit/sec speeds,
making it unusually slow for SPI. If your platform can inline
GPIO operations, you should be able to leverage that for better
speed with a custom version of this driver; see the source code.

config SPI_IMX
tristate "Freescale iMX SPI controller"
depends on ARCH_IMX && EXPERIMENTAL
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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions drivers/spi/Makefile
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Expand Up @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_SPI_BFIN) += spi_bfin5xx.o
obj-$(CONFIG_SPI_BITBANG) += spi_bitbang.o
obj-$(CONFIG_SPI_AU1550) += au1550_spi.o
obj-$(CONFIG_SPI_BUTTERFLY) += spi_butterfly.o
obj-$(CONFIG_SPI_GPIO) += spi_gpio.o
obj-$(CONFIG_SPI_IMX) += spi_imx.o
obj-$(CONFIG_SPI_LM70_LLP) += spi_lm70llp.o
obj-$(CONFIG_SPI_PXA2XX) += pxa2xx_spi.o
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