Re: [PATCH 2/2] spi: devicetree: add support for loopback mode

[Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>]

On Wed, 12 Dec 2012 10:46:00 +0200, Felipe Balbi <balbi@ti.com> wrote:
> there are a few spi master drivers which make
> use of that flag but there is no way to pass it
> through devicetree.
> 
> This patch just creates a way to pass SPI_LOOP
> via devicetree.

I don't understand how this would be useful since loopback mode is
really just a test feature. Is there any reason to do loopback for
something other than test?

I think it would be better to add a sysfs or debugfs property to
manipulate the SPI_LOOP flag from userspace. What do you think?

g.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Felipe Balbi <balbi@ti.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/spi-bus.txt | 2 ++
>  drivers/spi/spi.c                                 | 2 ++
>  2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/spi-bus.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/spi-bus.txt
> index 296015e..1949586 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/spi-bus.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/spi-bus.txt
> @@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ contain the following properties.
>      		chip select active high
>  - spi-3wire       - (optional) Empty property indicating device requires
>      		    3-wire mode.
> +- spi-loopback    - (optional) Empty property indicating device requires
> +    		    loopback mode.
>  
>  If a gpio chipselect is used for the SPI slave the gpio number will be passed
>  via the cs_gpio
> diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi.c b/drivers/spi/spi.c
> index 3f1b9ee..6bcdc03 100644
> --- a/drivers/spi/spi.c
> +++ b/drivers/spi/spi.c
> @@ -868,6 +868,8 @@ static void of_register_spi_devices(struct spi_master *master)
>  			spi->mode |= SPI_CS_HIGH;
>  		if (of_find_property(nc, "spi-3wire", NULL))
>  			spi->mode |= SPI_3WIRE;
> +		if (of_find_property(nc, "spi-loopback", NULL))
> +			spi->mode |= SPI_LOOP;
>  
>  		/* Device speed */
>  		prop = of_get_property(nc, "spi-max-frequency", &len);
> -- 
> 1.8.1.rc1.5.g7e0651a
> 

-- 
Grant Likely, B.Sc, P.Eng.
Secret Lab Technologies, Ltd.