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Subject: Re: [Xenomai-help] Standard API for RTDM SPI driver
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Sherk Chung wrote:
> Hi folks, after a fruitless search for a real-time SPI driver we are
> considering having one developed.  It looks like there is a Xenomai RTDM
> API for serial and CAN, but not for SPI.  Would it make sense to try to
> come up with an RTDM API for SPI before we kick off the driver
> development so that anything we build will conform to some standard.
> Any suggestions on what a SPI RTDM API should look like?
> 

Check the mailing list archive, there was once some SPI driver announced
for the BFIN 537 [1]. I do not recall much details, but I could imagine
that this is a quite good starting point.

In any case, feel free to discuss your interface design here as well as
post early prototypes.

Jan

[1] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.real-time.xenomai.devel/3451

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