[PATCH v3 1/2] spi: implemented driver for Cirrus EP93xx SPI controller

[grant.likely@secretlab.ca (Grant Likely)]

On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 12:52 PM, Martin Guy <martinwguy@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4/19/10, Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca> wrote:
>> ?>> > + ? ? ? /*
>> ?>> > + ? ? ? ?* Calculate divisors so that we can get speed according the
>> ?>> > + ? ? ? ?* following formula:
>> ?>> > + ? ? ? ?* ? ? ?rate = spi_clock_rate / (cpsr * (1 + scr))
>> ?>> > + ? ? ? ?*
>> ?>> > + ? ? ? ?* cpsr must be even number and starts from 2, scr can be any number
>> ?>> > + ? ? ? ?* between 0 and 255.
>> ?>> > + ? ? ? ?*/
>> ?>> > + ? ? ? for (cpsr = 2; cpsr <= 254; cpsr += 2) {
>> ?>> > + ? ? ? ? ? ? ? for (scr = 0; scr <= 255; scr++) {
>> ?>>
>> ?>> Non-deterministic.
> Eh? Some new meaning of "non-deterministic" that I wasn'f familiar with? :)
>
> Yes, it does look gross, but max clock rate is 3.7Mhz (7.4 in rev E2
> silicon), so if your slowest device is 400kHz, in practice it only
> runs the inner loop from 0 to less than 10.
> How slow do SPI devices go in reality? The 254*256 divisor gives 100Hz.

Fair enough.  s/non-deterministic/gross/  :-p  I just prefer to see
analytic solutions over numerical ones.  :-)  As I said, I won't
object to the driver because of these lines.

g.

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