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From: David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net>
To: linux-omap-open-source@linux.omap.com
Subject: Re: SPI question
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 13:27:44 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200701151327.45318.david-b@pacbell.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BAY130-F292E20F8C782D7087AF55BF8B50@phx.gbl>

On Monday 15 January 2007 6:29 am, zil iram wrote:
>             I am working on SPI on the osk right now. I connected a sensor 
> to the uwire pins of the osk.
> I enabled the spi driver(spi.c),

That's the SPI "framework".  Which involves a controller driver (behind the
programming interface) and at least one "protocol" driver.


> and the microwire driver for omap. Is it  
> enough to use the spi.c APIs to access(read/write) the sensor that I have 
> attached through SPI? Does the SPI core driver(spi.c) wrap the microwire 
> driver?

Yes, and yes.  Although calling kernel programming interfaces an
"Application Programming Interface" (API) is a misnomer.  :)

- Dave

  reply	other threads:[~2007-01-15 21:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-01-09  7:22 omap1710 h3: problem while accessing audio device Prashant
2007-01-09 10:21 ` Syed Mohammed, Khasim
2007-01-15  6:27   ` Prashant
2007-01-15 14:29     ` SPI question zil iram
2007-01-15 21:27       ` David Brownell [this message]
2007-01-16  2:21         ` zil iram
2007-01-09 12:34 ` omap1710 h3: problem while accessing audio device andrzej zaborowski

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