Re: [PATCH 1/2] spi: Add SPI driver for Mikrotik RB4xx series boards

[Bert Vermeulen <bert@biot.com>]

On 03/20/2015 01:51 PM, Mark Brown wrote:

Mark,

Thanks very much for your detailed review. I'll fix things according to your
comments. However...

> On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 01:16:32PM +0100, Bert Vermeulen wrote:
>> +static void do_spi_byte(void __iomem *base, unsigned char byte)
>> +{
>> +	do_spi_clk(base, byte >> 7);
>> +	do_spi_clk(base, byte >> 6);
>> +	do_spi_clk(base, byte >> 5);
>> +	do_spi_clk(base, byte >> 4);
>> +	do_spi_clk(base, byte >> 3);
>> +	do_spi_clk(base, byte >> 2);
>> +	do_spi_clk(base, byte >> 1);
>> +	do_spi_clk(base, byte);
> 
> This looks awfully like it's bitbanging the value out, can we not use
> spi-bitbang here?
> 

[...]

>> +static inline void do_spi_clk_fast(void __iomem *base, unsigned bit1,
>> +				   unsigned bit2)
> 
> Why would we ever want the slow version?

It is bitbanging, at least on write. The hardware has a shift register that
is uses for reads. The generic spi for this board's architecture (ath79)
indeed uses spi-bitbang.

This "fast SPI" thing is what makes this one different: the boot flash and
MMC use regular SPI on the same bus as the CPLD. This CPLD needs this fast
SPI: a mode where it shifts in two bits per clock. The second bit is
apparently sent via the CS2 pin.

So I don't think spi-bitbang will do. I need to see about reworking things
to use less custom queueing -- I'm not that familiar with this yet.


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