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Blackfin: document SPI CS limitations with CPHA=0

With the Blackfin on-chip SPI peripheral, there is some logic tied to
the CPHA bit whether the Slave Select Line is controlled by hardware
(CPHA=0) or controlled by software (CPHA=1).  However, the Linux SPI
bus driver assumes that the Slave Select being asserted during the
entire SPI transfer.  So explain these small details for people who
need certain SPI modes with standard CS behavior.

Signed-off-by: Michael Hennerich <michael.hennerich@analog.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
Michael Hennerich 15 年之前
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      Documentation/blackfin/bfin-spi-notes.txt

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Documentation/blackfin/00-INDEX

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 00-INDEX
 00-INDEX
 	- This file
 	- This file
 
 
-bfin-gpio-note.txt
+bfin-gpio-notes.txt
 	- Notes in developing/using bfin-gpio driver.
 	- Notes in developing/using bfin-gpio driver.
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+bfin-spi-notes.txt
+	- Notes for using bfin spi bus driver.

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Documentation/blackfin/bfin-spi-notes.txt

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+SPI Chip Select behavior:
+
+With the Blackfin on-chip SPI peripheral, there is some logic tied to the CPHA
+bit whether the Slave Select Line is controlled by hardware (CPHA=0) or
+controlled by software (CPHA=1). However, the Linux SPI bus driver assumes that
+the Slave Select is always under software control and being asserted during
+the entire SPI transfer. - And not just bits_per_word duration.
+
+In most cases you can utilize SPI MODE_3 instead of MODE_0 to work-around this
+behavior. If your SPI slave device in question requires SPI MODE_0 or MODE_2
+timing, you can utilize the GPIO controlled SPI Slave Select option instead.
+
+You can even use the same pin whose peripheral role is a SSEL,
+but use it as a GPIO instead.