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SPI_ALLOC_DEVICE(9)					  Serial Peripheral Interface (S				       SPI_ALLOC_DEVICE(9)

NAME
spi_alloc_device - Allocate a new SPI device SYNOPSIS
struct spi_device * spi_alloc_device(struct spi_master * master); ARGUMENTS
master Controller to which device is connected CONTEXT
can sleep DESCRIPTION
Allows a driver to allocate and initialize a spi_device without registering it immediately. This allows a driver to directly fill the spi_device with device parameters before calling spi_add_device on it. Caller is responsible to call spi_add_device on the returned spi_device structure to add it to the SPI master. If the caller needs to discard the spi_device without adding it, then it should call spi_dev_put on it. Returns a pointer to the new device, or NULL. COPYRIGHT
Kernel Hackers Manual 2.6. July 2010 SPI_ALLOC_DEVICE(9)

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STRUCT 
SPI_MASTER(9) Serial Peripheral Interface (S STRUCT SPI_MASTER(9) NAME
struct_spi_master - interface to SPI master controller SYNOPSIS
struct spi_master { struct device dev; s16 bus_num; u16 num_chipselect; u16 dma_alignment; u16 mode_bits; u16 flags; #define SPI_MASTER_HALF_DUPLEX BIT(0) #define SPI_MASTER_NO_RX BIT(1) #define SPI_MASTER_NO_TX BIT(2) int (* setup) (struct spi_device *spi); int (* transfer) (struct spi_device *spi,struct spi_message *mesg); void (* cleanup) (struct spi_device *spi); }; MEMBERS
dev device interface to this driver bus_num board-specific (and often SOC-specific) identifier for a given SPI controller. num_chipselect chipselects are used to distinguish individual SPI slaves, and are numbered from zero to num_chipselects. each slave has a chipselect signal, but it's common that not every chipselect is connected to a slave. dma_alignment SPI controller constraint on DMA buffers alignment. mode_bits flags understood by this controller driver flags other constraints relevant to this driver setup updates the device mode and clocking records used by a device's SPI controller; protocol code may call this. This must fail if an unrecognized or unsupported mode is requested. It's always safe to call this unless transfers are pending on the device whose settings are being modified. transfer adds a message to the controller's transfer queue. cleanup frees controller-specific state DESCRIPTION
Each SPI master controller can communicate with one or more spi_device children. These make a small bus, sharing MOSI, MISO and SCK signals but not chip select signals. Each device may be configured to use a different clock rate, since those shared signals are ignored unless the chip is selected. The driver for an SPI controller manages access to those devices through a queue of spi_message transactions, copying data between CPU memory and an SPI slave device. For each such message it queues, it calls the message's completion function when the transaction completes. COPYRIGHT
Kernel Hackers Manual 2.6. July 2010 STRUCT SPI_MASTER(9)
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