spi_alloc_device(9) [suse man page]

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)

STRUCT 
SPI_BOARD_INF(9) 				  Serial Peripheral Interface (S				   STRUCT SPI_BOARD_INF(9)

NAME

       struct_spi_board_info - board-specific template for a SPI device

SYNOPSIS

       struct spi_board_info {
	 char modalias[SPI_NAME_SIZE];
	 const void * platform_data;
	 void * controller_data;
	 int irq;
	 u32 max_speed_hz;
	 u16 bus_num;
	 u16 chip_select;
	 u8 mode;
       };

MEMBERS

       modalias[SPI_NAME_SIZE]
	   Initializes spi_device.modalias; identifies the driver.

       platform_data
	   Initializes spi_device.platform_data; the particular data stored there is driver-specific.

       controller_data
	   Initializes spi_device.controller_data; some controllers need hints about hardware setup, e.g. for DMA.

       irq
	   Initializes spi_device.irq; depends on how the board is wired.

       max_speed_hz
	   Initializes spi_device.max_speed_hz; based on limits from the chip datasheet and board-specific signal quality issues.

       bus_num
	   Identifies which spi_master parents the spi_device; unused by spi_new_device, and otherwise depends on board wiring.

       chip_select
	   Initializes spi_device.chip_select; depends on how the board is wired.

       mode
	   Initializes spi_device.mode; based on the chip datasheet, board wiring (some devices support both 3WIRE and standard modes), and
	   possibly presence of an inverter in the chipselect path.

DESCRIPTION

       When adding new SPI devices to the device tree, these structures serve as a partial device template. They hold information which can't
       always be determined by drivers. Information that probe can establish (such as the default transfer wordsize) is not included here.

       These structures are used in two places. Their primary role is to be stored in tables of board-specific device descriptors, which are
       declared early in board initialization and then used (much later) to populate a controller's device tree after the that controller's driver
       initializes. A secondary (and atypical) role is as a parameter to spi_new_device call, which happens after those controller drivers are
       active in some dynamic board configuration models.

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Kernel Hackers Manual 2.6.					     July 2010						   STRUCT SPI_BOARD_INF(9)