SPI_SYNC(9) Serial Peripheral Interface (S SPI_SYNC(9)
NAME
spi_sync - blocking/synchronous SPI data transfers
SYNOPSIS
int spi_sync(struct spi_device * spi, struct spi_message * message);
ARGUMENTS
spi
device with which data will be exchanged
message
describes the data transfers
CONTEXT
can sleep
DESCRIPTION
This call may only be used from a context that may sleep. The sleep is non-interruptible, and has no timeout. Low-overhead controller
drivers may DMA directly into and out of the message buffers.
Note that the SPI device's chip select is active during the message, and then is normally disabled between messages. Drivers for some
frequently-used devices may want to minimize costs of selecting a chip, by leaving it selected in anticipation that the next message will
go to the same chip. (That may increase power usage.)
Also, the caller is guaranteeing that the memory associated with the message will not be freed before this call returns.
It returns zero on success, else a negative error code.
COPYRIGHT
Kernel Hackers Manual 2.6. July 2010 SPI_SYNC(9)
