[PATCH v2 0/5] spi: add multi-CS and multi-chip aggregation support

[Jonathan Santos]

This series adds support to multi-CS devices and ancillary device with
lanes, to enable the multi-device setup described in [1],  where multiple
AD7768-1 ADCs are wired to the same controller in a synchronized sampling
configuration, and the limitation noted in [2], where no SPI controller 
completely handles logical chip selects beyond the first one.

The first part of the set addresses multi-CS support. Some SPI controllers
can assert multiple chip selects simultaneously, but the existing code
hardcoded CS index 0 in both spi_set_cs() and of_spi_parse_dt(),
preventing this from working. The spi device name pattern is modified to
include all active CS lines, so multi-CS devices are distinguishable in
sysfs.

The second part introduces spi_new_ancillary_device_with_lane() and its
devm variant, used here to create subdevices that binds the CS with a 
correspondent rx and tx lane from the parent device. With that we can 
handle each device individually when there are separate data lanes.

The last part uses the above infrastructure in the AD7768-1 driver to
support aggregating multiple chips as a single IIO device. The number of
sub-devices is derived from spi->num_rx_lanes. IIO channels are
allocated dynamically, buffered capture is restricted to the full-device
scan mask, and SPI offload mode enables SPI_MULTI_LANE_MODE_STRIPE to
interleave samples from all lanes into the DMA stream.

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v2 summary:
* Removed the per-transfer CS mask patches, the devices will be 
  individually handled by the ancillary device feature.
* Removed dynamic multilane selection patches. The lane is bound to the 
  CS using the new spi_new_ancillary_device_with_lane() feature.
* Included a use case patch modifying the AD7768-1 driver to support 
  multidevice aggregation.
* Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-spi/cover.1783729282.git.Jonathan.Santos@xxxxxxxxxx/T/#t

OBS: The ancillary device approach was chosen over per-transfer CS masks
because it has better integrattion with regmap. Both approaches require
multiple regmap instances, but the CS mask approach would additionally
require custom read/write functions to route transfers to the correct CS,
while ancillary devices handle this more transparently.

David suggested adding an ancillary device field to spi_message, I guess to
enable dynamic CS-lane selection. For now, using one ancillary device per 
chip for individual access and the main SPI device for simultaneous access
seems to be sufficient. The dynamic approach can be implemented in the future
if needed.

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[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-iio/af0EGv172ZMl%2F6N5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/T/#t
[2]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250915183725.219473-1-jonas.gorski@xxxxxxxxx/

Jonathan Santos (5):
  spi: support simultaneous assertion of multiple CS
  spi: expand device name to include all CS lines for multi-CS devices
  spi: introduce SPI ancillary device with lanes
  spi: spi-engine-ex: Add support for multi-CS devices
  iio: adc: ad7768-1: add support for multiple chip aggregation

 drivers/iio/adc/ad7768-1.c       |  99 ++++++++++++++++++++++---
 drivers/spi/spi-axi-spi-engine.c |  22 ++++--
 drivers/spi/spi.c                | 121 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 include/linux/spi/spi.h          |   8 ++
 4 files changed, 227 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)


base-commit: e0484d62e8e1cff75b210938be835ea6221bda59
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2.34.1