Re: [PATCH v5 2/2] spi: add driver for J-Core SPI controller

From: Rob Herring
Date: Wed Aug 03 2016 - 09:18:08 EST


On Sun, Apr 3, 2016 at 12:12 AM, Rich Felker <dalias@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

The date on your patch emails is way off.

> The J-Core "spi2" device is a PIO-based SPI master controller. It
> differs from "bitbang" devices in that that it's clocked in hardware
> rather than via soft clock modulation over gpio, and performs
> byte-at-a-time transfers between the cpu and SPI controller.
>
> This driver will be extended to support future versions of the J-Core
> SPI controller with DMA transfers when they become available.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rich Felker <dalias@xxxxxxxx>