Re: [PATCH 2/2] spi: use gpio_desc instead of numeric gpio

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Tue May 23 2017 - 14:28:35 EST


On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 7:03 AM, Chris Packham
<chris.packham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> By using a gpio_desc and gpiod_set_value() instead of a numeric gpio and
> gpio_set_value() the gpio flags are taken into account. This is useful
> when using a gpio chip-select to supplement a controllers native
> chip-select.

I think would be better to move everything in SPI core to GPIO descriptors.

>
> Signed-off-by: Chris Packham <chris.packham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> Notes:
> My specific use-case is I have a board that uses the spi-orion driver but
> only has one CS pin available. In order to access two spi slave devices the
> board has a 1-of-2 decoder/demultiplexer which is driven via a gpio.
>
> The problem is that for one of the 2 slave devices the gpio level required
> is opposite to the chip-select so I can't simply specify "spi-cs-high".
> With this change I can flag the gpio as active low and the gpio subsystem
> takes care of the additional inversion required.
>
> drivers/spi/spi.c | 5 ++++-
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi.c b/drivers/spi/spi.c
> index 6f87fec409b5..b39c0f9956dd 100644
> --- a/drivers/spi/spi.c
> +++ b/drivers/spi/spi.c
> @@ -725,7 +725,10 @@ static void spi_set_cs(struct spi_device *spi, bool enable)
> enable = !enable;
>
> if (gpio_is_valid(spi->cs_gpio)) {
> - gpio_set_value(spi->cs_gpio, !enable);
> + struct gpio_desc *gpio = gpio_to_desc(spi->cs_gpio);
> +
> + if (gpio)
> + gpiod_set_value(gpio, !enable);
> /* Some SPI masters need both GPIO CS & slave_select */
> if ((spi->master->flags & SPI_MASTER_GPIO_SS) &&
> spi->master->set_cs)
> --
> 2.13.0
>
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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko