Re: [PATCH] spi: atmel: Fix CS and initialization bug

[Dan.Sneddon]

On 6/29/21 9:47 AM, Mark Brown wrote:
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 > On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 09:29:14AM -0700, Dan Sneddon wrote:
 >
 >> spi_setup won't get programmed into the hardware.  This patch makes
 >> sure the cs_activate call is made even with a gpio controlled chip
 >> select.
 >
 >In what way does it do that?  I can't tell what the patch is supposed >to
 >do.

The SPI_MASTER_GPIO_SS flag has to be set so that the set_cs function 
gets called even when using gpio cs pins.

 >
 >> -	enable =3D (!!(spi->mode & SPI_CS_HIGH) =3D=3D enable);
 >> =20
 >> -	if (enable) {
 >> +	if ((enable && (spi->mode & SPI_CS_HIGH))
 >> +			|| (!enable && !(spi->mode & SPI_CS_HIGH))) {
 >
 >This looks especially suspicious.
It's due to the fact that the spi core tells set_cs if the cs should be 
high or low, not active or disabled.  This logic is to convert from 
high/low to active/disabled.