Re: [PATCH v3 4/7] spi: axi-spi-engine: support SPI_MULTI_LANE_MODE_STRIPE

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Tue Dec 02 2025 - 09:54:03 EST


On Mon, Dec 01, 2025 at 08:20:42PM -0600, David Lechner wrote:
> Add support for SPI_MULTI_LANE_MODE_STRIPE to the AXI SPI engine driver.
>
> The v2.0.0 version of the AXI SPI Engine IP core supports multiple
> lanes. This can be used with SPI_MULTI_LANE_MODE_STRIPE to support
> reading from simultaneous sampling ADCs that have a separate SDO line
> for each analog channel. This allows reading all channels at the same
> time to increase throughput.

...

> +static u8 spi_engine_all_lane_flags(struct spi_device *spi)
> +{
> + u8 flags = 0;

> + int i;

Why signed?

> + for (i = 0; i < spi->num_data_lanes; i++)
> + flags |= BIT(spi->data_lanes[i]);
> +
> + return flags;
> +}

...

> static void spi_engine_gen_xfer(struct spi_engine_program *p, bool dry,
> - struct spi_transfer *xfer)
> + struct spi_transfer *xfer, u32 num_lanes)

Side note: this bool parameter makes code harder to follow. And now we have
pointers and integers/booleans to be interleaved. Perhaps reconsider the order
of the parameters (and ideally get rid of boolean by making two distinct
functions?).

...

> version = readl(spi_engine->base + ADI_AXI_REG_VERSION);
> - if (ADI_AXI_PCORE_VER_MAJOR(version) != 1) {
> + if (ADI_AXI_PCORE_VER_MAJOR(version) > 2) {

But this includes v0 as well!

> }

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko