struct spi_master — interface to SPI master controller
struct spi_master {
struct device dev;
s16 bus_num;
u16 num_chipselect;
int (* setup) (struct spi_device *spi);
int (* transfer) (struct spi_device *spi,struct spi_message *mesg);
void (* cleanup) (struct spi_device *spi);
}; device interface to this driver
board-specific (and often SOC-specific) identifier for a given SPI controller.
chipselects are used to distinguish individual SPI slaves, and are numbered from zero to num_chipselects. each slave has a chipselect signal, but it's common that not every chipselect is connected to a slave.
updates the device mode and clocking records used by a device's SPI controller; protocol code may call this. This must fail if an unrecognized or unsupported mode is requested. It's always safe to call this unless transfers are pending on the device whose settings are being modified.
adds a message to the controller's transfer queue.
frees controller-specific state
Each SPI master controller can communicate with one or more spi_device
children. These make a small bus, sharing MOSI, MISO and SCK signals
but not chip select signals. Each device may be configured to use a
different clock rate, since those shared signals are ignored unless
the chip is selected.
The driver for an SPI controller manages access to those devices through a queue of spi_message transactions, copying data between CPU memory and an SPI slave device. For each such message it queues, it calls the message's completion function when the transaction completes.