linux-kernel - Re: [Patch v2 1/3] spi: qup: Remove chip select function

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Date:	Sun, 22 Jun 2014 11:47:08 +0100
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:	Andy Gross <agross@...eaurora.org>
Cc:	linux-spi@...r.kernel.org, Sagar Dharia <sdharia@...eaurora.org>,
	Daniel Sneddon <dsneddon@...eaurora.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org,
	"Ivan T. Ivanov" <iivanov@...sol.com>,
	Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...ymobile.com>
Subject: Re: [Patch v2 1/3] spi: qup: Remove chip select function

On Sat, Jun 21, 2014 at 01:56:46PM -0500, Andy Gross wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 21, 2014 at 11:13:03AM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 02:34:10PM -0500, Andy Gross wrote:

> > > This patch removes the chip select function.  Chip select should instead be
> > > supported using GPIOs, defining the DT entry "cs-gpios", and letting the SPI
> > > core assert/deassert the chip select as it sees fit.

> > Why?

> The chip select control inside the controller is buggy.  It is supposed to
> automatically assert the chip select based on the activity in the controller,
> but it is buggy and doesn't work at all.  So instead we elect to use GPIOs.

OK, though it was in manual mode.

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