1STRUCT SPI_BOARD_INF(9) Serial Peripheral Interface (S STRUCT SPI_BOARD_INF(9)
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6 struct_spi_board_info - board-specific template for a SPI device
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9 struct spi_board_info {
10 char modalias[SPI_NAME_SIZE];
11 const void * platform_data;
12 void * controller_data;
13 int irq;
14 u32 max_speed_hz;
15 u16 bus_num;
16 u16 chip_select;
17 u8 mode;
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21 modalias[SPI_NAME_SIZE]
22 Initializes spi_device.modalias; identifies the driver.
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24 platform_data
25 Initializes spi_device.platform_data; the particular data stored
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28 controller_data
29 Initializes spi_device.controller_data; some controllers need hints
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32 irq
33 Initializes spi_device.irq; depends on how the board is wired.
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35 max_speed_hz
36 Initializes spi_device.max_speed_hz; based on limits from the chip
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39 bus_num
40 Identifies which spi_master parents the spi_device; unused by
41 spi_new_device, and otherwise depends on board wiring.
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43 chip_select
44 Initializes spi_device.chip_select; depends on how the board is
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47 mode
48 Initializes spi_device.mode; based on the chip datasheet, board
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50 possibly presence of an inverter in the chipselect path.
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53 When adding new SPI devices to the device tree, these structures serve
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55 be determined by drivers. Information that probe can establish (such as
56 the default transfer wordsize) is not included here.
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58 These structures are used in two places. Their primary role is to be
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60 declared early in board initialization and then used (much later) to
61 populate a controller´s device tree after the that controller´s driver
62 initializes. A secondary (and atypical) role is as a parameter to
63 spi_new_device call, which happens after those controller drivers are
64 active in some dynamic board configuration models.
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67Kernel Hackers Manual 2.6. June 2019 STRUCT SPI_BOARD_INF(9)