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authorSjur Braendeland <sjur.brandeland@stericsson.com>2010-06-29 00:08:21 -0700
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2010-06-29 00:08:21 -0700
commit529d6dad5bc69de14cdd24831e2a14264e93daa4 (patch)
treea89d7b8cdd3692e96a64c5d7196bcefc9f1e7f24 /Documentation/networking
parent01eebb53a65996dfbfb892bf5eb21ae831fbe3a6 (diff)
caif-driver: Add CAIF-SPI Protocol driver.
This patch introduces the CAIF SPI Protocol Driver for CAIF Link Layer. This driver implements a platform driver to accommodate for a platform specific SPI device. A general platform driver is not possible as there are no SPI Slave side Kernel API defined. A sample CAIF SPI Platform device can be found in .../Documentation/networking/caif/spi_porting.txt Signed-off-by: Sjur Braendeland <sjur.brandeland@stericsson.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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+- CAIF SPI porting -
+
+- CAIF SPI basics:
+
+Running CAIF over SPI needs some extra setup, owing to the nature of SPI.
+Two extra GPIOs have been added in order to negotiate the transfers
+ between the master and the slave. The minimum requirement for running
+CAIF over SPI is a SPI slave chip and two GPIOs (more details below).
+Please note that running as a slave implies that you need to keep up
+with the master clock. An overrun or underrun event is fatal.
+
+- CAIF SPI framework:
+
+To make porting as easy as possible, the CAIF SPI has been divided in
+two parts. The first part (called the interface part) deals with all
+generic functionality such as length framing, SPI frame negotiation
+and SPI frame delivery and transmission. The other part is the CAIF
+SPI slave device part, which is the module that you have to write if
+you want to run SPI CAIF on a new hardware. This part takes care of
+the physical hardware, both with regard to SPI and to GPIOs.
+
+- Implementing a CAIF SPI device:
+
+ - Functionality provided by the CAIF SPI slave device:
+
+ In order to implement a SPI device you will, as a minimum,
+ need to implement the following
+ functions:
+
+ int (*init_xfer) (struct cfspi_xfer * xfer, struct cfspi_dev *dev):
+
+ This function is called by the CAIF SPI interface to give
+ you a chance to set up your hardware to be ready to receive
+ a stream of data from the master. The xfer structure contains
+ both physical and logical adresses, as well as the total length
+ of the transfer in both directions.The dev parameter can be used
+ to map to different CAIF SPI slave devices.
+
+ void (*sig_xfer) (bool xfer, struct cfspi_dev *dev):
+
+ This function is called by the CAIF SPI interface when the output
+ (SPI_INT) GPIO needs to change state. The boolean value of the xfer
+ variable indicates whether the GPIO should be asserted (HIGH) or
+ deasserted (LOW). The dev parameter can be used to map to different CAIF
+ SPI slave devices.
+
+ - Functionality provided by the CAIF SPI interface:
+
+ void (*ss_cb) (bool assert, struct cfspi_ifc *ifc);
+
+ This function is called by the CAIF SPI slave device in order to
+ signal a change of state of the input GPIO (SS) to the interface.
+ Only active edges are mandatory to be reported.
+ This function can be called from IRQ context (recommended in order
+ not to introduce latency). The ifc parameter should be the pointer
+ returned from the platform probe function in the SPI device structure.
+
+ void (*xfer_done_cb) (struct cfspi_ifc *ifc);
+
+ This function is called by the CAIF SPI slave device in order to
+ report that a transfer is completed. This function should only be
+ called once both the transmission and the reception are completed.
+ This function can be called from IRQ context (recommended in order
+ not to introduce latency). The ifc parameter should be the pointer
+ returned from the platform probe function in the SPI device structure.
+
+ - Connecting the bits and pieces:
+
+ - Filling in the SPI slave device structure:
+
+ Connect the necessary callback functions.
+ Indicate clock speed (used to calculate toggle delays).
+ Chose a suitable name (helps debugging if you use several CAIF
+ SPI slave devices).
+ Assign your private data (can be used to map to your structure).
+
+ - Filling in the SPI slave platform device structure:
+ Add name of driver to connect to ("cfspi_sspi").
+ Assign the SPI slave device structure as platform data.
+
+- Padding:
+
+In order to optimize throughput, a number of SPI padding options are provided.
+Padding can be enabled independently for uplink and downlink transfers.
+Padding can be enabled for the head, the tail and for the total frame size.
+The padding needs to be correctly configured on both sides of the link.
+The padding can be changed via module parameters in cfspi_sspi.c or via
+the sysfs directory of the cfspi_sspi driver (before device registration).
+
+- CAIF SPI device template:
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) ST-Ericsson AB 2010
+ * Author: Daniel Martensson / Daniel.Martensson@stericsson.com
+ * License terms: GNU General Public License (GPL), version 2.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/device.h>
+#include <linux/wait.h>
+#include <linux/interrupt.h>
+#include <linux/dma-mapping.h>
+#include <net/caif/caif_spi.h>
+
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+
+struct sspi_struct {
+ struct cfspi_dev sdev;
+ struct cfspi_xfer *xfer;
+};
+
+static struct sspi_struct slave;
+static struct platform_device slave_device;
+
+static irqreturn_t sspi_irq(int irq, void *arg)
+{
+ /* You only need to trigger on an edge to the active state of the
+ * SS signal. Once a edge is detected, the ss_cb() function should be
+ * called with the parameter assert set to true. It is OK
+ * (and even advised) to call the ss_cb() function in IRQ context in
+ * order not to add any delay. */
+
+ return IRQ_HANDLED;
+}
+
+static void sspi_complete(void *context)
+{
+ /* Normally the DMA or the SPI framework will call you back
+ * in something similar to this. The only thing you need to
+ * do is to call the xfer_done_cb() function, providing the pointer
+ * to the CAIF SPI interface. It is OK to call this function
+ * from IRQ context. */
+}
+
+static int sspi_init_xfer(struct cfspi_xfer *xfer, struct cfspi_dev *dev)
+{
+ /* Store transfer info. For a normal implementation you should
+ * set up your DMA here and make sure that you are ready to
+ * receive the data from the master SPI. */
+
+ struct sspi_struct *sspi = (struct sspi_struct *)dev->priv;
+
+ sspi->xfer = xfer;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+void sspi_sig_xfer(bool xfer, struct cfspi_dev *dev)
+{
+ /* If xfer is true then you should assert the SPI_INT to indicate to
+ * the master that you are ready to recieve the data from the master
+ * SPI. If xfer is false then you should de-assert SPI_INT to indicate
+ * that the transfer is done.
+ */
+
+ struct sspi_struct *sspi = (struct sspi_struct *)dev->priv;
+}
+
+static void sspi_release(struct device *dev)
+{
+ /*
+ * Here you should release your SPI device resources.
+ */
+}
+
+static int __init sspi_init(void)
+{
+ /* Here you should initialize your SPI device by providing the
+ * necessary functions, clock speed, name and private data. Once
+ * done, you can register your device with the
+ * platform_device_register() function. This function will return
+ * with the CAIF SPI interface initialized. This is probably also
+ * the place where you should set up your GPIOs, interrupts and SPI
+ * resources. */
+
+ int res = 0;
+
+ /* Initialize slave device. */
+ slave.sdev.init_xfer = sspi_init_xfer;
+ slave.sdev.sig_xfer = sspi_sig_xfer;
+ slave.sdev.clk_mhz = 13;
+ slave.sdev.priv = &slave;
+ slave.sdev.name = "spi_sspi";
+ slave_device.dev.release = sspi_release;
+
+ /* Initialize platform device. */
+ slave_device.name = "cfspi_sspi";
+ slave_device.dev.platform_data = &slave.sdev;
+
+ /* Register platform device. */
+ res = platform_device_register(&slave_device);
+ if (res) {
+ printk(KERN_WARNING "sspi_init: failed to register dev.\n");
+ return -ENODEV;
+ }
+
+ return res;
+}
+
+static void __exit sspi_exit(void)
+{
+ platform_device_del(&slave_device);
+}
+
+module_init(sspi_init);
+module_exit(sspi_exit);