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26.Dd August 21, 2020
27.Dt SPIGEN 4
28.Os
29.Sh NAME
30.Nm spigen
31.Nd SPI generic I/O device driver
32.Sh SYNOPSIS
33To compile this driver into the kernel,
34place the following lines in your
35kernel configuration file:
36.Bd -ragged -offset indent
37.Cd "device spi"
38.Cd "device spibus"
39.Cd "device spigen"
40.Ed
41.Pp
42Alternatively, to load the driver as a
43module at boot time, place the following line in
44.Xr loader.conf 5 :
45.Bd -literal -offset indent
46spigen_load="YES"
47.Ed
48.Sh DESCRIPTION
49The
50.Nm
51driver provides direct access to a slave device on the SPI bus.
52Each instance of a
53.Nm
54device is associated with a single chip-select
55line on the bus, and all I/O performed through that instance is done
56with that chip-select line asserted.
57.Pp
58SPI data transfers are inherently bi-directional; there are no separate
59read and write operations.
60When commands and data are sent to a device, data also comes back from
61the device, although in some cases the data may not be useful (or even
62documented or predictable for some devices).
63Likewise on a read operation, whatever data is in the buffer at the start
64of the operation is sent to (and typically ignored by) the device, with each
65outgoing byte then replaced in the buffer by the corresponding incoming byte.
66Thus, all buffers passed to the transfer functions are both input and
67output buffers.
68.Pp
69The
70.Nm
71driver provides access to the SPI slave device with the following
72.Xr ioctl 2
73calls, defined in
74.In sys/spigenio.h :
75.Bl -tag -width indent
76.It Dv SPIGENIOC_TRANSFER Pq Vt "struct spigen_transfer"
77Transfer a command and optional associated data to/from the device,
78using the buffers described by the st_command and st_data fields in the
79.Vt spigen_transfer .
80Set
81.Vt st_data.iov_len
82to zero if there is no data associated with the command.
83.Bd -literal
84struct spigen_transfer {
85	struct iovec st_command;
86	struct iovec st_data;
87};
88.Ed
89.It Dv SPIGENIOC_TRANSFER_MMAPPED Pq Vt "spigen_transfer_mmapped"
90Transfer a command and optional associated data to/from the device.
91The buffers for the transfer are a previously-mmap'd region.
92The length of the command and data within that region are described by the
93.Vt stm_command_length
94and
95.Vt stm_data_length
96fields of
97.Vt spigen_transfer_mmapped .
98If
99.Vt stm_data_length
100is non-zero, the data appears in the memory region immediately
101following the command (that is, at offset
102.Vt stm_command_length
103from the start of the mapped region).
104.Bd -literal
105struct spigen_transfer_mmapped {
106	size_t stm_command_length;
107	size_t stm_data_length;
108};
109.Ed
110.It Dv SPIGENIOC_GET_CLOCK_SPEED Pq Vt uint32_t
111Get the maximum clock speed (bus frequency in Hertz) to be used
112when communicating with this slave device.
113.It Dv SPIGENIOC_SET_CLOCK_SPEED Pq Vt uint32_t
114Set the maximum clock speed (bus frequency in Hertz) to be used
115when communicating with this slave device.
116The setting remains in effect for subsequent transfers; it
117is not necessary to reset this before each transfer.
118The actual bus frequency may be lower due to hardware limitations
119of the SPI bus controller device.
120.It Dv SPIGENIOC_GET_SPI_MODE Pq Vt uint32_t
121Get the SPI mode (clock polarity and phase) to be used
122when communicating with this device.
123.It Dv SPIGENIOC_SET_SPI_MODE Pq Vt uint32_t
124Set the SPI mode (clock polarity and phase) to be used
125when communicating with this device.
126The setting remains in effect for subsequent transfers; it
127is not necessary to reset this before each transfer.
128.El
129.Sh HINTS CONFIGURATION
130On a
131.Xr device.hints 5
132based system, such as
133.Li MIPS ,
134these values are configurable for
135.Nm :
136.Bl -tag -width indent
137.It Va hint.spigen.%d.at
138The spibus the
139.Nm
140instance is attached to.
141.It Va hint.spigen.%d.clock
142The maximum bus frequency to use when communicating with this device.
143Actual bus speed may be lower, depending on the capabilities of the SPI
144bus controller hardware.
145.It Va hint.spigen.%d.cs
146The chip-select number to assert when performing I/O for this device.
147Set the high bit (1 << 31) to invert the logic level of the chip select line.
148.It Va hint.spigen.%d.mode
149The SPI mode (0-3) to use when communicating with this device.
150.El
151.Sh FDT CONFIGURATION
152On an
153.Xr fdt 4
154based system, the spigen device is defined as a slave device subnode
155of the SPI bus controller node.
156All properties documented in the
157.Va spibus.txt
158bindings document can be used with the
159.Nm
160device.
161The most commonly-used ones are documented below.
162.Pp
163The following properties are required in the
164.Nm
165device subnode:
166.Bl -tag -width indent
167.It Va compatible
168Must be the string "freebsd,spigen".
169.It Va reg
170Chip select address of device.
171.It Va spi-max-frequency
172The maximum bus frequency to use when communicating with this slave device.
173Actual bus speed may be lower, depending on the capabilities of the SPI
174bus controller hardware.
175.El
176.Pp
177The following properties are optional for the
178.Nm
179device subnode:
180.Bl -tag -width indent
181.It Va spi-cpha
182Empty property indicating the slave device requires shifted clock
183phase (CPHA) mode.
184.It Va spi-cpol
185Empty property indicating the slave device requires inverse clock
186polarity (CPOL) mode.
187.It Va spi-cs-high
188Empty property indicating the slave device requires chip select active high.
189.El
190.Sh FILES
191.Bl -tag -width -compact
192.It Pa /dev/spigen*
193.El
194.Sh SEE ALSO
195.Xr fdt 4 ,
196.Xr device.hints 5 ,
197.Xr spi 8
198.Sh HISTORY
199The
200.Nm
201driver
202appeared in
203.Fx 11.0 .
204FDT support appeared in
205.Fx 11.2 .
206