On 05/06/2010 08:26 PM, Mike Frysinger wrote: > i think it'd be a better idea to do something like: > if (spi->bits_per_word != 16) { > if (spi->bits_per_word) { > dev_err(&spi->dev, "Invalid SPI settings; bits_per_word must be 16\n"); > return -EINVAL; > } > spi->bits_per_word = 16; > spi_setup(spi); > } There is no way to set bits_per_word using struct spi_board_info. The description of that structure in spi.h explicitly lists the wordsize as one of the parameters drivers should set themself in probe(). Only struct bfin5xx_spi_chip allows to set this value in the board code. Daniel -- Dipl.-Math. Daniel Glöckner, emlix GmbH, http://www.emlix.com Fon +49 551 30664-0, Fax -11, Bahnhofsallee 1b, 37081 Göttingen, Germany Sitz der Gesellschaft: Göttingen, Amtsgericht Göttingen HR B 3160 Geschäftsführer: Dr. Uwe Kracke, Ust-IdNr.: DE 205 198 055 emlix - your embedded linux partner -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-input" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html