If the SPI slave requires an inter-word delay, configure the DLYBCT register accordingly. Tested on a SAMA5D2 board (derived from SAMA5D2-Xplained reference board). Signed-off-by: Jonas Bonn <jonas@xxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> CC: Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> CC: Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx> CC: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@xxxxxxxxxxx> CC: Ludovic Desroches <ludovic.desroches@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> CC: linux-spi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx CC: linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --- drivers/spi/spi-atmel.c | 11 ++++++----- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-atmel.c b/drivers/spi/spi-atmel.c index f53f0c5e63da..4954f0ab1606 100644 --- a/drivers/spi/spi-atmel.c +++ b/drivers/spi/spi-atmel.c @@ -1201,13 +1201,14 @@ static int atmel_spi_setup(struct spi_device *spi) csr |= SPI_BIT(CSAAT); /* DLYBS is mostly irrelevant since we manage chipselect using GPIOs. - * - * DLYBCT would add delays between words, slowing down transfers. - * It could potentially be useful to cope with DMA bottlenecks, but - * in those cases it's probably best to just use a lower bitrate. */ csr |= SPI_BF(DLYBS, 0); - csr |= SPI_BF(DLYBCT, 0); + + /* DLYBCT adds delays between words. This is useful for slow devices + * that need a bit of time to setup the next transfer. + */ + csr |= SPI_BF(DLYBCT, + (as->spi_clk / 1000000 * spi->word_delay_usecs) >> 5); asd = spi->controller_state; if (!asd) { -- 2.19.1