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Re: [PATCH 3/3] libertas: if_spi, driver for libertas GSPI devices

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Hi Andrey, 

> The '8686 requires us to assert CS# and then hold it asserted for the
> entire transaction.  The transaction is an arbitrary number of SPI
> transfers.  Most host controllers cannot do this (they'll toggle CS#
> between individual transactions) and therefore we chose to not use the
> controller CS# line and use a GPIO.  Can you suggest a different way
> to do this given the current SPI framework?

This can be handled by the SPI driver. See pxa2xx_spi.c as an example. 
Look for cs_control() to get the picture..... 
Perhaps this should go to the general driver and not be handled by the 
chip specific code. Seems a problem general enough.  

Chears, 

Peter 
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