From d0e6405ddd9613b42679bf500630ee9d0d86452e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ian Lepore Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2018 19:00:13 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add a manpage for the imx_spi driver. --- share/man/man4/man4.arm/imx_spi.4 | 90 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 90 insertions(+) create mode 100644 share/man/man4/man4.arm/imx_spi.4 diff --git a/share/man/man4/man4.arm/imx_spi.4 b/share/man/man4/man4.arm/imx_spi.4 new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..8ce5bc0e8b41 --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man4/man4.arm/imx_spi.4 @@ -0,0 +1,90 @@ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2018 Ian Lepore +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES +.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. +.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, +.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT +.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, +.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY +.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT +.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF +.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd July 9, 2018 +.Dt IMX_SPI 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm imx_spi +.Nd device driver for the NXP i.MX family Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) +.Sh SYNOPSIS +To compile this driver into the kernel, +place the following line in your +kernel configuration file: +.Bd -ragged -offset indent +.Cd "device imx_spi" +.Ed +.Pp +Alternatively, to load the driver as a +module at boot time, place the following line in +.Xr loader.conf 5 : +.Bd -literal -offset indent +imx_spi_load="YES" +.Ed +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +driver provides support for the +.Sq ECSPI +(Enhanced Configurable SPI) hardware present on the NXP i.MX family +of processors. +While the ECSPI hardware supports both master and slave mode, +this driver currently operates only in master mode. +.Pp +Due to hardware quirks, the +.Nm +driver requires that all chip select pins be configured as GPIO pins. +Use the FDT property +.Sq cs-gpios +to specify which pins to use as chip selects. +You may use any GPIO pins, including the ones that the hardware would +normally use as SPI select pins; just configure them as GPIO in the +.Xr fdt_pinctrl 4 +data. +.Pp +.Sh SYSCTL VARIABLES +The following variables are available via +.Xr sysctl 8 , +and as +.Xr loader 8 +tunables: +.Bl -tag -width indent +.It Va dev.imx_spi.%d.debug +Output debugging info when non-zero. +A value of 1 displays information about bus transfers, +2 adds information about bus clock frequency and chip select activity, +and 3 adds information about interrupt handling. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr fdt 4 , +.Xr fdt_pinctrl 4 , +.Xr sysctl 8 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +driver first appeared in +.Fx 12.0 .