I am able to get *SPI0 *working on the BeagleBone Black by using only 
*config-pin* commands:

config-pin P9_17 spi
config-pin P9_18 spi
config-pin P9_21 spi
config-pin P9_22 spi

Then writing to */dev/spidev1.0 *causes data to come out the pins P9_18 
(data) and P9_22 (clock).

Note that searching for how to enable SPI on the BeagleBone returns 
tutorials that all involve *"device trees"* or a *"cape manager"*.  None of 
this was necessary for me to get SPI working.  I assume they used to be 
required at some point in the past.  I simply set the pins to SPI and it 
works.

Now I'd like to change some SPI settings, like the clock rate.  It seems 
the hardware has a frequency divider that can be set to change the SPI 
clock rate.  What is the clock rate by default?  How can I change it? 
 Ideally I'd like to change it by command with the BeagleBone running, 
hopefully no recompiling or rebooting required every time I make a change.

How should I go about this?

Note that I'm running the image 
*"bone-debian-8.6-iot-armhf-2016-10-16-4gb.img.xz"* found here:

<goog_839341451>
https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2016-10-16/iot/

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