Op 5 jul. 2014, om 23:16 heeft bruce bushby <[email protected]> het 
volgende geschreven:

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> Looking much better:
> # ls -l /dev/*spi*
> crw-------    1 root     root      153,   0 Jan 10 13:51 /dev/spidev0.0
> # 
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> I added an spidev childnode to my spi1 node like so:
> 
>                 spi1: spi@01c06000 {
>                         pinctrl-names = "default";
>                         pinctrl-0 = <&spi1_pins_a>;
>                         status = "okay";
>                         spidev@0 {
>                                 compatible = "linux,spidev";
>                                 reg = <0>;
>                                 spi-max-frequency = <1000000>;
>                         };
>                 };
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> Rebuild, reboot and what would you know...... I have " /dev/spidev0.0" 

Note that spidev is a userspace 'driver' and a hack, not something you'd use 
longterm.

> Really can't thank you guys enough for all the help, much appreciated!!!!
> 
> next stop.....connecting an SPI  device ....hopefully without too many sparks 
> :) 
> 
> I'm connecting an MPU9250:
> http://www.drotek.fr/shop/421-1256-large_dm/mpu9250-gyro-accelerometer-magnetometer.jpg
> 
> Guessing the "compatible" string will just be spi?

iirc the MPU6050 has a driver already, to get that working replace the spidev 
entry with the 6050 one.

regards,

Koen


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> On Sat, Jul 5, 2014 at 10:04 PM, bruce bushby <[email protected]> wrote:
> Well Jon kindly pointed me to his repo which is confirmed to have spidev 
> working on A20.  I used his repo and his .config file .....with the same 
> results ...which I guess is a good thing as it means my previous attempts 
> were probably all working and I just need to find what crucial step I am 
> missing.
> 
> Here you can see both spi kernel processes running
> # 
> # ps -ef | grep -i spi
>    46 root     [spi0]
>    47 root     [spi1]
>   152 root     grep -i spi
> # 
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> I changed spidev to be a kernel module....and it loads without any problems
> # lsmod
> Module                  Size  Used by    Not tainted
> spidev                  5471  0 
> # 
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> The /sys filesystem is aware of the spi devices: 
> # find /sys -iname "*spi*"
> /sys/bus/spi
> /sys/bus/spi/drivers/spidev
> /sys/bus/platform/devices/1c06000.spi
> /sys/bus/platform/devices/1c17000.spi
> /sys/bus/platform/drivers/sun4i-spi
> /sys/bus/platform/drivers/sun4i-spi/1c06000.spi
> /sys/bus/platform/drivers/sun4i-spi/1c17000.spi
> /sys/bus/platform/drivers/sun6i-spi
> /sys/devices/soc@01c00000/1c06000.spi
> /sys/devices/soc@01c00000/1c06000.spi/spi_master
> /sys/devices/soc@01c00000/1c06000.spi/spi_master/spi0
> /sys/devices/soc@01c00000/1c17000.spi
> /sys/devices/soc@01c00000/1c17000.spi/spi_master
> /sys/devices/soc@01c00000/1c17000.spi/spi_master/spi1
> /sys/class/spi_master
> /sys/class/spi_master/spi0
> /sys/class/spi_master/spi1
> /sys/class/spidev
> /sys/firmware/devicetree/base/soc@01c00000/spi@01c05000
> /sys/firmware/devicetree/base/soc@01c00000/spi@01c06000
> /sys/firmware/devicetree/base/soc@01c00000/spi@01c17000
> /sys/firmware/devicetree/base/soc@01c00000/spi@01c1f000
> /sys/firmware/devicetree/base/soc@01c00000/pinctrl@01c20800/spi0@0
> /sys/firmware/devicetree/base/soc@01c00000/pinctrl@01c20800/spi1@0
> /sys/firmware/devicetree/base/soc@01c00000/pinctrl@01c20800/spi2@0
> /sys/firmware/devicetree/base/aliases/spi0
> /sys/firmware/devicetree/base/aliases/spi1
> /sys/module/spidev
> /sys/module/spidev/drivers/spi:spidev
> # 
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> I have added "udev" (eudev) to my build
> # 
> # /etc/init.d/S10udev stop
> # /etc/init.d/S10udev start
> Populating /dev using udev: [ 1242.412281] udevd[164]: starting version 1.7
> done
> #
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> Wondering if I need:
> 1. An actual spi device connected 
> 2. An "spiddev node" ....or "spidev" as a "childnode" of spi1
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> Also noticed I don't see any SPI messages from dmesg....which I guess is a 
> hint I'll follow soon
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> On Sat, Jul 5, 2014 at 8:59 PM, Maxime Ripard 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 05, 2014 at 02:14:44PM +0100, bruce bushby wrote:
> > update: I added spi0 to my dts file and everything appears to build and
> > boot smoothly.....however I still don't see anything under "/dev/*spi*"
> >  ......perhaps something simple as a missing udev rule or mknod script. I'm
> > not sure who or what should create the "/dev/*spi*" device(s).
> 
> /dev/spi* is handled by a driver called spidev. If this driver is not
> both loaded and probed, you'll never see a /dev/spi* file, even though
> the controller driver is working fine.
> 
> --
> Maxime Ripard, Free Electrons
> Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering
> http://free-electrons.com
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