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28.Dd July 9, 2018
29.Dt IMX_SPI 4
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm imx_spi
33.Nd device driver for the NXP i.MX family Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI)
34.Sh SYNOPSIS
35To compile this driver into the kernel,
36place the following line in your
37kernel configuration file:
38.Bd -ragged -offset indent
39.Cd "device imx_spi"
40.Ed
41.Pp
42Alternatively, to load the driver as a
43module at boot time, place the following line in
44.Xr loader.conf 5 :
45.Bd -literal -offset indent
46imx_spi_load="YES"
47.Ed
48.Sh DESCRIPTION
49The
50.Nm
51driver provides support for the
52.Sq ECSPI
53(Enhanced Configurable SPI) hardware present on the NXP i.MX family
54of processors.
55While the ECSPI hardware supports both master and slave mode,
56this driver currently operates only in master mode.
57.Pp
58Due to hardware quirks, the
59.Nm
60driver requires that all chip select pins be configured as GPIO pins.
61Use the FDT property
62.Sq cs-gpios
63to specify which pins to use as chip selects.
64You may use any GPIO pins, including the ones that the hardware would
65normally use as SPI select pins; just configure them as GPIO in the
66.Xr fdt_pinctrl 4
67data.
68.Pp
69.Sh SYSCTL VARIABLES
70The following variables are available via
71.Xr sysctl 8 ,
72and as
73.Xr loader 8
74tunables:
75.Bl -tag -width indent
76.It Va dev.imx_spi.%d.debug
77Output debugging info when non-zero.
78A value of 1 displays information about bus transfers,
792 adds information about bus clock frequency and chip select activity,
80and 3 adds information about interrupt handling.
81.El
82.Sh SEE ALSO
83.Xr fdt 4 ,
84.Xr fdt_pinctrl 4 ,
85.Xr sysctl 8
86.Sh HISTORY
87The
88.Nm
89driver first appeared in
90.Fx 12.0 .
91