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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 0/3] Using SPI NOR flah on sunxi.
    On 30 April 2015 at 18:30,  <Thomas.Betker@rohde-schwarz.com> wrote:
    > Hello Michal:
    >
    >> I tried to connect a SPI NOR flash to my sunxi board and due to the
    > current
    >> sunxi SPI driver limitations it does not work.
    >>
    >> The SPI driver returns an error when more than 64 bytes are
    >> transferred at once
    >> due to lack of DMA support.
    >
    > Wouldn't it be easier to fix the SPI driver to handle transfers larger
    > than 64 bytes, filling and draining the FIFO multiple times if neccessary?
    > (As far as I can tell, most SPI drivers do this.)
    >

    Yes, the intent is to fix this by adding dma support to the driver, eventually.

    The patch might be still useful for other hardware with developing SPI support.

    Thanks

    Michal


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