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Kernel Upgrade, broken SPI

buckd

Hi,

I am using a MicroZed 7z010 with Linux kernel 3.9.0 (xilinx-v14.6.02) from:

https://github.com/Xilinx/linux-xlnx/

I am attempting to upgrade the kernel to the latest version (4.4.0) from the same repo but it broke the SPI communication to an Analog Devices PLL that is connected.  The spidev module in the kernel is enabled, as well as all the other xilinx/zynq modules.  A C program is run, using spidev, to communicate to the PLL.

The two main issues I am seeing are:

  1.   SPI transfer timed out after every byte (either transfering the bytes one-by-one or using the C function 'SPI_IOC_MESSAGE'.
  2.   With an oscilloscope, I see that the chip-select signal starts high when rebooting the board, but then stays low after the first transfer attempt - the old kernel would return it to high.


I admit that I'm a bit new to using this technology, but I have Linux and C experience.  Things that I have attempted:

  •   Modifying the device-tree in dozens of ways
  •   Modified the SPI C code to send SPI using a number of different parameters
  •   Modified the Linux kernel module (spi.c and/or spi-cadence.c)
  •   Too much trial-and-error


The best of the outcomes would still give me those two problems mentioned above.

Is there something I'm doing wrong?

Thanks for any help!

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    Hi buckd,

    It sounds like you are using the PS SPI controller, correct?  There are a number of forum members who have struggled with that controller, one example is this thread here:

    http://zedboard.org/content/ps-spi-strange-behaviour

    I myself have had the best luck working with the Xilinx AXI Quad SPI IP to interface to SPI devices on the Pmod interfaces so I would recommend going that route.  You will consume PL resources in doing this but you will find that SPI controller to be much more flexible so you may want to consider switching to that SPI controller instead of the PS SPI controller.

    If you are using an Analog Devices peripheral, you may want to consider using the ADI SPI engine as another alternative:

    https://wiki.analog.com/resources/fpga/peripherals/spi_engine/axi

    It has its own Linux driver which ADI created to support their peripheral devices:

    https://wiki.analog.com/resources/tools-software/linux-drivers/spi/spi_engine

    One other reference which may or may not be useful to you is the "IoT Sensor Fusion Tutorials for MicroZed I/O Carrier Card" on for the MicroZed IOCC:

    http://microzed.org/support/design/1522/15

    In that design, I use a Maxim MAX31723 SPI temperature sensor Pmod and publish the data up to IBM Watson Cloud.  That sensor device is connected using the AXI Quad SPI IP in the PL along with the following devicetree entry:

    &axi_quad_spi_0 {
    t#address-cells = <1>;
    t#size-cells = <0>;

    txlnx,family = "zynq";
    txlnx,fifo-depth = <0x10>;
    txlnx,fifo-exist = <0x1>;
    txlnx,num-ss-bits = <0x1>;
    txlnx,num-transfer-bits = <0x8>;
    txlnx,sck-ratio = <0x20>;

    ttemperature:spidev@0 {
    tt#address-cells = <1>;
    tt#size-cells = <0>;
    ttcompatible = "spidev";
    ttspi-max-frequency = <3125000>;
    ttreg = <0>;   // Chip Select 0
    t};
    };

    All of the source code used to create the PetaLinux project is available on our Avnet Github software repository.

    https://github.com/Avnet/software

    Unfortunately, debugging at this level is difficult because you are to the point where you are doing kernel driver development work.

    Regards,

    -Kevin

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    Hi buckd,

    It sounds like you are using the PS SPI controller, correct?  There are a number of forum members who have struggled with that controller, one example is this thread here:

    http://zedboard.org/content/ps-spi-strange-behaviour

    I myself have had the best luck working with the Xilinx AXI Quad SPI IP to interface to SPI devices on the Pmod interfaces so I would recommend going that route.  You will consume PL resources in doing this but you will find that SPI controller to be much more flexible so you may want to consider switching to that SPI controller instead of the PS SPI controller.

    If you are using an Analog Devices peripheral, you may want to consider using the ADI SPI engine as another alternative:

    https://wiki.analog.com/resources/fpga/peripherals/spi_engine/axi

    It has its own Linux driver which ADI created to support their peripheral devices:

    https://wiki.analog.com/resources/tools-software/linux-drivers/spi/spi_engine

    One other reference which may or may not be useful to you is the "IoT Sensor Fusion Tutorials for MicroZed I/O Carrier Card" on for the MicroZed IOCC:

    http://microzed.org/support/design/1522/15

    In that design, I use a Maxim MAX31723 SPI temperature sensor Pmod and publish the data up to IBM Watson Cloud.  That sensor device is connected using the AXI Quad SPI IP in the PL along with the following devicetree entry:

    &axi_quad_spi_0 {
    t#address-cells = <1>;
    t#size-cells = <0>;

    txlnx,family = "zynq";
    txlnx,fifo-depth = <0x10>;
    txlnx,fifo-exist = <0x1>;
    txlnx,num-ss-bits = <0x1>;
    txlnx,num-transfer-bits = <0x8>;
    txlnx,sck-ratio = <0x20>;

    ttemperature:spidev@0 {
    tt#address-cells = <1>;
    tt#size-cells = <0>;
    ttcompatible = "spidev";
    ttspi-max-frequency = <3125000>;
    ttreg = <0>;   // Chip Select 0
    t};
    };

    All of the source code used to create the PetaLinux project is available on our Avnet Github software repository.

    https://github.com/Avnet/software

    Unfortunately, debugging at this level is difficult because you are to the point where you are doing kernel driver development work.

    Regards,

    -Kevin

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