linux下spi的驱动开发实例M25P10

m25p10驱动测试

    目标：S5PC100平台上编写一个简单的spi驱动模块，在probe阶段实现对m25p10的ID号探测、flash擦除、flash状态读取、flash写入、flash读取等操作。代码已经经过测试，运行于2.6.35内核。理解下面代码需要参照m25p10的芯片手册。其实下面的代码和处理器没有太大关系，这也是spi子系统的分层特点。

urning its value in the location
 * Return the status register value.
 * Returns negative if error occurred.
 */
static int read_sr(struct m25p10a *flash)
{
	ssize_t retval;
	u8 code = CMD_RDSR;
	u8 val;

	retval = spi_write_then_read(flash->spi, &code, 1, &val, 1);

	if (retval < 0) {
		dev_err(&flash->spi->dev, "error %d reading SR\n",
				(int) retval);
		return retval;
	}

	return val;
}

/*
 * Service routine to read status register until ready, or timeout occurs.
 * Returns non-zero if error.
 */
static int wait_till_ready(struct m25p10a *flash)
{
	int count;
	int sr; 

	/* one chip guarantees max 5 msec wait here after page writes,
	 * but potentially three seconds (!) after page erase.
	 */
	for (count = 0; count < MAX_READY_WAIT_COUNT; count++) {
		if ((sr = read_sr(flash)) < 0)
			break;
		else if (!(sr & SR_WIP))