Re: [PATCH 0/4] spi-mem: Allow specifying the byte order in DTR mode

[Michael Walle]

Am 2022-02-22 14:54, schrieb Tudor.Ambarus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx:
> On 2/21/22 09:44, Michael Walle wrote:
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> > Am 2022-02-18 15:58, schrieb Tudor Ambarus:
> > > Fortunately there are controllers
> > > that can swap back the bytes at runtime, fixing the endiannesses.
> > > Provide
> > > a way for the upper layers to specify the byte order in DTR mode.
> >
> > Are there any patches for the atmel-quadspi yet? What happens if
>
> not public, but will publish them these days.
>
> > the controller doesn't support it? Will there be a software fallback?
>
> no need for a fallback, the controller can ignore op->data.dtr_bswap16 
> if
> it can't swap bytes.

I don't understand. If the controller doesn't swap the 16bit values,
you will read the wrong content, no?

-michael