[PATCH v5 4/4] spi: spidev_test Add three missing spi mode bits
Börge Strümpfel
boerge.struempfel at gmail.com
Mon May 22 00:23:41 PDT 2023
Am So., 21. Mai 2023 um 21:26 Uhr schrieb Andy Shevchenko
<andy.shevchenko at gmail.com>:
>
> On Sun, May 21, 2023 at 2:35 PM Börge Strümpfel
> <boerge.struempfel at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Am So., 21. Mai 2023 um 11:00 Uhr schrieb Andy Shevchenko
> > <andy.shevchenko at gmail.com>:
> > >
> > > On Sat, May 20, 2023 at 10:09 PM Boerge Struempfel
> > > <boerge.struempfel at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Added the three missing spi mode bits SPI_3WIRE_HIZ, SPI_RX_CPHA_FLIP,
> > > > and SPI_MOSI_IDLE_LOW. Due to the length of the new options, the
> > > > indentation of the options in the help message was also adjusted for all
> > > > other options.
> > >
> > > Actually since you are touching all of them in the user-visible
> > > output, you may also reshuffle them to be grouped logically. I'm not
> > > sure if the switch-case ordering would be nice to have shuffled as
> > > well. If so, in this case it might be better to have it as a
> > > preparatory patch before you adding new options (and hence take care
> > > of indentation in the first patch). That said, just think about it,
> > > I'm not insisting.
> > >
> >
> > Thanks for the suggestion. I tried coming up with a logical way of
> > ordering, but I am having some difficulties deciding. What do you
> > think of the following order?
> >
> > general device settings
> > " -D --device device to use (default /dev/spidev1.1)\n"
> > " -s --speed max speed (Hz)\n"
> > " -d --delay delay (usec)\n"
> > " -l --loop loopback\n"
> >
> > spi mode
> > " -H --cpha clock phase\n"
> > " -O --cpol clock polarity\n"
> > " -F --rx-cpha-flip flip CPHA on Rx only xfer\n"
> >
> > number of wires for transmission
> > " -2 --dual dual transfer\n"
> > " -4 --quad quad transfer\n"
> > " -8 --octal octal transfer\n"
> > " -3 --3wire SI/SO signals shared\n"
> > " -Z --3wire-hiz high impedance turnaround\n"
> >
> > additional parameters
> > " -b --bpw bits per word\n"
> > " -L --lsb least significant bit first\n"
> > " -C --cs-high chip select active high\n"
> > " -N --no-cs no chip select\n"
> > " -R --ready slave pulls low to pause\n"
> > " -M --mosi-idle-low leave mosi line low when idle\n"
> >
> > data
> > " -i --input input data from a file (e.g. \"test.bin\")\n"
> > " -o --output output data to a file (e.g. \"results.bin\")\n"
> > " -p Send data (e.g. \"1234\\xde\\xad\")\n"
> > " -S --size transfer size\n"
> > " -I --iter iterations\n");
> >
> > misc
> > " -v --verbose Verbose (show tx buffer)\n"
>
> Looks great to me, thank you for doing that!
>
You are welcome.
Should I only reorder the flags, or actually introduce the
"group"-headers to visibly distinguish the options?
--
With best regards,
Boerge Struempfel
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