SPI: DUAL/QUAD support

yuhang wang wangyuhang2014 at gmail.com
Fri Jul 5 05:41:57 EDT 2013


>> Flash data sheets use the terms Dual and Quad I/O Mode,
>> e.g. for MX25L25635E
>> http://www.macronix.com/QuickPlace/hq/PageLibrary4825740B00298A3B.nsf/h_Index/6F878CF760C559BD482576E00022E6CC/?OpenDocument&EPN=MX25L25635E
>
> OK, but this is not a flash specific feature but rather something at the
> SPI level and even with flash are they typically written in all caps?
> This really needs to be described at the SPI level for the SPI subsystem,
> not in terms of the specific application.
>

Yes. I agree with you. This should be described in SPI level.
So to SPI controller, if it has the ability to transfer in 2x or 4x, but
what a pity no device can tell this info to it. No matter what the slave
is and no matter whether they will use the spi transfer width member,
firstly SPI controller should provide these members. If the slave do
not set the member, that means the slave wants to communicate
in 1 line traditionally.



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