SPI_W8R16

Section: Serial Peripheral Interface (S (9)
Updated: February 2011
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NAME

spi_w8r16 - SPI synchronous 8 bit write followed by 16 bit read  

SYNOPSIS

ssize_t spi_w8r16(struct spi_device * spi, u8 cmd);
 

ARGUMENTS

spi

device with which data will be exchanged

cmd

command to be written before data is read back
 

CONTEXT

can sleep  

DESCRIPTION

This returns the (unsigned) sixteen bit number returned by the device, or else a negative error code. Callable only from contexts that can sleep.

The number is returned in wire-order, which is at least sometimes big-endian.  

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