content/docs/12.2.0/_sources/components/drivers/special/spi.rst.txt

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SPI Device Drivers
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-  ``include/nuttx/spi/spi.h``. All structures and APIs needed
   to work with SPI drivers are provided in this header file.

-  ``struct spi_ops_s``. Each SPI device driver must implement
   an instance of ``struct spi_ops_s``. That structure defines a
   call table with the following methods:

-  **Binding SPI Drivers**. SPI drivers are not normally directly
   accessed by user code, but are usually bound to another, higher
   level device driver. See for example,
   ``int mmcsd_spislotinitialize(int minor, int slotno, FAR struct spi_dev_s *spi)``
   in ``drivers/mmcsd/mmcsd_spi.c``. In general, the binding
   sequence is:

   #. Get an instance of ``struct spi_dev_s`` from the
      hardware-specific SPI device driver, and
   #. Provide that instance to the initialization method of the
      higher level device driver.

-  **Examples**: ``drivers/loop.c``,
   ``drivers/mmcsd/mmcsd_spi.c``, ``drivers/ramdisk.c``, etc.