Yocto / SPIDEV

I’m adding “SPIDEV” reference to the dtb as found here: EnableSPI

Any suggestions on how to make things happy?

Sep 23 22:26:28 dragonboard-410c kernel:
Sep 23 22:26:28 dragonboard-410c kernel: [[0;1;39mCPU: 0 PID: 1707 Comm: systemd-udevd Tainted: G W 4.4.9+linaro #1[[0m
Sep 23 22:26:28 dragonboard-410c kernel: [[0;1;39mHardware name: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. APQ 8016 SBC (DT)[[0m
Sep 23 22:26:28 dragonboard-410c kernel: [[0;1;39mtask: ffffffc035ae6000 ti: ffffffc035a98000 task.ti: ffffffc035a98000[[0m
Sep 23 22:26:28 dragonboard-410c kernel: [[0;1;39mPC is at spidev_probe+0x1a4/0x210 [spidev][[0m
Sep 23 22:26:28 dragonboard-410c kernel: [[0;1;39mLR is at spidev_probe+0x1a0/0x210 [spidev][[0m
Sep 23 22:26:28 dragonboard-410c kernel: [[0;1;39mpc : [<ffffffbffc07932c>] lr : [<ffffffbffc079328>] pstate: 60000145[[0m
Sep 23 22:26:28 dragonboard-410c kernel: [[0;1;39msp : ffffffc035a9ba90[[0m
Sep 23 22:26:28 dragonboard-410c kernel: [[0;1;39mx29: ffffffc035a9ba90 x28: 0000000000000000 [[0m
Sep 23 22:26:28 dragonboard-410c kernel: [[0;1;39mx27: 0000000000000124 x26: ffffffc033963000 [[0m
Sep 23 22:26:28 dragonboard-410c kernel: [[0;1;39mx25: 0000000000000039 x24: ffffffbffc07ab00 [[0m
Sep 23 22:26:28 dragonboard-410c kernel: [[0;1;39mx23: ffffffc000dd5000 x22: ffffffc000d812a0 [[0m
Sep 23 22:26:28 dragonboard-410c kernel: [[0;1;39mx21: 0000000000000000 x20: ffffffc03620b800 [[0m
Sep 23 22:26:28 dragonboard-410c kernel: [[0;1;39mx19: ffffffbffc07a598 x18: ffffffc080dfb24f [[0m
Sep 23 22:26:28 dragonboard-410c kernel: [[0;1;39mx17: 00000000004b06c0 x16: 0000000000000000 [[0m
Sep 23 22:26:28 dragonboard-410c kernel: [[0;1;39mx15: ffffffc000dfb25d x14: 0000000000008000 [[0m
Sep 23 22:26:28 dragonboard-410c kernel: [[0;1;39mx13: ffffffc000e01688 x12: 0000000000000010 [[0m
Sep 23 22:26:28 dragonboard-410c kernel: [[0;1;39mx11: 0101010101010101 x10: ff7f7f7f7f7f7f7f [[0m
Sep 23 22:26:28 dragonboard-410c kernel: [[0;1;39mx9 : ca02feff02fefeff x8 : 7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f [[0m
Sep 23 22:26:28 dragonboard-410c kernel: [[0;1;39mx7 : 01fefefefeff7564 x6 : 0000808080808000 [[0m
Sep 23 22:26:28 dragonboard-410c kernel: [[0;1;39mx5 : 0080808080800000 x4 : 0000000000000000 [[0m
Sep 23 22:26:28 dragonboard-410c kernel: [[0;1;39mx3 : ffffffbffc07a728 x2 : 000000000000aa66 [[0m
Sep 23 22:26:28 dragonboard-410c kernel: [[0;1;39mx1 : ffffffc035a98000 x0 : 0000000000000000 [[0m
Sep 23 22:26:28 dragonboard-410c kernel:
Sep 23 22:26:28 dragonboard-410c kernel: [[0;1;39m—[ end trace efcc8c39fab28eef ]—[[0m
Sep 23 22:26:28 dragonboard-410c kernel: [[0;1;31mCall trace:[[0m
Sep 23 22:26:28 dragonboard-410c kernel: [[0;1;39m[<ffffffbffc07932c>] spidev_probe+0x1a4/0x210 [spidev][[0m
Sep 23 22:26:28 dragonboard-410c kernel: [[0;1;39m[<ffffffc0004fcba4>] spi_drv_probe+0x6c/0xe0[[0m
Sep 23 22:26:28 dragonboard-410c kernel: [[0;1;39m[<ffffffc0004a00fc>] driver_probe_device+0x21c/0x480[[0m
Sep 23 22:26:28 dragonboard-410c kernel: [[0;1;39m[<ffffffc0004a03fc>] __driver_attach+0x9c/0xa0[[0m
Sep 23 22:26:28 dragonboard-410c kernel: [[0;1;39m[<ffffffc00049deb8>] bus_for_each_dev+0x60/0xa0[[0m
Sep 23 22:26:28 dragonboard-410c kernel: [[0;1;39m[<ffffffc00049f8b0>] driver_attach+0x20/0x28[[0m
Sep 23 22:26:28 dragonboard-410c kernel: [[0;1;39m[<ffffffc00049f420>] bus_add_driver+0x208/0x290[[0m
Sep 23 22:26:28 dragonboard-410c kernel: [[0;1;39m[<ffffffc0004a0bc0>] driver_register+0x60/0xf8[[0m
Sep 23 22:26:28 dragonboard-410c kernel: [[0;1;39m[<ffffffc0004fcae0>] __spi_register_driver+0x58/0x60[[0m
Sep 23 22:26:28 dragonboard-410c kernel: [[0;1;39m[<ffffffbffc07d088>] spidev_init+0x88/0xf0 [spidev][[0m
Sep 23 22:26:28 dragonboard-410c kernel: [[0;1;39m[<ffffffc000082980>] do_one_initcall+0xd0/0x1d8[[0m
Sep 23 22:26:28 dragonboard-410c kernel: [[0;1;39m[<ffffffc000157774>] do_init_module+0x60/0x1bc[[0m
Sep 23 22:26:28 dragonboard-410c kernel: [[0;1;39m[<ffffffc00012a39c>] load_module+0x1aac/0x2008[[0m
Sep 23 22:26:28 dragonboard-410c kernel: [[0;1;39m[<ffffffc00012abc0>] SyS_finit_module+0xe0/0x110[[0m
Sep 23 22:26:28 dragonboard-410c kernel: [[0;1;39m[<ffffffc000085cb0>] el0_svc_naked+0x24/0x28[[0m

Hi @Joel:

There are a couple long involved discussions on getting SPI running under Debian in the forums, we do know that SPI now works under Debian (but it didn’t always). Take a look through the forums and see if any of the solutions and discussions apply to your case. Search the 96Boards forums for “ljking SPI” and you will find several discussions.

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Well SPI works despite the “alarming” output. Not sure how to suppress the errors in the system log, as it’s the first thing people look at when they review logs.