--- zzzz-none-000/linux-3.10.107/drivers/spi/spi-gpio.c	2017-06-27 09:49:32.000000000 +0000
+++ vr9-7490-729/linux-3.10.107/drivers/spi/spi-gpio.c	2021-11-10 11:53:55.000000000 +0000
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@
  *		#define	SPI_MOSI_GPIO	120
  *		#define	SPI_SCK_GPIO	121
  *		#define	SPI_N_CHIPSEL	4
+ *		#undef	NEED_SPIDELAY
  *		#include "spi-gpio.c"
  */
 
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@
 #define DRIVER_NAME	"spi_gpio"
 
 #define GENERIC_BITBANG	/* vs tight inlines */
+#define NEED_SPIDELAY	1
 
 /* all functions referencing these symbols must define pdata */
 #define SPI_MISO_GPIO	((pdata)->miso)
@@ -130,12 +132,19 @@
 #undef pdata
 
 /*
- * NOTE:  this clocks "as fast as we can".  It "should" be a function of the
+ * NOTE:  to clock "as fast as we can", set spi_device.max_speed_hz
+ * and spi_transfer.speed_hz to 0.  Otherwise this is a function of the
  * requested device clock.  Software overhead means we usually have trouble
- * reaching even one Mbit/sec (except when we can inline bitops), so for now
- * we'll just assume we never need additional per-bit slowdowns.
+ * reaching even one Mbit/sec (except when we can inline bitops). So on small
+ * embedded devices with fast SPI slaves you usually don't need a delay.
  */
-#define spidelay(nsecs)	do {} while (0)
+static inline void spidelay(unsigned nsecs)
+{
+#ifdef NEED_SPIDELAY
+	if (unlikely(nsecs))
+		ndelay(nsecs);
+#endif /* NEED_SPIDELAY */
+}
 
 #include "spi-bitbang-txrx.h"