diff --git a/Documentation/Makefile b/Documentation/Makefile
index bc0548201755..1207d7907650 100644
--- a/Documentation/Makefile
+++ b/Documentation/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 subdir-y := accounting auxdisplay blackfin connector \
 	filesystems filesystems ia64 laptops mic misc-devices \
-	networking pcmcia prctl ptp spi timers vDSO video4linux \
+	networking pcmcia prctl ptp timers vDSO video4linux \
 	watchdog
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/sh-msiof.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/sh-msiof.txt
index 705075da2f10..aa005c1d10d9 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/sh-msiof.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/sh-msiof.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Required properties:
 			 "renesas,msiof-r8a7792" (R-Car V2H)
 			 "renesas,msiof-r8a7793" (R-Car M2-N)
 			 "renesas,msiof-r8a7794" (R-Car E2)
+			 "renesas,msiof-sh73a0" (SH-Mobile AG5)
 - reg                  : A list of offsets and lengths of the register sets for
 			 the device.
 			 If only one register set is present, it is to be used
diff --git a/Documentation/spi/00-INDEX b/Documentation/spi/00-INDEX
index a128fa835512..4644bf0d9832 100644
--- a/Documentation/spi/00-INDEX
+++ b/Documentation/spi/00-INDEX
@@ -10,13 +10,9 @@ pxa2xx
 	- PXA2xx SPI master controller build by spi_message fifo wq
 spidev
 	- Intro to the userspace API for spi devices
-spidev_fdx.c
-	- spidev example file
 spi-lm70llp
 	- Connecting an LM70-LLP sensor to the kernel via the SPI subsys.
 spi-sc18is602
 	- NXP SC18IS602/603 I2C-bus to SPI bridge
 spi-summary
 	- (Linux) SPI overview. If unsure about SPI or SPI in Linux, start here.
-spidev_test.c
-	- SPI testing utility.
diff --git a/Documentation/spi/Makefile b/Documentation/spi/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index efa255813e9d..000000000000
--- a/Documentation/spi/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-# List of programs to build
-hostprogs-y := spidev_test spidev_fdx
-
-# Tell kbuild to always build the programs
-always := $(hostprogs-y)
-
-HOSTCFLAGS_spidev_test.o += -I$(objtree)/usr/include
-HOSTCFLAGS_spidev_fdx.o += -I$(objtree)/usr/include
diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-samsung/devs.c b/arch/arm/plat-samsung/devs.c
index 82074625de5c..4c64ece1a308 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-samsung/devs.c
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-samsung/devs.c
@@ -1100,9 +1100,7 @@ struct platform_device s3c_device_wdt = {
 #ifdef CONFIG_S3C64XX_DEV_SPI0
 static struct resource s3c64xx_spi0_resource[] = {
 	[0] = DEFINE_RES_MEM(S3C_PA_SPI0, SZ_256),
-	[1] = DEFINE_RES_DMA(DMACH_SPI0_TX),
-	[2] = DEFINE_RES_DMA(DMACH_SPI0_RX),
-	[3] = DEFINE_RES_IRQ(IRQ_SPI0),
+	[1] = DEFINE_RES_IRQ(IRQ_SPI0),
 };
 
 struct platform_device s3c64xx_device_spi0 = {
@@ -1130,6 +1128,8 @@ void __init s3c64xx_spi0_set_platdata(int (*cfg_gpio)(void), int src_clk_nr,
 	pd.num_cs = num_cs;
 	pd.src_clk_nr = src_clk_nr;
 	pd.cfg_gpio = (cfg_gpio) ? cfg_gpio : s3c64xx_spi0_cfg_gpio;
+	pd.dma_tx = (void *)DMACH_SPI0_TX;
+	pd.dma_rx = (void *)DMACH_SPI0_RX;
 #if defined(CONFIG_PL330_DMA)
 	pd.filter = pl330_filter;
 #elif defined(CONFIG_S3C64XX_PL080)
@@ -1145,9 +1145,7 @@ void __init s3c64xx_spi0_set_platdata(int (*cfg_gpio)(void), int src_clk_nr,
 #ifdef CONFIG_S3C64XX_DEV_SPI1
 static struct resource s3c64xx_spi1_resource[] = {
 	[0] = DEFINE_RES_MEM(S3C_PA_SPI1, SZ_256),
-	[1] = DEFINE_RES_DMA(DMACH_SPI1_TX),
-	[2] = DEFINE_RES_DMA(DMACH_SPI1_RX),
-	[3] = DEFINE_RES_IRQ(IRQ_SPI1),
+	[1] = DEFINE_RES_IRQ(IRQ_SPI1),
 };
 
 struct platform_device s3c64xx_device_spi1 = {
@@ -1175,12 +1173,15 @@ void __init s3c64xx_spi1_set_platdata(int (*cfg_gpio)(void), int src_clk_nr,
 	pd.num_cs = num_cs;
 	pd.src_clk_nr = src_clk_nr;
 	pd.cfg_gpio = (cfg_gpio) ? cfg_gpio : s3c64xx_spi1_cfg_gpio;
+	pd.dma_tx = (void *)DMACH_SPI1_TX;
+	pd.dma_rx = (void *)DMACH_SPI1_RX;
 #if defined(CONFIG_PL330_DMA)
 	pd.filter = pl330_filter;
 #elif defined(CONFIG_S3C64XX_PL080)
 	pd.filter = pl08x_filter_id;
 #endif
 
+
 	s3c_set_platdata(&pd, sizeof(pd), &s3c64xx_device_spi1);
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_S3C64XX_DEV_SPI1 */
@@ -1188,9 +1189,7 @@ void __init s3c64xx_spi1_set_platdata(int (*cfg_gpio)(void), int src_clk_nr,
 #ifdef CONFIG_S3C64XX_DEV_SPI2
 static struct resource s3c64xx_spi2_resource[] = {
 	[0] = DEFINE_RES_MEM(S3C_PA_SPI2, SZ_256),
-	[1] = DEFINE_RES_DMA(DMACH_SPI2_TX),
-	[2] = DEFINE_RES_DMA(DMACH_SPI2_RX),
-	[3] = DEFINE_RES_IRQ(IRQ_SPI2),
+	[1] = DEFINE_RES_IRQ(IRQ_SPI2),
 };
 
 struct platform_device s3c64xx_device_spi2 = {
@@ -1218,6 +1217,8 @@ void __init s3c64xx_spi2_set_platdata(int (*cfg_gpio)(void), int src_clk_nr,
 	pd.num_cs = num_cs;
 	pd.src_clk_nr = src_clk_nr;
 	pd.cfg_gpio = (cfg_gpio) ? cfg_gpio : s3c64xx_spi2_cfg_gpio;
+	pd.dma_tx = (void *)DMACH_SPI2_TX;
+	pd.dma_rx = (void *)DMACH_SPI2_RX;
 #if defined(CONFIG_PL330_DMA)
 	pd.filter = pl330_filter;
 #elif defined(CONFIG_S3C64XX_PL080)
diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx.c b/drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx.c
index b25dc71b0ea9..ab9914ad8365 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx.c
@@ -1567,9 +1567,6 @@ static int pxa2xx_spi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (!is_quark_x1000_ssp(drv_data))
 		pxa2xx_spi_write(drv_data, SSPSP, 0);
 
-	if (is_lpss_ssp(drv_data))
-		lpss_ssp_setup(drv_data);
-
 	if (is_lpss_ssp(drv_data)) {
 		lpss_ssp_setup(drv_data);
 		config = lpss_get_config(drv_data);
diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-s3c64xx.c b/drivers/spi/spi-s3c64xx.c
index 8e86e7f6663a..5a76a50063b5 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-s3c64xx.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-s3c64xx.c
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@
 struct s3c64xx_spi_dma_data {
 	struct dma_chan *ch;
 	enum dma_transfer_direction direction;
-	unsigned int dmach;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -325,7 +324,7 @@ static int s3c64xx_spi_prepare_transfer(struct spi_master *spi)
 
 		/* Acquire DMA channels */
 		sdd->rx_dma.ch = dma_request_slave_channel_compat(mask, filter,
-				   (void *)(long)sdd->rx_dma.dmach, dev, "rx");
+				   sdd->cntrlr_info->dma_rx, dev, "rx");
 		if (!sdd->rx_dma.ch) {
 			dev_err(dev, "Failed to get RX DMA channel\n");
 			ret = -EBUSY;
@@ -334,7 +333,7 @@ static int s3c64xx_spi_prepare_transfer(struct spi_master *spi)
 		spi->dma_rx = sdd->rx_dma.ch;
 
 		sdd->tx_dma.ch = dma_request_slave_channel_compat(mask, filter,
-				   (void *)(long)sdd->tx_dma.dmach, dev, "tx");
+				   sdd->cntrlr_info->dma_tx, dev, "tx");
 		if (!sdd->tx_dma.ch) {
 			dev_err(dev, "Failed to get TX DMA channel\n");
 			ret = -EBUSY;
@@ -1028,7 +1027,6 @@ static inline struct s3c64xx_spi_port_config *s3c64xx_spi_get_port_config(
 static int s3c64xx_spi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct resource	*mem_res;
-	struct resource	*res;
 	struct s3c64xx_spi_driver_data *sdd;
 	struct s3c64xx_spi_info *sci = dev_get_platdata(&pdev->dev);
 	struct spi_master *master;
@@ -1087,20 +1085,9 @@ static int s3c64xx_spi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	sdd->cur_bpw = 8;
 
-	if (!sdd->pdev->dev.of_node) {
-		res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_DMA,  0);
-		if (!res) {
-			dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "Unable to get SPI tx dma resource. Switching to poll mode\n");
-			sdd->port_conf->quirks = S3C64XX_SPI_QUIRK_POLL;
-		} else
-			sdd->tx_dma.dmach = res->start;
-
-		res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_DMA,  1);
-		if (!res) {
-			dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "Unable to get SPI rx dma resource. Switching to poll mode\n");
-			sdd->port_conf->quirks = S3C64XX_SPI_QUIRK_POLL;
-		} else
-			sdd->rx_dma.dmach = res->start;
+	if (!sdd->pdev->dev.of_node && (!sci->dma_tx || !sci->dma_rx)) {
+		dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "Unable to get SPI tx/rx DMA data. Switching to poll mode\n");
+		sdd->port_conf->quirks = S3C64XX_SPI_QUIRK_POLL;
 	}
 
 	sdd->tx_dma.direction = DMA_MEM_TO_DEV;
@@ -1197,9 +1184,9 @@ static int s3c64xx_spi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	dev_dbg(&pdev->dev, "Samsung SoC SPI Driver loaded for Bus SPI-%d with %d Slaves attached\n",
 					sdd->port_id, master->num_chipselect);
-	dev_dbg(&pdev->dev, "\tIOmem=[%pR]\tFIFO %dbytes\tDMA=[Rx-%d, Tx-%d]\n",
+	dev_dbg(&pdev->dev, "\tIOmem=[%pR]\tFIFO %dbytes\tDMA=[Rx-%p, Tx-%p]\n",
 					mem_res, (FIFO_LVL_MASK(sdd) >> 1) + 1,
-					sdd->rx_dma.dmach, sdd->tx_dma.dmach);
+					sci->dma_rx, sci->dma_tx);
 
 	pm_runtime_mark_last_busy(&pdev->dev);
 	pm_runtime_put_autosuspend(&pdev->dev);
@@ -1370,12 +1357,6 @@ static const struct platform_device_id s3c64xx_spi_driver_ids[] = {
 	}, {
 		.name		= "s3c6410-spi",
 		.driver_data	= (kernel_ulong_t)&s3c6410_spi_port_config,
-	}, {
-		.name		= "s5pv210-spi",
-		.driver_data	= (kernel_ulong_t)&s5pv210_spi_port_config,
-	}, {
-		.name		= "exynos4210-spi",
-		.driver_data	= (kernel_ulong_t)&exynos4_spi_port_config,
 	},
 	{ },
 };
diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi.c b/drivers/spi/spi.c
index a678a7f1a65d..2ae1588babd6 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi.c
@@ -604,6 +604,24 @@ struct spi_device *spi_new_device(struct spi_master *master,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(spi_new_device);
 
+/**
+ * spi_unregister_device - unregister a single SPI device
+ * @spi: spi_device to unregister
+ *
+ * Start making the passed SPI device vanish. Normally this would be handled
+ * by spi_unregister_master().
+ */
+void spi_unregister_device(struct spi_device *spi)
+{
+	if (!spi)
+		return;
+
+	if (spi->dev.of_node)
+		of_node_clear_flag(spi->dev.of_node, OF_POPULATED);
+	device_unregister(&spi->dev);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(spi_unregister_device);
+
 static void spi_match_master_to_boardinfo(struct spi_master *master,
 				struct spi_board_info *bi)
 {
@@ -1547,6 +1565,8 @@ static void of_register_spi_devices(struct spi_master *master)
 		return;
 
 	for_each_available_child_of_node(master->dev.of_node, nc) {
+		if (of_node_test_and_set_flag(nc, OF_POPULATED))
+			continue;
 		spi = of_register_spi_device(master, nc);
 		if (IS_ERR(spi))
 			dev_warn(&master->dev, "Failed to create SPI device for %s\n",
@@ -2632,6 +2652,11 @@ static int of_spi_notify(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long action,
 		if (master == NULL)
 			return NOTIFY_OK;	/* not for us */
 
+		if (of_node_test_and_set_flag(rd->dn, OF_POPULATED)) {
+			put_device(&master->dev);
+			return NOTIFY_OK;
+		}
+
 		spi = of_register_spi_device(master, rd->dn);
 		put_device(&master->dev);
 
@@ -2643,6 +2668,10 @@ static int of_spi_notify(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long action,
 		break;
 
 	case OF_RECONFIG_CHANGE_REMOVE:
+		/* already depopulated? */
+		if (!of_node_check_flag(rd->dn, OF_POPULATED))
+			return NOTIFY_OK;
+
 		/* find our device by node */
 		spi = of_find_spi_device_by_node(rd->dn);
 		if (spi == NULL)
diff --git a/drivers/spi/spidev.c b/drivers/spi/spidev.c
index d0e7dfc647cf..e3c19f30f591 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spidev.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spidev.c
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ static int spidev_message(struct spidev_data *spidev,
 			k_tmp->speed_hz = spidev->speed_hz;
 #ifdef VERBOSE
 		dev_dbg(&spidev->spi->dev,
-			"  xfer len %zd %s%s%s%dbits %u usec %uHz\n",
+			"  xfer len %u %s%s%s%dbits %u usec %uHz\n",
 			u_tmp->len,
 			u_tmp->rx_buf ? "rx " : "",
 			u_tmp->tx_buf ? "tx " : "",
diff --git a/include/linux/platform_data/spi-s3c64xx.h b/include/linux/platform_data/spi-s3c64xx.h
index d3889b98a1a1..fb5625bcca9a 100644
--- a/include/linux/platform_data/spi-s3c64xx.h
+++ b/include/linux/platform_data/spi-s3c64xx.h
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ struct s3c64xx_spi_info {
 	int num_cs;
 	int (*cfg_gpio)(void);
 	dma_filter_fn filter;
+	void *dma_tx;
+	void *dma_rx;
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/include/linux/spi/spi.h b/include/linux/spi/spi.h
index 3bdbba9a86a3..53be3a4c60cb 100644
--- a/include/linux/spi/spi.h
+++ b/include/linux/spi/spi.h
@@ -1135,12 +1135,7 @@ spi_add_device(struct spi_device *spi);
 extern struct spi_device *
 spi_new_device(struct spi_master *, struct spi_board_info *);
 
-static inline void
-spi_unregister_device(struct spi_device *spi)
-{
-	if (spi)
-		device_unregister(&spi->dev);
-}
+extern void spi_unregister_device(struct spi_device *spi);
 
 extern const struct spi_device_id *
 spi_get_device_id(const struct spi_device *sdev);
diff --git a/tools/Makefile b/tools/Makefile
index 7dc820a8c1f1..58689d3b5625 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile
+++ b/tools/Makefile
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ help:
 	@echo '  lguest     - a minimal 32-bit x86 hypervisor'
 	@echo '  perf       - Linux performance measurement and analysis tool'
 	@echo '  selftests  - various kernel selftests'
+	@echo '  spi        - spi tools'
 	@echo '  turbostat  - Intel CPU idle stats and freq reporting tool'
 	@echo '  usb        - USB testing tools'
 	@echo '  virtio     - vhost test module'
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ acpi: FORCE
 cpupower: FORCE
 	$(call descend,power/$@)
 
-cgroup firewire hv guest usb virtio vm net iio: FORCE
+cgroup firewire hv guest spi usb virtio vm net iio: FORCE
 	$(call descend,$@)
 
 liblockdep: FORCE
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ acpi_clean:
 cpupower_clean:
 	$(call descend,power/cpupower,clean)
 
-cgroup_clean hv_clean firewire_clean lguest_clean usb_clean virtio_clean vm_clean net_clean iio_clean:
+cgroup_clean hv_clean firewire_clean lguest_clean spi_clean usb_clean virtio_clean vm_clean net_clean iio_clean:
 	$(call descend,$(@:_clean=),clean)
 
 liblockdep_clean:
@@ -143,7 +144,7 @@ freefall_clean:
 	$(call descend,laptop/freefall,clean)
 
 clean: acpi_clean cgroup_clean cpupower_clean hv_clean firewire_clean lguest_clean \
-		perf_clean selftests_clean turbostat_clean usb_clean virtio_clean \
+		perf_clean selftests_clean turbostat_clean spi_clean usb_clean virtio_clean \
 		vm_clean net_clean iio_clean x86_energy_perf_policy_clean tmon_clean \
 		freefall_clean
 
diff --git a/Documentation/spi/.gitignore b/tools/spi/.gitignore
similarity index 100%
rename from Documentation/spi/.gitignore
rename to tools/spi/.gitignore
diff --git a/tools/spi/Makefile b/tools/spi/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cd0db62e4d9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/spi/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+all: spidev_test spidev_fdx
+
+clean:
+	$(RM) spidev_test spidev_fdx
diff --git a/Documentation/spi/spidev_fdx.c b/tools/spi/spidev_fdx.c
similarity index 100%
rename from Documentation/spi/spidev_fdx.c
rename to tools/spi/spidev_fdx.c
diff --git a/Documentation/spi/spidev_test.c b/tools/spi/spidev_test.c
similarity index 75%
rename from Documentation/spi/spidev_test.c
rename to tools/spi/spidev_test.c
index 135b3f592b83..8a73d8185316 100644
--- a/Documentation/spi/spidev_test.c
+++ b/tools/spi/spidev_test.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <getopt.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/spi/spidev.h>
 
@@ -33,6 +34,8 @@ static void pabort(const char *s)
 static const char *device = "/dev/spidev1.1";
 static uint32_t mode;
 static uint8_t bits = 8;
+static char *input_file;
+static char *output_file;
 static uint32_t speed = 500000;
 static uint16_t delay;
 static int verbose;
@@ -49,7 +52,8 @@ uint8_t default_tx[] = {
 uint8_t default_rx[ARRAY_SIZE(default_tx)] = {0, };
 char *input_tx;
 
-static void hex_dump(const void *src, size_t length, size_t line_size, char *prefix)
+static void hex_dump(const void *src, size_t length, size_t line_size,
+		     char *prefix)
 {
 	int i = 0;
 	const unsigned char *address = src;
@@ -83,13 +87,17 @@ static void hex_dump(const void *src, size_t length, size_t line_size, char *pre
 static int unescape(char *_dst, char *_src, size_t len)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
+	int match;
 	char *src = _src;
 	char *dst = _dst;
 	unsigned int ch;
 
 	while (*src) {
 		if (*src == '\\' && *(src+1) == 'x') {
-			sscanf(src + 2, "%2x", &ch);
+			match = sscanf(src + 2, "%2x", &ch);
+			if (!match)
+				pabort("malformed input string");
+
 			src += 4;
 			*dst++ = (unsigned char)ch;
 		} else {
@@ -103,7 +111,7 @@ static int unescape(char *_dst, char *_src, size_t len)
 static void transfer(int fd, uint8_t const *tx, uint8_t const *rx, size_t len)
 {
 	int ret;
-
+	int out_fd;
 	struct spi_ioc_transfer tr = {
 		.tx_buf = (unsigned long)tx,
 		.rx_buf = (unsigned long)rx,
@@ -134,7 +142,21 @@ static void transfer(int fd, uint8_t const *tx, uint8_t const *rx, size_t len)
 
 	if (verbose)
 		hex_dump(tx, len, 32, "TX");
-	hex_dump(rx, len, 32, "RX");
+
+	if (output_file) {
+		out_fd = open(output_file, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, 0666);
+		if (out_fd < 0)
+			pabort("could not open output file");
+
+		ret = write(out_fd, rx, len);
+		if (ret != len)
+			pabort("not all bytes written to output file");
+
+		close(out_fd);
+	}
+
+	if (verbose || !output_file)
+		hex_dump(rx, len, 32, "RX");
 }
 
 static void print_usage(const char *prog)
@@ -143,7 +165,9 @@ static void print_usage(const char *prog)
 	puts("  -D --device   device to use (default /dev/spidev1.1)\n"
 	     "  -s --speed    max speed (Hz)\n"
 	     "  -d --delay    delay (usec)\n"
-	     "  -b --bpw      bits per word \n"
+	     "  -b --bpw      bits per word\n"
+	     "  -i --input    input data from a file (e.g. \"test.bin\")\n"
+	     "  -o --output   output data to a file (e.g. \"results.bin\")\n"
 	     "  -l --loop     loopback\n"
 	     "  -H --cpha     clock phase\n"
 	     "  -O --cpol     clock polarity\n"
@@ -167,6 +191,8 @@ static void parse_opts(int argc, char *argv[])
 			{ "speed",   1, 0, 's' },
 			{ "delay",   1, 0, 'd' },
 			{ "bpw",     1, 0, 'b' },
+			{ "input",   1, 0, 'i' },
+			{ "output",  1, 0, 'o' },
 			{ "loop",    0, 0, 'l' },
 			{ "cpha",    0, 0, 'H' },
 			{ "cpol",    0, 0, 'O' },
@@ -182,7 +208,8 @@ static void parse_opts(int argc, char *argv[])
 		};
 		int c;
 
-		c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "D:s:d:b:lHOLC3NR24p:v", lopts, NULL);
+		c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "D:s:d:b:i:o:lHOLC3NR24p:v",
+				lopts, NULL);
 
 		if (c == -1)
 			break;
@@ -200,6 +227,12 @@ static void parse_opts(int argc, char *argv[])
 		case 'b':
 			bits = atoi(optarg);
 			break;
+		case 'i':
+			input_file = optarg;
+			break;
+		case 'o':
+			output_file = optarg;
+			break;
 		case 'l':
 			mode |= SPI_LOOP;
 			break;
@@ -249,13 +282,63 @@ static void parse_opts(int argc, char *argv[])
 	}
 }
 
+static void transfer_escaped_string(int fd, char *str)
+{
+	size_t size = strlen(str + 1);
+	uint8_t *tx;
+	uint8_t *rx;
+
+	tx = malloc(size);
+	if (!tx)
+		pabort("can't allocate tx buffer");
+
+	rx = malloc(size);
+	if (!rx)
+		pabort("can't allocate rx buffer");
+
+	size = unescape((char *)tx, str, size);
+	transfer(fd, tx, rx, size);
+	free(rx);
+	free(tx);
+}
+
+static void transfer_file(int fd, char *filename)
+{
+	ssize_t bytes;
+	struct stat sb;
+	int tx_fd;
+	uint8_t *tx;
+	uint8_t *rx;
+
+	if (stat(filename, &sb) == -1)
+		pabort("can't stat input file");
+
+	tx_fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY);
+	if (fd < 0)
+		pabort("can't open input file");
+
+	tx = malloc(sb.st_size);
+	if (!tx)
+		pabort("can't allocate tx buffer");
+
+	rx = malloc(sb.st_size);
+	if (!rx)
+		pabort("can't allocate rx buffer");
+
+	bytes = read(tx_fd, tx, sb.st_size);
+	if (bytes != sb.st_size)
+		pabort("failed to read input file");
+
+	transfer(fd, tx, rx, sb.st_size);
+	free(rx);
+	free(tx);
+	close(tx_fd);
+}
+
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 	int fd;
-	uint8_t *tx;
-	uint8_t *rx;
-	int size;
 
 	parse_opts(argc, argv);
 
@@ -300,17 +383,15 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	printf("bits per word: %d\n", bits);
 	printf("max speed: %d Hz (%d KHz)\n", speed, speed/1000);
 
-	if (input_tx) {
-		size = strlen(input_tx+1);
-		tx = malloc(size);
-		rx = malloc(size);
-		size = unescape((char *)tx, input_tx, size);
-		transfer(fd, tx, rx, size);
-		free(rx);
-		free(tx);
-	} else {
+	if (input_tx && input_file)
+		pabort("only one of -p and --input may be selected");
+
+	if (input_tx)
+		transfer_escaped_string(fd, input_tx);
+	else if (input_file)
+		transfer_file(fd, input_file);
+	else
 		transfer(fd, default_tx, default_rx, sizeof(default_tx));
-	}
 
 	close(fd);