The unit under test is at address '1'. So first I need to bootload its RPU controller (an RPUno^8) with SpiSlv.

To do that I set the booload address on the shield that is connected to the host which will build SpiSlv and upload the firmware. Guess I will just use the new I2C1 interface to do this.

# first set user premision to use the SPI port
sudo usermod -a -G spi rsutherland
# logout for the change to take
python3
import smbus
bus = smbus.SMBus(1)
bus.write_i2c_block_data(42, 0, [0])
chr(bus.read_i2c_block_data(42,0, 2)[1])
'1'
# with command 0 on I2C1 the local address is showed as ascii '1' or 49
bus.write_i2c_block_data(42, 2, [0])
chr(bus.read_i2c_block_data(42,0, 2)[1])
'0'
# command 2 on I2C1 showed the bootload address which was '0'
# which will be canged to '1' with command 3
bus.write_i2c_block_data(42, 3, [49])
chr(bus.read_i2c_block_data(42,0, 2)[1])
'1'
bus.write_i2c_block_data(42, 7, [0])
print(bus.read_i2c_block_data(42,0, 2))
[7, 0]
# command 7 was used to clear the local status bits, the host lockout bit was set at power up.
exit()
# next check that RPU '1' is blinking fast
picocom -b 38400 /dev/ttyAMA0
...
Terminal ready
# C-a, C-x.
# now change the working directory to where SpiSlv is and then build and upload
cd ~/wher_you_told_git_to_clone/RPUno/SpiSlv
make bootload
...
avrdude done.  Thank you.
gcc -o spidev_test spidev_test.c
chmod ugo+x ./spidev_test
# trun on the RPU SPI port
picocom -b 38400 /dev/ttyAMA0
...
Terminal ready
/1/id?
{"id":{"name":"SpiSlv","desc":"RPUno (14140^9) Board /w atmega328p","avr-gcc":"4.9.2"}}
/1/spi UP
{"SPI":"UP"}
# C-a, C-x.
# test with
./spidev_test -s 1000 -D /dev/spidev0.0
./spidev_test -s 10000 -D /dev/spidev0.0
./spidev_test -s 100000 -D /dev/spidev0.0
./spidev_test -s 250000 -D /dev/spidev0.0
./spidev_test -s 500000 -D /dev/spidev0.0
# next test fail on my setup which is using a weak pullup # for SCK, nSS, and MOSI that input into a ATmega328p
./spidev_test -s 1000000 -D /dev/spidev0.0
./spidev_test -s 2000000 -D /dev/spidev0.0

The test output should look like this

spi mode: 0
bits per word: 8
max speed: 500000 Hz (500 KHz)

0D FF FF FF FF FF
FF 40 00 00 00 00
95 FF FF FF FF FF
FF FF FF FF FF FF
FF FF FF FF FF FF
FF DE AD BE EF BA
AD F0

The maximum speed seen is 500kHz. Adding 3k Ohm pullup on R32, R34, and R37 should allow higher speed.