From: Melissa LeBlanc-Williams <melissa@adafruit.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2019 16:15:18 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Use writebytes as fallback if we have an older spidev
X-Git-Tag: 2.3.2^2~2
X-Git-Url: https://git.ayoreis.com/Adafruit_Blinka-hackapet.git/commitdiff_plain/c4584b61465986a4adf80121be18eb33d4afc2c3

Use writebytes as fallback if we have an older spidev
---

diff --git a/src/adafruit_blinka/microcontroller/generic_linux/spi.py b/src/adafruit_blinka/microcontroller/generic_linux/spi.py
index 71f74c8..51bace1 100755
--- a/src/adafruit_blinka/microcontroller/generic_linux/spi.py
+++ b/src/adafruit_blinka/microcontroller/generic_linux/spi.py
@@ -53,11 +53,14 @@ class SPI:
             self._spi.max_speed_hz = self.baudrate
             self._spi.mode = self.mode
             self._spi.bits_per_word = self.bits
-            self._spi.writebytes2(buf[start:end])
-            self._spi.close()
         except FileNotFoundError as not_found:
             print("Could not open SPI device - check if SPI is enabled in kernel!")
             raise
+        try:
+            self._spi.writebytes2(buf[start:end])
+        except AttributeError as error:
+            self._spi.writebytes([x for x in buf[start:end]])
+        self._spi.close()
 
     def readinto(self, buf, start=0, end=None, write_value=0):
         if not buf: