import spidev
 import time
+from adafruit_blinka.agnostic import detector
 
 class SPI:
     MSB = 0
         self.baudrate = baudrate
         self.mode = mode
         self.bits = bits
+        self.chip = detector.chip
+
+    def set_no_cs(self):
+        # No kernel seems to support this, so we're just going to pass
+        pass
+
+    @property
+    def frequency(self):
+        return self.baudrate
 
     def write(self, buf, start=0, end=None):
         if not buf:
             end = len(buf)
         try:
             self._spi.open(self._port, 0)
-            try:
-              self._spi.no_cs = True  # this doesn't work but try anyways
-            except AttributeError:
-              pass
+            self.set_no_cs()
             self._spi.max_speed_hz = self.baudrate
             self._spi.mode = self.mode
             self._spi.bits_per_word = self.bits
-            self._spi.writebytes([x for x in buf[start:end]])
+            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!")
             end = len(buf)
         try:
             self._spi.open(self._port, 0)
-            try:
-              self._spi.no_cs = True  # this doesn't work but try anyways
-            except AttributeError:
-              pass
+            self.set_no_cs()
             self._spi.max_speed_hz = self.baudrate
             self._spi.mode = self.mode
             self._spi.bits_per_word = self.bits
             raise RuntimeError('Buffer slices must be of equal length.')
         try:
             self._spi.open(self._port, 0)
-            try:
-                self._spi.no_cs = True  # this doesn't work but try anyways
-            except AttributeError:
-                pass
+            self.set_no_cs()
             self._spi.max_speed_hz = self.baudrate
             self._spi.mode = self.mode
             self._spi.bits_per_word = self.bits