unsigned int mode;
        enum periph_id periph_id;       /* Peripheral ID for this device */
        unsigned int fifo_size;
+       int skip_preamble;
 };
 
 static struct spi_bus *spi_get_bus(unsigned dev_index)
        else
                spi_slave->fifo_size = 256;
 
+       spi_slave->skip_preamble = 0;
+
        spi_slave->freq = bus->frequency;
        if (max_hz)
                spi_slave->freq = min(max_hz, spi_slave->freq);
        writel(count | SPI_PACKET_CNT_EN, ®s->pkt_cnt);
 }
 
-static void spi_rx_tx(struct exynos_spi_slave *spi_slave, int todo,
-                       void **dinp, void const **doutp)
+static int spi_rx_tx(struct exynos_spi_slave *spi_slave, int todo,
+                       void **dinp, void const **doutp, unsigned long flags)
 {
        struct exynos_spi *regs = spi_slave->regs;
        uchar *rxp = *dinp;
        const uchar *txp = *doutp;
        int rx_lvl, tx_lvl;
        uint out_bytes, in_bytes;
+       int toread;
+       unsigned start = get_timer(0);
+       int stopping;
 
        out_bytes = in_bytes = todo;
 
+       stopping = spi_slave->skip_preamble && (flags & SPI_XFER_END) &&
+                                       !(spi_slave->mode & SPI_SLAVE);
+
        /*
         * If there's something to send, do a software reset and set a
         * transaction size.
         * Bytes are transmitted/received in pairs. Wait to receive all the
         * data because then transmission will be done as well.
         */
+       toread = in_bytes;
+
        while (in_bytes) {
                int temp;
 
                        writel(temp, ®s->tx_data);
                        out_bytes--;
                }
-               if (rx_lvl > 0 && in_bytes) {
+               if (rx_lvl > 0) {
                        temp = readl(®s->rx_data);
-                       if (rxp)
-                               *rxp++ = temp;
-                       in_bytes--;
+                       if (spi_slave->skip_preamble) {
+                               if (temp == SPI_PREAMBLE_END_BYTE) {
+                                       spi_slave->skip_preamble = 0;
+                                       stopping = 0;
+                               }
+                       } else {
+                               if (rxp || stopping)
+                                       *rxp++ = temp;
+                               in_bytes--;
+                       }
+                       toread--;
+               } else if (!toread) {
+                       /*
+                        * We have run out of input data, but haven't read
+                        * enough bytes after the preamble yet. Read some more,
+                        * and make sure that we transmit dummy bytes too, to
+                        * keep things going.
+                        */
+                       assert(!out_bytes);
+                       out_bytes = in_bytes;
+                       toread = in_bytes;
+                       txp = NULL;
+                       spi_request_bytes(regs, toread);
+               }
+               if (spi_slave->skip_preamble && get_timer(start) > 100) {
+                       printf("SPI timeout: in_bytes=%d, out_bytes=%d, ",
+                              in_bytes, out_bytes);
+                       return -1;
                }
        }
+
        *dinp = rxp;
        *doutp = txp;
+
+       return 0;
 }
 
 /**
        struct exynos_spi_slave *spi_slave = to_exynos_spi(slave);
        int upto, todo;
        int bytelen;
+       int ret = 0;
 
        /* spi core configured to do 8 bit transfers */
        if (bitlen % 8) {
 
        /* Exynos SPI limits each transfer to 65535 bytes */
        bytelen =  bitlen / 8;
-       for (upto = 0; upto < bytelen; upto += todo) {
+       for (upto = 0; !ret && upto < bytelen; upto += todo) {
                todo = min(bytelen - upto, (1 << 16) - 1);
-               spi_rx_tx(spi_slave, todo, &din, &dout);
+               ret = spi_rx_tx(spi_slave, todo, &din, &dout, flags);
+               if (ret)
+                       break;
        }
 
        /* Stop the transaction, if necessary. */
-       if ((flags & SPI_XFER_END))
+       if ((flags & SPI_XFER_END) && !(spi_slave->mode & SPI_SLAVE)) {
                spi_cs_deactivate(slave);
+               if (spi_slave->skip_preamble) {
+                       assert(!spi_slave->skip_preamble);
+                       debug("Failed to complete premable transaction\n");
+                       ret = -1;
+               }
+       }
 
-       return 0;
+       return ret;
 }
 
 /**
 
        clrbits_le32(&spi_slave->regs->cs_reg, SPI_SLAVE_SIG_INACT);
        debug("Activate CS, bus %d\n", spi_slave->slave.bus);
+       spi_slave->skip_preamble = spi_slave->mode & SPI_PREAMBLE;
 }
 
 /**