63.8.7.6 SPI Single Data Access
When FIFO is enabled and a byte or a halfword access (8-bit to 16-bit data) is performed in FLEX_SPI_TDR, a single data is written in FIFO each time FLEX_SPI_TDR is accessed. The similar behavior applies for FLEX_SPI_RDR.
If Host mode is used (FLEX_SPI_MR.MSTR=1) or if Variable Peripheral Select mode is used (FLEX_SPI_MR.PS=1), each access to FLEX_SPI_RDR must be read a single data.
See SPI Transmit Data Register and SPI Receive Data Register.
However, for some configurations it is possible to write/read multiple data each time FLEX_SPI_TDR/FLEX_SPI_RDR is accessed. See SPI Multiple Data Access.