spi multiplexing

i have a tms57004 board. i have been trying to write a code from communication between 2 such boards via spi. however the code i have written does not seem to work.

code for the master-

#include"spi.h"

#include "sys_common.h"

uint16 x=0x01;
uint16 *transfer=&x;
void initialize(spiDAT1_t *spih)
{
spih->CS_HOLD = TRUE;
spih->WDEL = FALSE;
spih->DFSEL = SPI_FMT_0;
spih->CSNR = 0x00;
}

void main(void)
{

spiInit();
gioInit();
spiDAT1_t dataconfig1_t;
initialize(&dataconfig1_t);
while(1)
{
spiTransmitData(spiREG1,&dataconfig1_t,1,transfer);
}

}

code for the slave-

#include"spi.h"
#include"gio.h"

#include "sys_common.h"

uint16 *receive;

void initialize(spiDAT1_t *spih)
{
spih->CS_HOLD = TRUE;
spih->WDEL = FALSE;
spih->DFSEL = SPI_FMT_0;
spih->CSNR = 0x00;
}

void main(void){

spiInit();
gioInit();
spiDAT1_t dataconfig1_t;
initialize(&dataconfig1_t);
while(1)
{
spiReceiveData(spiREG1,&dataconfig1_t,1,receive);
if(*receive==1)
gioSetBit(gioPORTA,2,1);
}

}

if the data transfer is successful the led at the slave end will glow.

i have uploaded the master code to one board and the slave code to another.

however this does not seem to work.

i think i may also be getting the spi1 SIMO multiplexing wrong.

could someone please tel me how do i correct this...