[Linux Kernel] Updates Related to WIZnet W5500
Linux kernel
While searching for the WIZnet W5500 linux driver, I noticed a W5500 update in the linux kernel github repository.
Entering through the commit ID seems to have been updated since v5.2-rc3.
The commit comment is shown below, and the description shows that the device tree of w5x00 is supported.
net: ethernet: wiznet: w5X00 add device tree support
The w5X00 chip provides an SPI to Ethernet inteface. This patch allows
platform devices to be defined through the device tree.
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As the device tree support was added, the following document files were added.
The above file is a guide for writing DTS. It consists of descriptions and basic examples of property values to use W5x00.
If you want to use the W5500 in a Linux environment, this is a good reference.
Raspberry Pi kernel
The kernel of Raspberry Pi is applied to the rpi-5.3.y branch. (There is no devicetree doc file in 5.2.y.)