From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754172AbdBFPll (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Feb 2017 10:41:41 -0500 Received: from bny206.haproxy.com ([37.58.153.206]:54267 "EHLO smtp.exceliance.fr" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753503AbdBFPlj (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Feb 2017 10:41:39 -0500 X-Greylist: delayed 1944 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Mon, 06 Feb 2017 10:41:39 EST Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2017 16:09:09 +0100 From: Willy TARREAU To: Geert Uytterhoeven Cc: Miguel Ojeda Sandonis , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Ksenija Stanojevic , Arnd Bergmann , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/13] Add HD44780 Character LCD support Message-ID: <20170206150909.GH22084@haproxy.com> References: <1486391895-9554-1-git-send-email-geert@linux-m68k.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1486391895-9554-1-git-send-email-geert@linux-m68k.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi Geert, On Mon, Feb 06, 2017 at 03:38:02PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > Hi all, > > Character LCDs are currently typically driven from userspace, either > directly through bit-banging, or via some kind of serial (UART/i2c) > interface. > > This patch series adds kernel support for character LCDs using an > Hitachi HD44780 Character LCD Controller where its M6800 bus interface > is connected to GPIOs. It does so after extracting the character LCD > core support from the existing Parallel port LCD/Keypad Panel driver > into its own subdriver. That's excellent, I was dreaming about it a few days ago ;-) Not reviewed yet but I like the idea! Willy