Re: [PATCH 2/2] add newhaven lcd tty driver on i2c

[atull <atull@opensource.altera.com>]

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On Tue, 17 Mar 2015, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 03:36:47PM -0500, Alan Tull wrote:
> > Supports the Newhaven NHD‐0216K3Z‐NSW‐BBW 2x16 LCD module as i2c slave.
> > Devices will show up as /dev/ttyLCD0, etc.
> > 
> >  * Backspace is supported to the beginning of the current line.
> >     * i.e. printf '\b' > /dev/ttyLCD0
> > 
> >  * ESC [ 2 J
> >     * erase whole display and reset cursor to home.
> >     * i.e. printf '\e[2J' > /dev/ttyLCD0
> > 
> >  * ESC [ 2 K
> >     * erase current line and set cursor to beginning of line.
> >     * i.e. printf '\e[2K' > /dev/ttyLCD0
> > 
> >  * CR and LF are supported.
> > 
> >  * Vertical scroll when cursor is on bottom line and receive end of line.
> > 
> > Default brightness can be set from the device tree/plat data.
> > 
> > Brightness can be set from a sysfs file, for example:
> >  * echo 6 > /sys/devices/soc.0/ffc04000.i2c/i2c-0/0-0028/brightness
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Alan Tull <atull@opensource.altera.com>
> 
> This should use the new fb_tft api instead of trying to look like a tty
> device.  That framework is merged in the staging-next branch of the
> staging.git kernel tree and will show up in 4.1-rc1.  Please port this
> driver to that api and submit a patch for me to take for the staging
> tree so that we don't have one-off devices like this.

Cool! Will do.

Thanks!
Alan

> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h
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