Re: [PATCH 13/13] auxdisplay: Add HD44780 Character LCD support

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Tue Feb 07 2017 - 06:23:41 EST


On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 4:38 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The Hitachi HD44780 Character LCD Controller is commonly used on
> character LCDs that can display one or more lines of text.
>
> This driver supports character LCDs connected to GPIOs, using either a
> 4-bit or 8-bit data bus, and provides access through the charlcd core
> and /dev/lcd.

Can we not limit this to OF? I can easily imagine use case with
x86/ACPI enabled platform.

On the first glance of_property-* -> device_property_* is enough.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko