Re: [PATCH 0/1] auxdisplay: Add I2C gpio expander example

[Miguel Ojeda]

On Wed, Jan 6, 2021 at 12:37 PM Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The Hitachi HD44780 is often used together with a PCF8574 based I2C
> I/O expander. It was non-obvious to me that the existing parallel
> connected version of the auxdisplay driver can already handle this
> configuration with appropriate device tree magic. This patch documents
> the necessary incantations in an example.
>
> That this is not only non-obvious to me is documented by at least two
> I2C kernel implementations for the display out there.
>
> Thanks to Geert Uytterhoeven for pointing out how this is done.
> Thanks to Miguel Ojeda for extensively commenting on my previous patch.

You're welcome!

A couple tips:
  - Normally, you will want to use scripts/get_maintainer.pl to know
to whom send a given change. In this case, I am Cc'ing Rob, Geert and
the devicetree mailing list which were missing.
  - Also, for single patches, typically you would want to send the
patch without a cover letter. If you want to put comments that
shouldn't go into the commit, you can write them just below the "---"
line.

Thank you for contributing to the kernel and welcome!

Cheers,
Miguel