linux-kernel - Re: Parallel port LCD driver undocumented

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Message-Id: <201004140119.53687.PeterHuewe@gmx.de>
Date:	Wed, 14 Apr 2010 01:19:53 +0200
From:	Peter Hüwe <PeterHuewe@....de>
To:	devel@...uxdriverproject.org
Cc:	Michal Suchanek <hramrach@...trum.cz>,
	"Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@...e.de>, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>,
	willy@...a-x.org
Subject: Re: Parallel port LCD driver undocumented

Am Mittwoch 14 April 2010 01:13:40 schrieb Michal Suchanek:
> Hello
> 
> I was thinking about adding a LCD to my PC so I thought that the
> panel.c driver which just went to 2.6.34 would be helpful.
> 
> The problem is there is no documentation. I can get quite detailed
> documentation for at least some LCDs that are sold around here but
> there is not enough documentation for the driver to determine if the
> LCD in question would be compatible with the driver and with which
> protocol.
> 
> Detailed explanation of the parameters would be appreciated. For
> example, there are three parallel protocols supported but there is no
> description of the difference between them.
> 
> Thanks

Hi,
I CC'ed willy - the original author of the driver - maybe he can help out.


Meanwhile - did you have a look at LCDproc?
http://lcdproc.org/
Userspace "drivers" for a lot of lcds and keypads.

Peter




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