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

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Message-ID: <CAHp75Vfy=GsHurE0G=BO6cxuT7qwc+zYAXGep7mrH==KXsJaEw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 8 Feb 2017 18:27:36 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:     Miguel Ojeda Sandonis <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Willy Tarreau <willy@...roxy.com>,
        Ksenija Stanojevic <ksenija.stanojevic@...il.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        devicetree <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 13/13] auxdisplay: Add HD44780 Character LCD support

On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 3:41 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 2:38 PM, Andy Shevchenko
> <andy.shevchenko@...il.com> wrote:
>> Btw, have you any plans to make an order among spreaded LCD drivers in
>> kernel? Perhaps we may gather them under auxdisplay hood?
>
> I have no such plan. I just had a long-standing personal interest in hd44780.

I have one too regarding to I2C/SPI interfaced hardware.
If you remember it was an attempt for lcd-linux to be upstreamed,
which provides (besides i2c/spi bus drivers) those LCDs as tty
devices.
Also interesting feature to have.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko