On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 1:40 PM Mark A. Yoder <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I've just recently discovered I have access to lots of 16x2 LCD displays.
>
> I see there are many examples of interfacing it to a Linux machine, but most 
> are via user space.  I'm looking for kernel space examples.  modinfo hd44780 
> shows a driver is there, but how do I use it.
>
> Is there a device tree for the hd44780 for a parallel interface?

There is a relatively new driver for this, i just don't know of anyone
who's worked out a device tree for it..

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/drivers/auxdisplay/hd44780.c

Here is one example i found, just need to list the gpio's..

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-370-netgear-rn104.dts?h=v5.10-rc1#n146

Regards,

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Robert Nelson
https://rcn-ee.com/

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