Re: [lcd4linux] Driver manual

[Michael R. <re...@eu...>]

Hi Theo,

> i will write an driver for my lcd.
Great!

> So i read README.Drivers. At line 10,
> i read: use Skeleton.c, but cant find Skeleton.c? Also on line 39, "edit
> display.c"?

Oh... looks like this README is *really* old :-)

I can think of two solutions:

- get README.Drivers up to date
- remove README.Drivers

I vote for the second one :-)


I'm afraid there is no current readme. But I can help you. Writing a new
driver should be quite easy, but adopting all the autoconf stuff is a
bit tricky...

First of all, you should use the CVS version. Otherwise it will be very
hard for me to adopt your changes. If you need help with CVS, let me know.

What kind of display is it? Have you got a data sheet? This way I can
tell you which existing driver is most similar, and you could use it as
a starting point (HD44780, as Martin suggested, is probably the most
complex driver available, so it may be a bad idea to use it asa basis
for a new driver)

I could prepare the framework (including all the autoconf stuff) for you.


bye, Michael

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