Re: [Lcd4linux-devel] Driver for dpf-ax

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Hi Ondrej,

besides for lcd4linux dpfs are widely used as info displays for Video Disk Recorder VDR.
In fact after I had written a driver for VDRs plugin graphlcd a german reseller, who sold these dpfs for Euro 2,90 , was sold out in a couple of weeks. :-)
In this driver I also integrated the low level stuff and it works now for around 1 1/2 years without problems.
As I am also maintaining the dpf-ax code, I will make sure that the protocol will not change in the forseeable future. So integrating the protocol within a driver looks safe to me.

superelchi


> Gesendet: Dienstag, 14. Mai 2013 um 14:44 Uhr
> Von: "Ondrej Wisniewski" <ond...@gm...>
> An: lcd...@li...
> Betreff: Re: [Lcd4linux-devel] Driver for dpf-ax
>
> Hi,
> 
> I would also strongly encourage you to integrate the dpf-ax driver into 
> lcd4linux. I tried to help with the patch I sent in some months ago 
> because the dpf-ax driver from your repository was not compatible any 
> more with the latest lcd4linux version (which I needed because of the 
> MPD plugin). And it took me quite some time to make all the necessary 
> changes to make everything build together. Therefore I wanted to share 
> my changes with other people facing the same problem. Although the 
> project does still seem to be maintained (there was some tiny patch 2 
> month ago), contributions sent to this mailing list are not really 
> discussed.
> 
> Since your driver is mainly (or exclusively?) used by lcd4linux, it 
> makes perfect sense to integrate it. It will make life easier for a lot 
> of people (including me, of course). I don't think there is a problem 
> with your 3 files approach. I can see that currently there are some 
> drivers with two files (.c and .h).
> 
> Keep up the good work.
> 
> Ondrej
>