Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 11:19:29 +0100 From: Jamie Heckford <heckfordj@psi-domain.co.uk> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: LCD driver port (Linux -> FreeBSD) needed for car-mp3 player Message-ID: <20010430111929.M44631@storm.psi-domain.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <200104300917.f3U9HL808411@mass.dis.org>; from msmith@FreeBSD.ORG on Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 10:17:21 %2B0100 References: <3AED0B5F.CF181D5F@bigpond.com> <200104300917.f3U9HL808411@mass.dis.org>
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Hello, Been following this thread, and thought I would poke my nose in. We are in the process of writing a driver (heavily based on LCDProc - http://lcdproc.omnipotent.net) and the source for this seems to be pretty easy to work with. The panel and driver board we are using hooks into a serial port, I take it this is what you are looking for? We will of course be releasing the driver BSD style license when its finished :) Just letting you know, check the LCDproc code, it is pretty solid. Jamie On 2001.04.30 10:17 Mike Smith wrote: > > > > The software I am using in Linux (cajun - cajun.sourceforge.net) > > requires a serial display to work. What the linux driver does is > emulate > > the serial display, and provides a /dev/lcd. > > > > As I am not a perl coder, I cannot modify Cajun to use the app you > > wrote, And as I am not a C coder, I cannot modify what you wrote to > behave > > like the linux driver. > > > > Unless there is something already around that can take input in the way > > /dev/cuaaX does, and then pump the data into what you wrote, I think > that > > the easiest way to do this is to make a driver for FreeBSD that behaves > > exactly the way that the Linux driver does. > > Er, you're no great shakes at logic, either. > > "I can't fix the app, so someone else should write a driver" is what > you've just said. > > I'll give you the benefit of the doubt, and simply tell you that fixing > the app will be a damn sight easier than writing this driver you're > talking about. > > -- > ... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his > rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want > to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force > people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt] > V I C T O R Y N O T V E N G E A N C E > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > > -- Jamie Heckford Network Operations Manager Psi-Domain - Innovative Linux Solutions. Ask Us How. FreeBSD - The power to serve Join our mailing list and stay informed by emailing majordomo@psi-domain.co.uk with the line: subscribe collective ===================================== email: heckfordj@psi-domain.co.uk web: http://www.psi-domain.co.uk/ tel: +44 (0)1737 789 246 fax: +44 (0)1737 789 245 mobile: +44 (0)7866 724 224 ===================================== To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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