Re: Ncurses and HD44780 LCD

okalex wrote:
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Get in touch if you want hints on changing the code etc. Unfortunately
it doesn't emulate the complete ANSI codes. But I can add stuuf.

The main problem is that I'm not too sure it works with 4 line displays.
I've never had one to try out and test with.

Thanks. I already had a basic driver complete, but I was unaware that
I needed to implement ANSI escape sequences. That tip was exactly
what I needed. I've added the relevant sequences and it's now working
nicely with Ncurses.

Care to share? Seriously, it would be nice to have an ncurses-capable screen.


Now that I've got the LCD up and running, I'd like to print a welcome
message as early in the boot process as possible. Can anyone provide
some advice as to how I'd go about doing that?

Depends on your boot sequence. I'm pretty sure you could patch redboot to stuff a logo out. Otherwise add a routine to the kernel to do that on boot.

If you're in userspace (as in our driver) then there's not much you can do except wait for the kernel to boot.

--Yan
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