Re: [PATCH v8 00/21] auxdisplay: ht16k33: Add character display support

From: Miguel Ojeda
Date: Tue Oct 19 2021 - 12:45:00 EST


Hi Geert,

On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 4:45 PM Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The Holtek HT16K33 LED controller is not only used for driving
> dot-matrix displays, but also for driving segment displays.
> The current auxdisplay driver is limited to dot-matrix displays, which
> are exposed as a frame buffer device.
>
> This patch series extends the driver to 4-digit 7-segment and quad
> 14-segment alphanumeric displays, allowing the user to display and
> scroll text messages.

Thanks for all your work on this. Unless somebody is against this, I
will pick it up.

Cheers,
Miguel