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From:   Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 6 Jan 2021 13:12:28 +0100
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/1] auxdisplay: Add I2C gpio expander example
To:     Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
        Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>, Lars Poeschel <poeschel@lemonage.de>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>,
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On Wed, Jan 6, 2021 at 12:37 PM Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com> wrote:
>
> The Hitachi HD44780 is often used together with a PCF8574 based I2C
> I/O expander. It was non-obvious to me that the existing parallel
> connected version of the auxdisplay driver can already handle this
> configuration with appropriate device tree magic. This patch documents
> the necessary incantations in an example.
>
> That this is not only non-obvious to me is documented by at least two
> I2C kernel implementations for the display out there.
>
> Thanks to Geert Uytterhoeven for pointing out how this is done.
> Thanks to Miguel Ojeda for extensively commenting on my previous patch.

You're welcome!

A couple tips:
  - Normally, you will want to use scripts/get_maintainer.pl to know
to whom send a given change. In this case, I am Cc'ing Rob, Geert and
the devicetree mailing list which were missing.
  - Also, for single patches, typically you would want to send the
patch without a cover letter. If you want to put comments that
shouldn't go into the commit, you can write them just below the "---"
line.

Thank you for contributing to the kernel and welcome!

Cheers,
Miguel