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Extract the character LCD core from the Parallel port LCD/Keypad Panel driver in the misc subsystem, and convert it into a subdriver in the auxdisplay subsystem. This allows the character LCD core to be used by other drivers later. Compilation is controlled by its own Kconfig symbol CHARLCD, which is to be selected by its users, but can be enabled manually for compile-testing. All functions changed their prefix from "lcd_" to "charlcd_", and gained a "struct charlcd *" parameter to operate on a specific instance. While the driver API thus is ready to support multiple instances, the current limitation of a single display (/dev/lcd has a single misc minor assigned) is retained. No functional changes intended. Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Linux kernel ============ This file was moved to Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst Please notice that there are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or ``make pdfdocs``. There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory, several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation. See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file. Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.