Crystalfontz LCD display from kernel?

Daniel O'Connor doconnor at gsoft.com.au
Thu Sep 23 17:01:56 PDT 2004


On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 09:01, Tim Pushor wrote:
> Theres' really nothing to port. I just want to output various things at
> different points in the bootup process, and again when the system is
> safe to shut off.

I mean test the basics in a place that's easy to debug.

> How painful is it to open/use a device from inside the kernel?

Not really sure..
Opening files isn't too bad, but device nodes is probably harder.

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