Subject: Re: Litle LCD on MBX860

From: "RSR - Dominioni Piero" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 08:40:27 +0100

Hi all.
 I wanted to connect a LCD to a MPC823-based board and to use
microwindows too .

Dan Malek answered:
> You aren't going to connect an LCD to the MBX860 and see anything.
> There isn't any LCD controller on the 860.  You need an 823 or
> some external graphics controller.

Correct.
But what happens when the externel controller is provided?
Is there a LinuxPPC driver for it?
Does the LCD device become such as a character device
(or something like that) that needs a suitable node in /dev
with its own driver to be registered?

I tryed to configure Wolfgang's 2.4.4-2001-11-24 kernel for
TQM860L and while (obviously) there is no LCD driver for
860, the framebuffer is still there...
Does it mean that anyway it is possible to use a LCD with MPC860?
Thank you for any answer!
Bye

Piero

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