Subject: Re: LCD driver?
To: Dennis Chernoivanov <cdi@mawhrin.net>
From: Randy Carpenter <rcarpen@rune.net>
List: port-cobalt
Date: 03/25/2003 15:08:03
Cool.  I'll just use the /etc/ifconfig.xxx scripts.  What would be very
cool is to support multiple interfaces too :)

thanks for the work.  Now we need this included in a bootable CD
auto-instll .iso image! :)

thanks,
-Randy

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| Randy Carpenter             http://www.rune.net
| The Rune Network                 Wapakoneta, OH
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On Tue, 25 Mar 2003, Dennis Chernoivanov wrote:

> Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 21:31:50 +0100
> From: Dennis Chernoivanov <cdi@mawhrin.net>
> To: port-cobalt@netbsd.org
> Subject: Re: LCD driver?
>
>
> By default, /etc/ifconfig.XXX file is used as the source. There are two
> scripts, ifread.sh and ifwrite.sh, that are used to read and to store the
> configuration from/to the file, both are located in /etc/paneld directory. I
> think you will need either to modify these (write new?) scripts or to use
> /etc/ifconfig.XXX files.
>
> SY,
> --cdi
>
> On Tue, Mar 25, 2003 at 10:29:05AM -0500, Randy Carpenter wrote:
> > Very cool.  The interface seems to work, however the IP address info is
> > not correct, it comes up as all 0's.  Where is this information read from
> > and stored?  I have all the configs in /etc/rc.conf, so maybe that is the
> > problem.
> >
> > thanks!
> >
> > -Randy
> >
> > --
> > | Randy Carpenter             http://www.rune.net
> > | The Rune Network                 Wapakoneta, OH
> > -------------------------------------------------
> >
> > On Mon, 24 Mar 2003, Dennis Chernoivanov wrote:
> >
> > > Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 22:34:09 +0100
> > > From: Dennis Chernoivanov <cdi@mawhrin.net>
> > > To: port-cobalt@netbsd.org
> > > Subject: Re: LCD driver?
> > >
> > >
> > > It took a bit more than a couple of weeks, but finally here is the code.
> > > The daemon works pretty good for me, and hopefully it will be of some use for
> > > other people as well. Please note however that the code requires a few kernel
> > > headers in order to compile, so don't forget to take a look at the README :)
> > > The sources can be downloaded from
> > >
> > >  http://only.mawhrin.net/~cdi/netbsd/cobalt/paneld.tar.gz
> > >
> > > The tarball also includes a simple configuration (including some scripts),
> > > take it with a bit of scepticism -- improvement is clearly needed in this
> > > area.
> > >
> > > Any feedback is appreciated.
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > > --cdi
> > >
> > > On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 09:57:06AM -0500, Randy Carpenter wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Ok.  very cool.
> > > >
> > > > thanks,
> > > > -Randy
> > > >
> > > > >  No, the same device allows to read the keypad (try e.g. 'cat /dev/lcd0'). I
> > > > > believe however that menu operations should be handled by a separate
> > > > > user-space daemon, and currently I am in the middle of writing such a thing.
> > > > > Please wait a couple of weeks -- I'll announce it as soon as I have something
> > > > > working.
> > > > >
> > > > > SY,
> > > > > --cdi
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>