Hi Mark,
I do custom builds with yocto, the meta data is from jumpnowtek. kernel 
version linux-stable_5.7
In addition to the info that RCN provided, I added the pin mux stuff to 
define all the gpio pins. 

looked at the driver for the R/W issue, seems they do not set the R/W bit, 
they do set the RS bit, so maybe just need to add the same for the R/W bit. 

amf



On Tuesday, November 3, 2020 at 1:29:28 PM UTC-6 Mark A. Yoder wrote:

> Thanks to all for following up on this.  
>
> amf:  What device tree are you using?
>
> --Mark
>
> On Tuesday, November 3, 2020 at 10:26:52 AM UTC-5 amf wrote:
>
>> Just wanting to follow up on this. The LCD display is working, just had 
>> to remove the R/W parameter from the dts and tie the LCD R/W to ground. The 
>> driver does not seem to support reading from the display, so no harm in 
>> doing it this way.
>>
>> amf
>>
>> On Monday, November 2, 2020 at 6:56:25 PM UTC-6 amf wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Mark
>>> Seen RCN's response below. I have several of the *hd44780 LCD displays 
>>> also, *spent the weekend trying to get it to work with the info RCN 
>>> provided. Seems the R/W line is always high, thus all the data signals are 
>>> distorted. If I pull the R/W line low, then the data signals are ok, but 
>>> nothing is written to the display. I know the displays are good, I wrote a 
>>> uart-to-parallel with an atmel chip several years ago. if you have success 
>>> with the Linux driver, I would like to know. 
>>> amf
>>>
>>> On Thursday, October 29, 2020 at 1:39:54 PM UTC-5 Mark A. Yoder wrote:
>>>
>>>> I've just recently discovered I have access to lots of 16x2 LCD 
>>>> displays.
>>>>
>>>> I see there are many examples of interfacing it to a Linux machine, but 
>>>> most are via user space.  I'm looking for kernel space examples.  *modinfo 
>>>> hd44780* shows a driver is there, but how do I use it.  
>>>>
>>>> Is there a device tree for the hd44780 for a parallel interface?
>>>>
>>>> --Mark
>>>>
>>>

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