LCD-Linux is a Linux software abstraction layer to drive LCD alphanumeric displays. It is freely inspired by the Linux tty layer and aims to be as much general and flexible as possible. Drivers for specific LCD controllers can be easily written.

Supported controllers: HD44780

HD44780 driver features:

Multi controller support.
� 8 and 4 bit mode support.
� Used 4 bits can be specified at compile time.
� I/O timings can be specified at compile time.
� Supports all screen sizes up to the maximum of the HD44780 (80 characters per controller).
� Supports user definable fonts.
� Supports full read and write from the device to read the display state and set user definable characters.
� Supports both available font sizes when the HD44780 is run in single line mode.

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· This release mainly fixes a bug in the hd44780 driver when driving displays with more than one controller onboard.
· In addition, there are minor optimizations and simplifications in the driver.
· An incorrect scroll behavior in the lcd-linux module was also corrected.