In the documentation replace the list of the connection types for hd44780
driver with the table also used in the configuration options description
(use only a single place to list and link everyting). While there, remove the
assembly code for lcdserializer.
'struct glcd_framebuf' now contains a layout type which can either be
FB_TYPE_LINEAR (this is the default) or FB_TYPE_VPAGED. This actually affects
the drawing function and the frame-buffer memory calculation. A new 'size'
field is added to store the pre-calculated length.
Adopt existing driver to make use of the new feature (currently only glcd2usb
driver).
1. Remove connection type header files and put prototypes locally and in
glcd-drivers.h. Don't fall into the pitfall of too many header files again.
2. Create a separate frame buffer structure (this allows easier re-use of
the frame buffer functions).
3. Add a function to retrieve pixel values from framebuffer.
4. Add the 'serdisplib' connection type.
5. Support display width that are not a multiple of 8 (e.g. 122x32).
* The full block icon now has index 0 and the heart has index 7. This makes
the full block work if vBar custom chars are loaded (which use index 1-7).
* Prevent (hbar, vbar, bignum) modes from overwriting custom chars (except
full block).
* Prevent the heartbeat from overwriting custom chars in vbar and bignum mode.
* Make the driver point to 0x1A and 0x1B characters for right/left arrow
characters (those are the codes from HD44780 A02) and make all charmaps
pointing to the correct characters.
* It is now possible to map the tilde character.
* Update other drivers that use hd44780-charmap.h (IOWarrior and ula200).
* Replace characters using charmaps on input instead of output!
* Remove some unnecessary comments.
image writer is for debugging only. The Freetype font renderer still misses
some features (e.g. big numbers, character encoding, non-standard cell size).
backlight handling:
Previously if keypad=yes was configured in LCDd.conf a value for the
backlight was sent, regardless of the configuration in hd44780-serial.c.
Now it decides upon the backlight flag from that file (enabling it in
LCDd.conf is still required). If the backlight flag indicates the device
supports backlight, the backlight_on / backlight_off values are sent (even
if they are 0x00)!
mmdolze