[vdr] [ANNOUNCE] new Noritake 800(A) series VFD driver for graphlcd-0.1.2-pre2

[Lucian Muresan <lucianm@users.sourceforge.net>]

Hello,

This driver should work with all Noritake 800(A) series VFD displays 
(click on the link "Medium 0.6 dot" at http://www.noritake-itron.com for 
more info)
   - GU128X64-800A;
   - GU256X32-800A;
   - GU128X32-800A;
   - GU160X16-800A;
   - GU160X32-800A;
   - GU192X16-800A.

The patch against the current beta version graphlcd-base-0.1.2-pre2 is 
located here:
http://www.muresan.de/patches/graphlcd-base-0.1.2-pre2_noritake800.diff.gz

I tested it just with my GU128X64-800A and it works fine (connected to 
LPT1 configured as EPP+ECP in BIOS, with kernel (2.6.x) modules parport 
and parport_pc loaded, direct I/O, CPU load ranging from 0 to 7%, 
depending on the amount of deltas. According to the data sheets of the 
other listed displays, downloadable at the manufacturer's web site, they 
all have the same command set, so they should work just by specifying 
the correct size.

Have phun,
Lucian Muresan