use i2c(8) to control 7 segment display via gpioiic

[covacat]

i have an android tv box (arm h616) that has a 4 digit 7 segment display (plus some icons)
im not sure what type of controller it has but from what i googled it seems that this controllers are controlled
by bit banging 2 or more gpio pins
the original android dtb looks like this

  fddis_dev {
                compatible = "fddis_dev";
                fddis_gpio_clk = <0x53 0x7 0x2 0x5 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0x1>;
                fddis_gpio_dat = <0x53 0x7 0x3 0x5 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0x1>;
                status = "okay";
        };

what im trying to achieve (if possible) is to create a gpioiic bus in the dtb and control the display from userland via i2c(8) without any
additional kernel driver
has anyone tried such a thing ?

 

[covacat]

obviously it did not work
the controller does implement a not quite i2c protocol so....

 

[Phishfry]

It is interesting that the PCF serial backpacks on the 1602/2004 LCD are just for reduced number of GPIO lines.
I would like to try and drive them with individual lines one day...I have some raw without backpack.