To support multiple instances it is necessary to stop using global variables to store a driver's data in. Instead, you should store it in a structure, that you allocate and store on driver's init.

In the driver's private structure will probably at least be something like:

typedef struct MyDriver_private_data {
	int fd;				// file descriptor for the LCD device
        int width, height;		// dimension of the LCD (in characters, 1-based
        int cellwidth, cellheight;	// Size of each LCD cell, in pixels
        unsigned char *framebuf;	// Frame buffer...
} PrivateData;

You allocate and store this structure like this:

	PrivateData *p;

	// Allocate and store private data
	p = (PrivateData *) malloc(sizeof(PrivateData));
	if (p == NULL)
		return -1;
	if (drvthis->store_private_ptr( drvthis, p ) < 0)
		return -1;

	// initialize private data
	p->fd = -1;
	p->cellheight = 8;
	p->cellwidth = 6;

	(... continue with the rest of your init routine)

You retrieve this private data pointer by adding the following code to the beginning of your functions:

	PrivateData *p = (PrivateData *) drvthis->private_data;

Then you can access your data like:

	p->framebuf