framebuffer layer · Maintained

Maintainers

• M Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>

Paths

• F Documentation/fb/
• F drivers/video/
• F include/linux/fb.h
• F include/uapi/linux/fb.h
• F include/uapi/video/
• F include/video/

Last 30 days

Recent patches

Most-recent 30 patches in this subsystem on linux-arm-kernel (capped at 30), ordered by date desc.

• WARM3d REVIEWED: 8 (8M) [PATCH AUTOSEL 7.0-5.10] fbdev: ipu-v3: clean up kernel-doc warnings
  2026-05-20 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH] fbdev: atmel_lcdfb: Use of_device_get_match_data()
  2026-05-19 · Rosen Penev <hidden>
• COLD46d [PATCH] fbdev: imxfb: Use of_device_get_match_data()
  2026-05-18 · Rosen Penev <hidden>
• COLD50d REVIEWED: 8 (8M) [PATCH AUTOSEL 7.0-5.10] fbdev: ipu-v3: clean up kernel-doc warnings
  2026-05-11 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• COLD46d [PATCH] ARM: move Risc PC-specific <asm/hardware/iomd.h> header into mach-rpc
  2026-05-10 · Ethan Nelson-Moore <hidden>
• COLD45d [PATCH] fbdev: Consistently define pci_device_ids using named initializers
  2026-04-30 · Uwe Kleine-König (The Capable Hub) <hidden>
• STALE70d [PATCH 19/35] fbdev: savage: Use safer strscpy() instead of strcpy()
  2026-04-25 · Ai Chao <hidden>
• STALE70d [PATCH 18/35] fbdev: sh7760fb: Use safer strscpy() instead of strcpy()
  2026-04-25 · Ai Chao <hidden>
• STALE70d [PATCH 17/35] fbdev: rivafb: Use safer strscpy() instead of strcpy()
  2026-04-25 · Ai Chao <hidden>
• STALE70d [PATCH 15/35] fbdev: gbefb: Use safer strscpy() instead of strcpy()
  2026-04-25 · Ai Chao <hidden>
• STALE70d [PATCH 16/35] fbdev: wm8505fb: Use safer strscpy() instead of strcpy()
  2026-04-25 · Ai Chao <hidden>
• STALE70d [PATCH 14/35] fbdev: vt8623fb: Use safer strscpy() instead of strcpy()
  2026-04-25 · Ai Chao <hidden>
• STALE70d [PATCH 13/35] fbdev: vt8500lcdfb: Use safer strscpy() instead of strcpy()
  2026-04-25 · Ai Chao <hidden>
• STALE70d [PATCH 12/35] fbdev: arkfb: Use safer strscpy() instead of strcpy()
  2026-04-25 · Ai Chao <hidden>
• STALE70d [PATCH 11/35] fbdev: fm2fb: Use safer strscpy() instead of strcpy()
  2026-04-25 · Ai Chao <hidden>
• STALE70d [PATCH 10/35] fbdev: stifb: Use safer strscpy() instead of strcpy()
  2026-04-25 · Ai Chao <hidden>
• STALE70d [PATCH 09/35] fbdev: controlfb: Use safer strscpy() instead of strcpy()
  2026-04-25 · Ai Chao <hidden>
• STALE70d [PATCH 08/35] fbdev: xen-fbfront: Use safer strscpy() instead of strcpy()
  2026-04-25 · Ai Chao <hidden>
• STALE70d [PATCH 07/35] fbdev: pm2fb: Use safer strscpy() instead of strcpy()
  2026-04-25 · Ai Chao <hidden>
• STALE70d [PATCH 06/35] fbdev: tdfxfb: Use safer strscpy() instead of strcpy()
  2026-04-25 · Ai Chao <hidden>
• STALE70d [PATCH 05/35] fbdev: atafb: Use safer strscpy() instead of strcpy()
  2026-04-25 · Ai Chao <hidden>
• STALE70d [PATCH 04/35] fbdev: geode: Use safer strscpy() instead of strcpy()
  2026-04-25 · Ai Chao <hidden>
• STALE70d [PATCH 03/35] fbdev: sisfb: Use safer strscpy() instead of strcpy()
  2026-04-25 · Ai Chao <hidden>
• STALE70d [PATCH 02/35] fbdev: i810: Use safer strscpy() instead of strcpy()
  2026-04-25 · Ai Chao <hidden>
• STALE70d [PATCH 01/35] fbdev: matroxfb: Use safer strscpy() instead of strcpy()
  2026-04-25 · Ai Chao <hidden>
• COLD45d REVIEWED: 2 (2M) [PATCH v8 2/4] backlight: add max25014atg backlight
  2026-04-07 · Maud Spierings via B4 Relay <devnull+maudspierings.gocontroll.com@kernel.org>
• STALE65d [PATCH 5/8] firmware: sysfb: Implement screen_info relocation for primary display
  2026-04-02 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE65d [PATCH 8/8] firmware: sysfb: Move CONFIG_FIRMWARE_EDID to firmware options
  2026-04-02 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE65d [PATCH 3/8] firmware: sysfb: Make CONFIG_SYSFB a user-selectable option
  2026-04-02 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE121d [PATCH] fbdev: wmt_ge_rops: use devm_platform_ioremap_resource()
  2026-03-04 · Amin GATTOUT <hidden>

Needs attention (review trailers in, no pickup)

Patches with review trailers that haven't landed in mainline and haven't been Acked by a maintainer. Oldest first.

• COLD45d REVIEWED: 2 (2M) [PATCH v8 2/4] backlight: add max25014atg backlight
  2026-04-07 · Maud Spierings via B4 Relay <devnull+maudspierings.gocontroll.com@kernel.org> · 1 Reviewed-by
• COLD50d REVIEWED: 8 (8M) [PATCH AUTOSEL 7.0-5.10] fbdev: ipu-v3: clean up kernel-doc warnings
  2026-05-11 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> · 1 Reviewed-by
• WARM3d REVIEWED: 8 (8M) [PATCH AUTOSEL 7.0-5.10] fbdev: ipu-v3: clean up kernel-doc warnings
  2026-05-20 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> · 1 Reviewed-by

Quiet for 30+ days

Patches with no review trailers and no replies. Either the author is heads-down elsewhere or these slipped through. Oldest first.

• DORMANTno replies FAILED: Patch "fbdev: vt8500lcdfb: fix missing dma_free_coherent()" failed to apply to 6.12-stable tree
  2026-03-01 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies FAILED: Patch "fbdev: vt8500lcdfb: fix missing dma_free_coherent()" failed to apply to 6.6-stable tree
  2026-03-01 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies FAILED: Patch "fbdev: vt8500lcdfb: fix missing dma_free_coherent()" failed to apply to 6.1-stable tree
  2026-03-01 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies FAILED: Patch "fbdev: vt8500lcdfb: fix missing dma_free_coherent()" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree
  2026-03-01 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies FAILED: Patch "fbdev: vt8500lcdfb: fix missing dma_free_coherent()" failed to apply to 5.10-stable tree
  2026-03-01 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• STALE65d [PATCH 8/8] firmware: sysfb: Move CONFIG_FIRMWARE_EDID to firmware options
  2026-04-02 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE65d [PATCH 5/8] firmware: sysfb: Implement screen_info relocation for primary display
  2026-04-02 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE70d [PATCH 01/35] fbdev: matroxfb: Use safer strscpy() instead of strcpy()
  2026-04-25 · Ai Chao <hidden>
• STALE70d [PATCH 02/35] fbdev: i810: Use safer strscpy() instead of strcpy()
  2026-04-25 · Ai Chao <hidden>
• STALE70d [PATCH 04/35] fbdev: geode: Use safer strscpy() instead of strcpy()
  2026-04-25 · Ai Chao <hidden>