framebuffer layer

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Latest 30 postings or standalone patches (up to 30), newest first. Counts below cover matching patches in linux-doc touching this subsystem.

• Add __must_init and require explicit kobj_type::release v3 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: PENDING · 5 of 9 reviewed Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v3 9/9] kobject: Require explicit initialization of struct kobj_type::release 2026-11-08
  2026-11-08 · Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
• proc: drop the __user methods (Part 7/7) v2 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: Pending Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH RESEND v2 5/6] proc: drop the _buf suffix from the new methods 2026-11-04
  2026-11-04 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• proc: convert the driver entries (Part 4/7) v2 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: PENDING · 1 of 26 reviewed Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH RESEND v2 17/26] fbdev: viafb: let procfs copy in writes 2026-11-04
  2026-11-04 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• proc: let procfs own the data path (Part 2/7) v2 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: Pending Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH RESEND v2 10/23] treewide: let procfs own the seq_file of simple proc entries 2026-11-04
  2026-11-04 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• proc: drop the __user methods rfc · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: Pending Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH RFC 5/5] proc: drop the _buf suffix from the new methods 2026-11-02
  2026-11-02 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• proc: convert the driver entries rfc · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: Pending Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH RFC 16/23] fbdev: viafb: let procfs copy in writes 2026-11-02
  2026-11-02 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• proc: let procfs own the data path rfc · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: Pending Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH RFC 07/16] treewide: let procfs own the seq_file of simple proc entries 2026-11-02
  2026-11-02 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• Add __must_init and require explicit kobj_type::release v2 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: SUPERSEDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v2 9/9] kobject: Require explicit initialization of struct kobj_type::release 2026-10-27
  2026-10-27 · Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
• Add splash DRM client v6 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: PENDING · 1 of 15 reviewed Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v6 03/15] fbdev: efifb: move the BMP headers to <video/bmp.h> 2026-10-27
  2026-10-27 · Màxim Pedraza Padilla <hidden>
• kobject: Require explicit initialization of struct kobj_type::release v1 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: Pending Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH 11/11] kobject: Require explicit initialization of struct kobj_type::release 2026-10-13
  2026-10-13 · Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
• mm: make VMA flag semantics explicit, eliminate VM_SPECIAL v6 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: LANDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v6 19/39] fbdev: defio: assert FBINFO_VIRTFB, drop VM_IO, add VM_MIXEDMAP 2026-10-13
  2026-10-13 · Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@kernel.org>
• mm: make VMA flag semantics explicit, eliminate VM_SPECIAL v5 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: SUPERSEDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v5 18/38] fbdev: defio: assert FBINFO_VIRTFB, drop VM_IO, add VM_MIXEDMAP 2026-10-09
  2026-10-09 · Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@kernel.org>
• mm: make VMA flag semantics explicit, eliminate VM_SPECIAL v4 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: SUPERSEDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v4 18/38] fbdev: defio: assert FBINFO_VIRTFB, drop VM_IO, add VM_MIXEDMAP 2026-10-03
  2026-10-03 · Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@kernel.org>
• mm: make VMA flag semantics explicit, eliminate VM_SPECIAL v3 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: SUPERSEDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v3 19/40] fbdev: defio: assert FBINFO_VIRTFB, drop VM_IO, add VM_MIXEDMAP 2026-09-17
  2026-09-17 · Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@kernel.org>
• mm: make VMA flag semantics explicit, eliminate VM_SPECIAL v2 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: SUPERSEDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v2 19/40] fbdev: defio: assert FBINFO_VIRTFB, drop VM_IO, add VM_MIXEDMAP 2026-09-14
  2026-09-14 · Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@kernel.org>
• mfd: unused driver purge v1 · 5 matching patches

  Entire posting: Pending Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH 05/14] mfd: remove unused adp5520 driver 2026-09-09
  • [PATCH 06/14] mfd: remove unused da903x driver 2026-09-09
  • [PATCH 07/14] mfd: remove unused lp8788 driver 2026-09-09
  • [PATCH 08/14] mfd: remove unused aat2870 driver 2026-09-09
  • [PATCH 09/14] mfd: remove unused lm3533 driver 2026-09-09
  2026-09-09 · Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>
• mm: make VMA flag semantics explicit, eliminate VM_SPECIAL v1 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: SUPERSEDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH 18/39] fbdev: defio: assert FBINFO_VIRTFB, drop VM_IO, add VM_MIXEDMAP 2026-09-08
  2026-09-08 · Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@kernel.org>
• ARM: deprecated platform removal v1 · 2 matching patches

  Entire posting: SUPERSEDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH 02/13] ARM: remove footbridge 2026-09-08
  • [PATCH 06/13] ARM: omap2: remove omap24xx support 2026-09-08
  2026-09-08 · Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>
• [PATCH] video: console: mdacon: remove this obsolete driver 2026-05-20 · Ethan Nelson-Moore <hidden>
• [PATCH] doc: clarify sisfb notes and fix minor wording issues 2026-04-01 · George Jones <hidden>
• [PATCH] update email address and firmware url for Dreamcast 2026-03-29 · Adrian McMenamin <hidden>
• Rust GPU buddy allocator bindings v11 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: SUPERSEDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [reference PATCH v11 2/4] gpu: Move DRM buddy allocator one level up (part two) 2026-02-24
  2026-02-24 · Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf@nvidia.com>
• Preparatory patches for nova-core memory management v10 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: PENDING · 4 of 8 reviewed Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v10 2/8] gpu: Move DRM buddy allocator one level up (part two) 2026-02-18
  2026-02-18 · Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf@nvidia.com>
• [PATCH -next] gpu: Move DRM buddy allocator one level up 2026-02-06 · Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf@nvidia.com>
• LANDED [PATCH] Documentation: use a source-read extension for the index link boilerplate 2026-01-23 · Jani Nikula <hidden>
• nova-core: Memory management infrastructure (v6) v6 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: Pending Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH RFC v6 02/26] gpu: Move DRM buddy allocator one level up 2026-01-20
  2026-01-20 · Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf@nvidia.com>
• nova-core: Memory management initial patches v5 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: Pending Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH RFC v5 2/6] gpu: Move DRM buddy allocator one level up 2025-12-19
  2025-12-19 · Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf@nvidia.com>
• Introduce support for C linked list interfacing and GPU Buddy bindings v4 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: Pending Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v4 2/3] gpu: Move DRM buddy allocator one level up 2025-12-04
  2025-12-04 · Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf@nvidia.com>
• drm: Remove remaining support for kdb v1 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: LANDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH 5/5] fbcon: Remove fb_debug_enter/_leave from struct fb_ops 2025-11-25
  2025-11-25 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• [PATCH] gpu: Move DRM buddy allocator one level up 2025-11-24 · Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf@nvidia.com>