framebuffer console · Maintained

Maintainers

• M Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
• M Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>

Paths

• F Documentation/fb/fbcon.rst
• F drivers/video/fbdev/core/bitblit.c
• F drivers/video/fbdev/core/fb_logo.c
• F drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c
• F drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.h
• F drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon_ccw.c
• F drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon_cw.c
• F drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon_rotate.c
• F drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon_rotate.h
• F drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon_ud.c
• F drivers/video/fbdev/core/softcursor.c
• F drivers/video/fbdev/core/tileblit.c
• F include/linux/font.h
• F lib/fonts/

Last 30 days

Most active threads (last 7 days)

• HOTtoday [PATCH 0/5] fbcon,vgacon,vt: Share helpers for text cursors
  2026-09-11 09:45 · 2 replies in 7d · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• HOTtoday [PATCH 03/13] ARM: remove riscpc
  2026-09-08 15:29 · 0 replies in 7d · Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>

Active reviewers (last 30 days)

• Eulgyu Kim <hidden>
  3 attestations (3 Reported-by) · last on 2026-08-19
• Jaeyoung Chung <hidden>
  3 attestations (3 Reported-by) · last on 2026-08-19

Recent patches

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

• HOTtoday [PATCH 5/5] fbcon: Replace fbcon_fill_cursor_mask() with fbcon_cursor_glyph()
  2026-09-11 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• HOTtoday [PATCH 4/5] lib/fonts: Add font_glyph_cursor() helper
  2026-09-11 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• HOTtoday [PATCH 03/13] ARM: remove riscpc
  2026-09-08 · Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>
• WARM1d [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18] fbdev: Wrap user-invoked calls to fb_set_var() in helper
  2026-08-31 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• WARM1d [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-6.12] fbcon: don't suspend/resume when vc is graphics mode
  2026-08-31 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• COOLING11d [Patch 7/9]: vt: Handle up to 2^21 glyphs, rather than 256/512
  2026-08-27 · Alan Mackenzie <hidden>
• COOLING11d [Patch 6/9]: vt: Use u32 and typedef u1632 to handle whole glyphs
  2026-08-27 · Alan Mackenzie <hidden>
• COOLING11d [Patch 4/9]: Amend internal manipulation of glyph structure
  2026-08-27 · Alan Mackenzie <hidden>
• COOLING11d [Patch 3/9]: Replace scr_readw/writew by scr_readg/writeg, etc
  2026-08-27 · Alan Mackenzie <hidden>
• COOLING11d [Patch 2/9]: Glyph size: Use GLYPH_SZ/HW rather than hardcoded 2, 1
  2026-08-27 · Alan Mackenzie <hidden>
• COLD24d [BUG] KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds Read in imageblit
  2026-08-19 · Jaeyoung Chung <hidden>
• COLD24d [BUG] KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds Write in fillrect
  2026-08-19 · Jaeyoung Chung <hidden>
• COLD22d IN LINUX-NEXT [BUG] KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds Read in soft_cursor
  2026-08-19 · Jaeyoung Chung <hidden>
• COLD35d [PATCH] fbdev: bitblit: bound-check glyph index in bit_cursor()
  2026-08-08 · Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com>
• COLD34d [PATCH v2 3/6] fbdev: honour the device tree boot logo placement properties
  2026-08-04 · Max Pedraza <hidden>
• COLD24d [RFC PATCH 3/6] fbdev: honour the device tree boot logo placement properties
  2026-07-31 · Max Pedraza <hidden>
• COLD43d [PATCH V3] fbdev: Fix out-of-bounds access when rotating console after font resize
  2026-07-29 · Zizhi Wo <hidden>
• COLD48d [PATCH V2] fbdev: Fix out-of-bounds access when rotating console after font resize
  2026-07-22 · Zizhi Wo <hidden>
• COOLING4d [PATCH v2 5/7] drm: Implement struct vga_switcheroo_client_ops.pre_switch
  2026-07-09 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE66d [PATCH 10/10] vga-switcheroo: Remove unused interfaces
  2026-07-07 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE79d REVIEWED: 7 (7M) [PATCH v2] fbdev: fbcon: fix out-of-bounds read in err_out of fbcon_do_set_font()
  2026-06-25 · Mingyu Wang <hidden>
• STALE78d [PATCH] fbcon: fix NULL pointer dereference for a console without vc_data
  2026-06-24 · Ian Bridges <hidden>
• STALE79d [PATCH] fbdev: fbcon: fix out-of-bounds read in err_out of fbcon_do_set_font()
  2026-06-24 · <hidden>
• STALE86d [PATCH] fbcon: Avoid OOB font access if console rotation fails
  2026-06-18 · HAN Ruidong via B4 Relay <devnull+rdhan.smu.edu.sg@kernel.org>
• STALE71d REVIEWED: 7 (7M) [PATCH 6.6 066/452] drm, fbcon, vga_switcheroo: Avoid race condition in fbcon setup
  2026-06-16 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• STALE95d REVIEWED: 7 (7M) [PATCH] fbdev/arm: Export acorndata_8x8 font symbol for bootloader
  2026-06-09 · Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
• STALE95d [PATCH] fbcon: correct CONFIG_FB_TILEBLITTING macro name in #endif comment
  2026-06-09 · Ethan Nelson-Moore <hidden>
• STALE95d Re: [PATCH] lib/fonts: Avoid unncessary 64-bit math in font code
  2026-06-08 · Helge Deller <deller@kernel.org>
• STALE95d [PATCH] lib/fonts: Avoid unncessary 64-bit math in font code
  2026-06-07 · Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH v2] fbcon: do suspend/resume only when vc is text mode and visible
  2026-06-01 · <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.

• STALE95d REVIEWED: 7 (7M) [PATCH] fbdev/arm: Export acorndata_8x8 font symbol for bootloader
  2026-06-09 · Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE79d REVIEWED: 7 (7M) [PATCH v2] fbdev: fbcon: fix out-of-bounds read in err_out of fbcon_do_set_font()
  2026-06-25 · Mingyu Wang <hidden> · 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.

• STALE194d [PATCH 03/13] vt: Store font in struct vc_font
  2026-02-18 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE194d [PATCH 04/13] vt: Calculate font-buffer size with vc_font_size()
  2026-02-18 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE194d [PATCH 08/13] lib/fonts: Read font size with font_data_size()
  2026-02-18 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE194d [PATCH 05/13] lib/fonts: Remove trailing whitespaces
  2026-02-18 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE194d [PATCH 11/13] lib/fonts: Create font_data_t from struct console_font with font_data_import()
  2026-02-18 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE194d [PATCH 06/13] lib/fonts: Remove FNTCHARCNT()
  2026-02-18 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE194d [PATCH 07/13] lib/fonts: Store font data as font_data_t; update consoles
  2026-02-18 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE194d [PATCH 09/13] lib/fonts: Compare font data for equality with font_data_is_equal()
  2026-02-18 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE194d [PATCH 10/13] lib/fonts: Manage font-data lifetime with font_data_get/_put()
  2026-02-18 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE194d [PATCH 12/13] lib/fonts: Store font data for user space with font_data_export()
  2026-02-18 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>