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

Most active threads (last 7 days)

• HOTtoday [PATCH v5 0/3] fbcon: fix rotated font buffer handling on font change
  2026-10-19 09:44 · 3 replies in 7d · Yao Yiqi <hidden>
• HOTtoday SUPERSEDED [PATCH v4 0/3] fbcon: fix rotated font buffer handling on font change
  2026-10-19 09:02 · 3 replies in 7d · Yao Yiqi <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-5.10] fbdev: platinumfb: add error checking for ioremap calls
  2026-10-19 14:06 · 0 replies in 7d · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-5.10] fbcon: Fix KASAN slab-out-of-bounds Read in fbcon_prepare_logo
  2026-10-19 14:03 · 0 replies in 7d · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-5.10] fbdev: omap2: dsi: do not copy isr table
  2026-10-19 14:02 · 0 replies in 7d · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 9 (9M) [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-5.10] fbdev: maxine: fix 64-bit build error
  2026-10-19 13:58 · 0 replies in 7d · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-5.10] fbdev: udlfb: validate vendor descriptor items
  2026-10-19 13:58 · 0 replies in 7d · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• HOTtoday [PATCH v2 0/8] arm64: qcom: enable display card support on SM8150 HDK
  2026-10-19 11:25 · 1 reply in 7d · Dmitry Baryshkov <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH v2 0/7] vt: Simplify console-blanking interface
  2026-10-16 09:34 · 6 replies in 7d · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• HOTtoday [PATCH v3 0/3] fbcon: fix rotated font buffer handling on font
  2026-10-16 07:36 · 3 replies in 7d · Yao Yiqi <hidden>

Active reviewers (last 30 days)

• Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
  6 attestations (6 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-10-05
• Michael Kelley <hidden>
  4 attestations (2 Reviewed-by, 2 Tested-by) · last on 2026-10-08
• Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
  3 attestations (3 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-10-13
• Konrad Dybcio <hidden>
  2 attestations (1 Reviewed-by, 1 Suggested-by) · last on 2026-10-19
• Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
  2 attestations (2 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-10-13
• kernel test robot <hidden>
  2 attestations (2 Reported-by) · last on 2026-09-29
• <hidden>
  1 attestation (1 Reported-by) · last on 2026-10-19
• <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>
  1 attestation (1 Suggested-by) · last on 2026-10-19
• Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@orcam.me.uk>
  1 attestation (1 Acked-by) · last on 2026-10-19
• Daniel Thompson (RISCstar) <danielt@kernel.org>
  1 attestation (1 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-10-19

Recent patches

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

• DORMANTno replies [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-5.10] fbdev: platinumfb: add error checking for ioremap calls
  2026-10-19 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-5.10] fbcon: Fix KASAN slab-out-of-bounds Read in fbcon_prepare_logo
  2026-10-19 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-5.10] fbdev: omap2: dsi: do not copy isr table
  2026-10-19 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 9 (9M) [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-5.10] fbdev: maxine: fix 64-bit build error
  2026-10-19 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-5.10] fbdev: udlfb: validate vendor descriptor items
  2026-10-19 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• HOTtoday REVIEWED: 3 (2M) [PATCH v2 1/8] backlight: qcom-wled: fix string detection brightness on WLED5
  2026-10-19 · Dmitry Baryshkov <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH v5 3/3] fbcon: Retry rotated font allocation after failure
  2026-10-19 · Yao Yiqi <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH v5 2/3] fbcon: Rebuild rotated font buffer on font change
  2026-10-19 · Yao Yiqi <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH v5 1/3] fbcon: Include font geometry in the rotated font cache
  2026-10-19 · Yao Yiqi <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies SUPERSEDED [PATCH v4 3/3] fbcon: Retry rotated font allocation after failure
  2026-10-19 · Yao Yiqi <hidden>
• HOTtoday SUPERSEDED [PATCH v4 2/3] fbcon: Rebuild rotated font buffer on font change
  2026-10-19 · Yao Yiqi <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH v4 1/3] fbcon: Include font geometry in the rotated font cache
  2026-10-19 · Yao Yiqi <hidden>
• WARM2d [PATCH] fbdev: bitblit: Fix glyph clipping when fbcon pans
  2026-10-17 · CatMe0w <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH 2/2] backlight: Add Awinic AW99703 backlight driver
  2026-10-16 · Luka Panio <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH v2 6/7] vgacon: Implement struct consw.con_unblank
  2026-10-16 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• WARM1d [PATCH v2 5/7] sticon: Implement struct consw.con_unblank
  2026-10-16 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• WARM1d [PATCH v2 7/7] vt: Remove old-style con_blank
  2026-10-16 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• WARM1d [PATCH v2 2/7] dummycon: Implement struct consw.con_unblank
  2026-10-16 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• WARM1d [PATCH v2 4/7] newport_con: Implement struct consw.con_unblank
  2026-10-16 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• WARM1d [PATCH v2 3/7] fbcon: Implement struct consw.con_unblank
  2026-10-16 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• HOTtoday [PATCH v3 1/3] fbcon: Include font geometry in the rotated font cache
  2026-10-16 · Yao Yiqi <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH v3 2/3] fbcon: Rebuild rotated font buffer on font change
  2026-10-16 · Yao Yiqi <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH v3 3/3] fbcon: Retry rotated font allocation after failure
  2026-10-16 · Yao Yiqi <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies SUPERSEDED [PATCH v2 3/3] fbcon: Retry rotated font allocation after failure
  2026-10-16 · Yao Yiqi <hidden>
• WARM3d SUPERSEDED [PATCH v2 2/3] fbcon: Rebuild rotated font buffer on font change
  2026-10-16 · Yao Yiqi <hidden>
• WARM3d SUPERSEDED [PATCH v2 1/3] fbcon: Include font geometry in the rotated font cache
  2026-10-16 · Yao Yiqi <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH 1/9] backlight: qcom-wled: fix unbalanced OVP interrupt enable
  2026-10-15 · Dmitry Baryshkov <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH 2/9] backlight: qcom-wled: fix string detection brightness on WLED5
  2026-10-15 · Dmitry Baryshkov <hidden>
• COOLING5d [PATCH 2/2] fbcon: Retry rotated font allocation after failure
  2026-10-14 · Yao Yiqi <hidden>
• COOLING5d [PATCH 1/2] fbcon: Rebuild rotated font buffer on font change
  2026-10-14 · Yao Yiqi <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.

• DORMANTno replies 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
• DORMANTno replies 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
• STALE116d 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
• COLD42d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v3 3/5] fbdev: Add support for further video bit depths on atafb:external +4 more in this series
  2026-08-19 · Michael Schmitz <schmitzmic@gmail.com> · 1 Reviewed-by
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 2 (2M) [PATCH v4 2/2] backlight: Add support for Orient Chip OCP8178 +1 more in this series
  2026-08-26 · Wim de With <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• COOLING14d REVIEWED: 3 (3M) [PATCH v4 2/5] vgacon: Remove trailing whitespaces +4 more in this series
  2026-10-05 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de> · 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 [PATCH 5.15.y] fbdev: efifb: Register sysfs groups through driver core
  2026-03-25 · Alva Lan <hidden>
• STALE172d [PATCH 8/8] firmware: sysfb: Move CONFIG_FIRMWARE_EDID to firmware options +7 more in this series
  2026-04-02 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE195d [PATCH v2 01/10] fbcon: Avoid OOB font access if console rotation fails +9 more in this series
  2026-04-07 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH AUTOSEL 7.0-5.10] fbdev: viafb: check ioremap return value in viafb_lcd_get_mobile_state
  2026-04-20 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• STALE178d [PATCH 2/3] fbdev: clps711x-fb: Request memory region for MMIO +2 more in this series
  2026-04-21 · Amit Barzilai <hidden>
• STALE177d [PATCH 01/35] fbdev: matroxfb: Use safer strscpy() instead of strcpy() +18 more in this series
  2026-04-25 · Ai Chao <hidden>
• STALE153d [PATCH 04/14] fbdev: radeon: fix potential memory leak in radeonfb_pci_register() +13 more in this series
  2026-05-14 · Abdun Nihaal <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH] video: fbdev: sm712: Fix operator precedence in big_swap macro
  2026-05-15 · lirongqing <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH] fbdev: atmel_lcdfb: Use of_device_get_match_data()
  2026-05-19 · Rosen Penev <hidden>
• STALE134d [PATCH v3 2/4] fbdev: Wrap user-invoked calls to fb_blank() in helper +3 more in this series
  2026-05-27 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>