console subsystem · Supported

Maintainers

• M Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

Paths

• F drivers/video/console/
• F include/linux/console*

Last 30 days

Most active threads (last 7 days)

• HOTtoday [PATCH v3 0/5] fbcon,vgacon,vt: Share helpers for text cursors
  2026-09-28 08:57 · 2 replies in 7d · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>

Active reviewers (last 30 days)

• Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
  4 attestations (4 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-09-28

Recent patches

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

• HOTtoday REVIEWED: 3 (3M) [PATCH v3 3/5] vgacon: Use vt_cursor_{start,end}()
  2026-09-28 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• HOTtoday REVIEWED: 3 (3M) [PATCH v3 2/5] vgacon: Remove trailing whitespaces
  2026-09-28 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• COOLING4d REVIEWED: 3 (3M) [PATCH v2 3/5] vgacon: Use vt_cursor_{start,end}()
  2026-09-15 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• COOLING4d REVIEWED: 3 (3M) [PATCH v2 2/5] vgacon: Remove trailing whitespaces
  2026-09-15 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• COOLING13d [PATCH 3/5] vgacon: Use vt_font_cursor_{start,end}()
  2026-09-11 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• COOLING13d [PATCH 2/5] vgacon: Remove trailing whitespaces
  2026-09-11 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE131d [PATCH] video: console: mdacon: remove this obsolete driver
  2026-05-20 · Ethan Nelson-Moore <hidden>
• STALE852d REVIEWED: 3 (3M) [PATCH v5 3/3] VT: Allow to get max font width and height
  2024-04-17 · Alexey Gladkov <legion@kernel.org>
• STALE852d REVIEWED: 3 (3M) [PATCH v4 3/3] VT: Allow to get max font width and height
  2024-04-02 · Alexey Gladkov <legion@kernel.org>
• STALE852d REVIEWED: 3 (3M) [RESEND PATCH v3 2/2] VT: Allow to get max font width and height
  2024-04-02 · Alexey Gladkov <legion@kernel.org>
• STALE852d [PATCH v3 2/2] VT: Allow to get max font width and height
  2024-03-12 · legion@kernel.org
• STALE979d LANDED [PATCH v2 38/47] tty: vt: change consw::con_set_origin() return type
  2024-01-22 · "Jiri Slaby (SUSE)" <jirislaby@kernel.org>
• STALE979d LANDED [PATCH v2 37/47] tty: vt: make consw::con_font_default()'s name const
  2024-01-22 · "Jiri Slaby (SUSE)" <jirislaby@kernel.org>
• STALE979d LANDED [PATCH v2 36/47] tty: vt: make font of consw::con_font_set() const
  2024-01-22 · "Jiri Slaby (SUSE)" <jirislaby@kernel.org>
• STALE979d LANDED [PATCH v2 35/47] tty: vt: make types around consw::con_blank() bool
  2024-01-22 · "Jiri Slaby (SUSE)" <jirislaby@kernel.org>
• STALE979d LANDED [PATCH v2 34/47] tty: vt: use enum constants for VESA blanking modes
  2024-01-22 · "Jiri Slaby (SUSE)" <jirislaby@kernel.org>
• STALE979d LANDED [PATCH v2 33/47] tty: vt: use VESA blanking constants
  2024-01-22 · "Jiri Slaby (SUSE)" <jirislaby@kernel.org>
• STALE979d LANDED [PATCH v2 31/47] tty: vt: stop using -1 for blank mode in consw::con_blank()
  2024-01-22 · "Jiri Slaby (SUSE)" <jirislaby@kernel.org>
• STALE979d LANDED [PATCH v2 30/47] tty: vt: make consw::con_switch() return a bool
  2024-01-22 · "Jiri Slaby (SUSE)" <jirislaby@kernel.org>
• STALE979d LANDED [PATCH v2 29/47] tty: vt: remove CM_* constants
  2024-01-22 · "Jiri Slaby (SUSE)" <jirislaby@kernel.org>
• STALE979d LANDED [PATCH v2 27/47] consoles: use if instead of switch-case in consw::con_cursor()
  2024-01-22 · "Jiri Slaby (SUSE)" <jirislaby@kernel.org>
• STALE979d LANDED [PATCH v2 26/47] tty: vt: sanitize consw::con_putcs() parameters
  2024-01-22 · "Jiri Slaby (SUSE)" <jirislaby@kernel.org>
• STALE979d LANDED [PATCH v2 25/47] tty: vt: sanitize consw::con_putc() parameters
  2024-01-22 · "Jiri Slaby (SUSE)" <jirislaby@kernel.org>
• STALE979d LANDED [PATCH v2 24/47] tty: vt: eliminate unneeded consw::con_putc() implementations
  2024-01-22 · "Jiri Slaby (SUSE)" <jirislaby@kernel.org>
• STALE979d LANDED [PATCH v2 22/47] tty: vt: remove checks for count in consw::con_clear() implementations
  2024-01-22 · "Jiri Slaby (SUSE)" <jirislaby@kernel.org>
• STALE979d LANDED [PATCH v2 21/47] tty: vt: sanitize arguments of consw::con_clear()
  2024-01-22 · "Jiri Slaby (SUSE)" <jirislaby@kernel.org>
• STALE979d LANDED: 6 (6M) [PATCH v2 20/47] tty: vt: make init parameter of consw::con_init() a bool
  2024-01-22 · "Jiri Slaby (SUSE)" <jirislaby@kernel.org>
• STALE979d LANDED [PATCH v2 07/47] tty: vt: pass vc_resize_user as a parameter
  2024-01-22 · "Jiri Slaby (SUSE)" <jirislaby@kernel.org>
• STALE979d LANDED [PATCH v2 01/47] vgacon: inline vc_scrolldelta_helper() into vgacon_scrolldelta()
  2024-01-22 · "Jiri Slaby (SUSE)" <jirislaby@kernel.org>
• STALE983d [PATCH 36/45] tty: vt: change consw::con_set_origin() return type
  2024-01-18 · "Jiri Slaby (SUSE)" <jirislaby@kernel.org>