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)

• COOLING6d [PATCH v4 0/5] fbcon,vgacon,vt: Share helpers for text cursors
  2026-10-05 13:34 · 2 replies in 7d · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>

Active reviewers (last 30 days)

• Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
  6 attestations (6 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-10-05

Recent patches

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

• COOLING6d REVIEWED: 3 (3M) [PATCH v4 4/5] lib/fonts: Add font_glyph_cursor() helper
  2026-10-05 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• COOLING6d REVIEWED: 3 (3M) [PATCH v4 5/5] fbcon: Replace fbcon_fill_cursor_mask() with fbcon_cursor_glyph()
  2026-10-05 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• COOLING10d REVIEWED: 3 (3M) [PATCH v3 5/5] fbcon: Replace fbcon_fill_cursor_mask() with fbcon_cursor_glyph()
  2026-09-28 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• COOLING10d REVIEWED: 3 (3M) [PATCH v3 4/5] lib/fonts: Add font_glyph_cursor() helper
  2026-09-28 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• COLD18d REVIEWED: 3 (3M) [PATCH v2 5/5] fbcon: Replace fbcon_fill_cursor_mask() with fbcon_cursor_glyph()
  2026-09-15 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• COLD18d REVIEWED: 3 (3M) [PATCH v2 4/5] lib/fonts: Add font_glyph_cursor() helper
  2026-09-15 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• COLD27d [PATCH 5/5] fbcon: Replace fbcon_fill_cursor_mask() with fbcon_cursor_glyph()
  2026-09-11 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• COLD27d [PATCH 4/5] lib/fonts: Add font_glyph_cursor() helper
  2026-09-11 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• COLD27d [PATCH 03/13] ARM: remove riscpc
  2026-09-08 · Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>
• COLD40d [Patch 7/9]: vt: Handle up to 2^21 glyphs, rather than 256/512
  2026-08-27 · Alan Mackenzie <hidden>
• COLD40d [Patch 6/9]: vt: Use u32 and typedef u1632 to handle whole glyphs
  2026-08-27 · Alan Mackenzie <hidden>
• COLD40d [Patch 4/9]: Amend internal manipulation of glyph structure
  2026-08-27 · Alan Mackenzie <hidden>
• COLD40d [Patch 3/9]: Replace scr_readw/writew by scr_readg/writeg, etc
  2026-08-27 · Alan Mackenzie <hidden>
• COLD40d [Patch 2/9]: Glyph size: Use GLYPH_SZ/HW rather than hardcoded 2, 1
  2026-08-27 · Alan Mackenzie <hidden>
• STALE186d [PATCH v2 10/10] fbcon: Put font-rotation state into separate struct
  2026-04-07 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE186d [PATCH v2 07/10] lib/fonts: Refactor glyph-rotation helpers
  2026-04-07 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE186d [PATCH v2 04/10] lib/fonts: Clean up Makefile
  2026-04-07 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE186d [PATCH v2 09/10] fbcon: Fill cursor mask in helper function
  2026-04-07 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE186d [PATCH v2 08/10] lib/fonts: Implement font rotation
  2026-04-07 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE186d [PATCH v2 03/10] lib/fonts: Provide helpers for calculating glyph pitch and size
  2026-04-07 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE186d [PATCH v2 06/10] lib/fonts: Refactor glyph-pattern helpers
  2026-04-07 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE186d [PATCH v2 01/10] fbcon: Avoid OOB font access if console rotation fails
  2026-04-07 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE186d [PATCH v2 05/10] lib/fonts: Implement glyph rotation
  2026-04-07 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE193d [PATCH 08/10] lib/fonts: Implement font rotation
  2026-03-27 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE193d [PATCH 07/10] lib/fonts: Refactor glyph-rotation helpers
  2026-03-27 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE193d [PATCH 10/10] fbcon: Put font-rotation state into separate struct
  2026-03-27 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE193d [PATCH 06/10] lib/fonts: Refactor glyph-pattern helpers
  2026-03-27 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE193d [PATCH 09/10] fbcon: Fill cursor mask in helper function
  2026-03-27 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE193d [PATCH 04/10] lib/fonts: Clean up Makefile
  2026-03-27 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE193d [PATCH 05/10] lib/fonts: Implement glyph rotation
  2026-03-27 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>

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.

• COLD18d REVIEWED: 3 (3M) [PATCH v2 5/5] fbcon: Replace fbcon_fill_cursor_mask() with fbcon_cursor_glyph()
  2026-09-15 · 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.

• STALE193d [PATCH 01/10] fbcon: Avoid OOB font access if console rotation fails
  2026-03-27 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE193d [PATCH 03/10] lib/fonts: Provide helpers for calculating glyph pitch and size
  2026-03-27 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE193d [PATCH 05/10] lib/fonts: Implement glyph rotation
  2026-03-27 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE193d [PATCH 06/10] lib/fonts: Refactor glyph-pattern helpers
  2026-03-27 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE193d [PATCH 09/10] fbcon: Fill cursor mask in helper function
  2026-03-27 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE193d [PATCH 07/10] lib/fonts: Refactor glyph-rotation helpers
  2026-03-27 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE193d [PATCH 10/10] fbcon: Put font-rotation state into separate struct
  2026-03-27 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE193d [PATCH 08/10] lib/fonts: Implement font rotation
  2026-03-27 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE186d [PATCH v2 01/10] fbcon: Avoid OOB font access if console rotation fails
  2026-04-07 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE186d [PATCH v2 06/10] lib/fonts: Refactor glyph-pattern helpers
  2026-04-07 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>