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/fbcon.h
• F include/linux/font.h
• F lib/fonts/

Last 30 days

Recent patches

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

• COLD56d [PATCH v2 10/10] fbcon: Put font-rotation state into separate struct
  2026-04-07 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• COLD56d [PATCH v2 07/10] lib/fonts: Refactor glyph-rotation helpers
  2026-04-07 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• COLD56d [PATCH v2 04/10] lib/fonts: Clean up Makefile
  2026-04-07 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• COLD56d [PATCH v2 09/10] fbcon: Fill cursor mask in helper function
  2026-04-07 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• COLD56d [PATCH v2 08/10] lib/fonts: Implement font rotation
  2026-04-07 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• COLD56d [PATCH v2 03/10] lib/fonts: Provide helpers for calculating glyph pitch and size
  2026-04-07 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• COLD56d [PATCH v2 06/10] lib/fonts: Refactor glyph-pattern helpers
  2026-04-07 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• COLD56d [PATCH v2 01/10] fbcon: Avoid OOB font access if console rotation fails
  2026-04-07 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• COLD56d [PATCH v2 05/10] lib/fonts: Implement glyph rotation
  2026-04-07 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE62d [PATCH 08/10] lib/fonts: Implement font rotation
  2026-03-27 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE62d [PATCH 07/10] lib/fonts: Refactor glyph-rotation helpers
  2026-03-27 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE62d [PATCH 10/10] fbcon: Put font-rotation state into separate struct
  2026-03-27 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE62d [PATCH 06/10] lib/fonts: Refactor glyph-pattern helpers
  2026-03-27 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE62d [PATCH 09/10] fbcon: Fill cursor mask in helper function
  2026-03-27 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE62d [PATCH 04/10] lib/fonts: Clean up Makefile
  2026-03-27 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE62d [PATCH 05/10] lib/fonts: Implement glyph rotation
  2026-03-27 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE62d [PATCH 03/10] lib/fonts: Provide helpers for calculating glyph pitch and size
  2026-03-27 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE62d [PATCH 01/10] fbcon: Avoid OOB font access if console rotation fails
  2026-03-27 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE125d [PATCH] printk, vt, fbcon: Remove console_conditional_schedule()
  2026-01-26 · Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
• STALE132d printk's threaded legacy console + fbcon => schedule where it should not
  2026-01-14 · Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
• STALE734d REVIEWED: 3 (3M) [PATCH v5 3/3] VT: Allow to get max font width and height
  2024-04-17 · Alexey Gladkov <legion@kernel.org>
• STALE734d REVIEWED: 3 (3M) [PATCH v4 3/3] VT: Allow to get max font width and height
  2024-04-02 · Alexey Gladkov <legion@kernel.org>
• STALE734d 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>
• STALE734d [PATCH v3 2/2] VT: Allow to get max font width and height
  2024-03-12 · legion@kernel.org
• STALE861d LANDED [PATCH v2 42/47] fbcon: remove fbcon_getxy()
  2024-01-22 · "Jiri Slaby (SUSE)" <jirislaby@kernel.org>
• STALE861d LANDED [PATCH v2 39/47] fbcon: remove consw::con_screen_pos()
  2024-01-22 · "Jiri Slaby (SUSE)" <jirislaby@kernel.org>
• STALE861d LANDED [PATCH v2 37/47] tty: vt: make consw::con_font_default()'s name const
  2024-01-22 · "Jiri Slaby (SUSE)" <jirislaby@kernel.org>
• STALE861d LANDED [PATCH v2 36/47] tty: vt: make font of consw::con_font_set() const
  2024-01-22 · "Jiri Slaby (SUSE)" <jirislaby@kernel.org>
• STALE861d LANDED [PATCH v2 35/47] tty: vt: make types around consw::con_blank() bool
  2024-01-22 · "Jiri Slaby (SUSE)" <jirislaby@kernel.org>
• STALE861d LANDED [PATCH v2 34/47] tty: vt: use enum constants for VESA blanking modes
  2024-01-22 · "Jiri Slaby (SUSE)" <jirislaby@kernel.org>

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.

• STALE62d [PATCH 01/10] fbcon: Avoid OOB font access if console rotation fails
  2026-03-27 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE62d [PATCH 03/10] lib/fonts: Provide helpers for calculating glyph pitch and size
  2026-03-27 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE62d [PATCH 05/10] lib/fonts: Implement glyph rotation
  2026-03-27 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE62d [PATCH 06/10] lib/fonts: Refactor glyph-pattern helpers
  2026-03-27 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE62d [PATCH 09/10] fbcon: Fill cursor mask in helper function
  2026-03-27 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE62d [PATCH 07/10] lib/fonts: Refactor glyph-rotation helpers
  2026-03-27 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE62d [PATCH 10/10] fbcon: Put font-rotation state into separate struct
  2026-03-27 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE62d [PATCH 08/10] lib/fonts: Implement font rotation
  2026-03-27 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• COLD56d [PATCH v2 01/10] fbcon: Avoid OOB font access if console rotation fails
  2026-04-07 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• COLD56d [PATCH v2 06/10] lib/fonts: Refactor glyph-pattern helpers
  2026-04-07 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>