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

Recent patches

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

• COLD59d [PATCH] video: console: mdacon: remove this obsolete driver
  2026-05-20 · Ethan Nelson-Moore <hidden>
• STALE102d [PATCH v2 10/10] fbcon: Put font-rotation state into separate struct
  2026-04-07 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE102d [PATCH v2 09/10] fbcon: Fill cursor mask in helper function
  2026-04-07 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE102d [PATCH v2 08/10] lib/fonts: Implement font rotation
  2026-04-07 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE102d [PATCH v2 03/10] lib/fonts: Provide helpers for calculating glyph pitch and size
  2026-04-07 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE102d [PATCH v2 01/10] fbcon: Avoid OOB font access if console rotation fails
  2026-04-07 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE102d [PATCH v2 05/10] lib/fonts: Implement glyph rotation
  2026-04-07 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE108d [PATCH 08/10] lib/fonts: Implement font rotation
  2026-03-27 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE108d [PATCH 10/10] fbcon: Put font-rotation state into separate struct
  2026-03-27 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE108d [PATCH 09/10] fbcon: Fill cursor mask in helper function
  2026-03-27 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE108d [PATCH 05/10] lib/fonts: Implement glyph rotation
  2026-03-27 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE108d [PATCH 03/10] lib/fonts: Provide helpers for calculating glyph pitch and size
  2026-03-27 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE108d [PATCH 01/10] fbcon: Avoid OOB font access if console rotation fails
  2026-03-27 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE171d [PATCH] printk, vt, fbcon: Remove console_conditional_schedule()
  2026-01-26 · Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
• STALE178d printk's threaded legacy console + fbcon => schedule where it should not
  2026-01-14 · Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
• STALE737d [DO NOT MERGE v8 23/36] mfd: sm501: Convert platform_data to OF property
  2024-05-29 · Yoshinori Sato <ysato@users.sourceforge.jp>
• STALE780d REVIEWED: 3 (3M) [PATCH v5 3/3] VT: Allow to get max font width and height
  2024-04-17 · Alexey Gladkov <legion@kernel.org>
• STALE807d [RESEND v7 24/37] mfd: sm501: Convert platform_data to OF property
  2024-04-04 · Yoshinori Sato <ysato@users.sourceforge.jp>
• STALE780d REVIEWED: 3 (3M) [PATCH v4 3/3] VT: Allow to get max font width and height
  2024-04-02 · Alexey Gladkov <legion@kernel.org>
• STALE780d 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>
• STALE780d [PATCH v3 2/2] VT: Allow to get max font width and height
  2024-03-12 · legion@kernel.org
• STALE907d LANDED [PATCH v2 42/47] fbcon: remove fbcon_getxy()
  2024-01-22 · "Jiri Slaby (SUSE)" <jirislaby@kernel.org>
• STALE907d LANDED [PATCH v2 39/47] fbcon: remove consw::con_screen_pos()
  2024-01-22 · "Jiri Slaby (SUSE)" <jirislaby@kernel.org>
• STALE907d LANDED [PATCH v2 38/47] tty: vt: change consw::con_set_origin() return type
  2024-01-22 · "Jiri Slaby (SUSE)" <jirislaby@kernel.org>
• STALE907d LANDED [PATCH v2 37/47] tty: vt: make consw::con_font_default()'s name const
  2024-01-22 · "Jiri Slaby (SUSE)" <jirislaby@kernel.org>
• STALE907d LANDED [PATCH v2 36/47] tty: vt: make font of consw::con_font_set() const
  2024-01-22 · "Jiri Slaby (SUSE)" <jirislaby@kernel.org>
• STALE907d LANDED [PATCH v2 35/47] tty: vt: make types around consw::con_blank() bool
  2024-01-22 · "Jiri Slaby (SUSE)" <jirislaby@kernel.org>
• STALE907d LANDED [PATCH v2 34/47] tty: vt: use enum constants for VESA blanking modes
  2024-01-22 · "Jiri Slaby (SUSE)" <jirislaby@kernel.org>
• STALE907d LANDED [PATCH v2 33/47] tty: vt: use VESA blanking constants
  2024-01-22 · "Jiri Slaby (SUSE)" <jirislaby@kernel.org>
• STALE907d LANDED [PATCH v2 32/47] tty: vt: define a common enum for VESA blanking constants
  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.

• STALE108d [PATCH 01/10] fbcon: Avoid OOB font access if console rotation fails
  2026-03-27 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE108d [PATCH 03/10] lib/fonts: Provide helpers for calculating glyph pitch and size
  2026-03-27 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE108d [PATCH 05/10] lib/fonts: Implement glyph rotation
  2026-03-27 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE108d [PATCH 09/10] fbcon: Fill cursor mask in helper function
  2026-03-27 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE108d [PATCH 10/10] fbcon: Put font-rotation state into separate struct
  2026-03-27 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE108d [PATCH 08/10] lib/fonts: Implement font rotation
  2026-03-27 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE102d [PATCH v2 01/10] fbcon: Avoid OOB font access if console rotation fails
  2026-04-07 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE102d [PATCH v2 08/10] lib/fonts: Implement font rotation
  2026-04-07 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE102d [PATCH v2 03/10] lib/fonts: Provide helpers for calculating glyph pitch and size
  2026-04-07 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE102d [PATCH v2 09/10] fbcon: Fill cursor mask in helper function
  2026-04-07 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>