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Latest 30 postings or standalone patches (up to 30), newest first. Counts below cover matching patches in linuxppc-dev touching this subsystem.

• mm: make VMA flag semantics explicit, eliminate VM_SPECIAL v6 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: LANDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v6 19/39] fbdev: defio: assert FBINFO_VIRTFB, drop VM_IO, add VM_MIXEDMAP 2026-10-13
  2026-10-13 · Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@kernel.org>
• mm: make VMA flag semantics explicit, eliminate VM_SPECIAL v5 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: SUPERSEDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v5 18/38] fbdev: defio: assert FBINFO_VIRTFB, drop VM_IO, add VM_MIXEDMAP 2026-10-09
  2026-10-09 · Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@kernel.org>
• mm: make VMA flag semantics explicit, eliminate VM_SPECIAL v4 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: SUPERSEDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v4 18/38] fbdev: defio: assert FBINFO_VIRTFB, drop VM_IO, add VM_MIXEDMAP 2026-10-03
  2026-10-03 · Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@kernel.org>
• mm: make VMA flag semantics explicit, eliminate VM_SPECIAL v3 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: SUPERSEDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v3 19/40] fbdev: defio: assert FBINFO_VIRTFB, drop VM_IO, add VM_MIXEDMAP 2026-09-17
  2026-09-17 · Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@kernel.org>
• mm: make VMA flag semantics explicit, eliminate VM_SPECIAL v2 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: SUPERSEDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v2 19/40] fbdev: defio: assert FBINFO_VIRTFB, drop VM_IO, add VM_MIXEDMAP 2026-09-14
  2026-09-14 · Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@kernel.org>
• mm: make VMA flag semantics explicit, eliminate VM_SPECIAL v1 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: SUPERSEDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH 18/39] fbdev: defio: assert FBINFO_VIRTFB, drop VM_IO, add VM_MIXEDMAP 2026-09-08
  2026-09-08 · Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@kernel.org>
• [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18] fbdev: Wrap user-invoked calls to fb_set_var() in helper 2026-08-31 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• mm: convert more vm_flags_t users to vma_flags_t v2 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: LANDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v2 08/13] mm: introduce vma_get_page_prot() and use it 2026-07-11
  2026-07-11 · Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>
• convert more vm_flags_t users to vma_flags_t v1 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: Pending Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH 08/13] mm: introduce vma_get_page_prot() and use it 2026-06-29
  2026-06-29 · Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>
• fbdev: Internalize fbcon v3 · 4 matching patches

  Entire posting: Pending Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v3 1/4] fbdev: Wrap user-invoked calls to fb_set_var() in helper 2026-05-27
  • [PATCH v3 2/4] fbdev: Wrap user-invoked calls to fb_blank() in helper 2026-05-27
  • [PATCH v3 3/4] fbdev: Wrap fbcon updates from vga-switcheroo in helper 2026-05-27
  • [PATCH v3 4/4] fbdev: Do not export fbcon from fbdev 2026-05-27
  2026-05-27 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• fbdev: Internalize fbcon v2 · 4 matching patches

  Entire posting: SUPERSEDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v2 1/4] fbdev: Wrap user-invoked calls to fb_set_var() in helper 2026-05-22
  • [PATCH v2 2/4] fbdev: Wrap user-invoked calls to fb_blank() in helper 2026-05-22
  • [PATCH v2 3/4] fbdev: Wrap fbcon updates from vga-switcheroo in helper 2026-05-22
  • [PATCH v2 4/4] fbdev: Do not export fbcon from fbdev 2026-05-22
  2026-05-22 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• fbdev: Internalize fbcon v1 · 4 matching patches

  Entire posting: SUPERSEDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH 1/4] fbdev: Wrap user-invoked calls to fb_set_var() in helper 2026-05-20
  • [PATCH 2/4] fbdev: Wrap user-invoked calls to fb_blank() in helper 2026-05-20
  • [PATCH 3/4] fbdev: Wrap fbcon updates from vga-switcheroo in helper 2026-05-20
  • [PATCH 4/4] fbdev: Do not export fbcon from fbdev 2026-05-20
  2026-05-20 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• drm,fbdev: Fix module dependencies v3 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: LANDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v3 1/3] fbdev: Fix recursive dependencies wrt BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE 2024-12-16
  2024-12-16 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• drm,fbdev: Fix module dependencies v2 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: SUPERSEDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v2 1/3] fbdev: Fix recursive dependencies wrt BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE 2024-12-12
  2024-12-12 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• drm,fbdev: Fix module dependencies v1 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: SUPERSEDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH 1/3] fbdev: Fix recursive dependencies wrt BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE 2024-12-10
  2024-12-10 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• arch: Remove fbdev dependency from video helpers v3 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: REVIEWED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v3 2/3] arch: Remove struct fb_info from video helpers 2024-03-29
  2024-03-29 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• arch: Remove fbdev dependency from video helpers v2 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: SUPERSEDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v2 2/3] arch: Remove struct fb_info from video helpers 2024-03-27
  2024-03-27 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• arch: Remove fbdev dependency from video helpers v1 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: SUPERSEDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH 2/3] arch: Remove struct fb_info from video helpers 2024-02-21
  2024-02-21 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• ppc, fbdev: Clean up fbdev mmap helper v5 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: LANDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v5 2/5] fbdev: Replace fb_pgprotect() with pgprot_framebuffer() 2023-09-22
  2023-09-22 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• ppc, fbdev: Clean up fbdev mmap helper v4 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: SUPERSEDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v4 2/5] fbdev: Replace fb_pgprotect() with pgprot_framebuffer() 2023-09-12
  2023-09-12 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• ppc, fbdev: Clean up fbdev mmap helper v3 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: SUPERSEDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v3 2/5] fbdev: Replace fb_pgprotect() with fb_pgprot_device() 2023-09-11
  2023-09-11 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• ppc, fbdev: Clean up fbdev mmap helper v2 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: SUPERSEDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v2 2/5] fbdev: Replace fb_pgprotect() with fb_pgprot_device() 2023-09-06
  2023-09-06 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• ppc, fbdev: Clean up fbdev mmap helper v1 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: SUPERSEDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH 4/4] fbdev: Replace fb_pgprotect() with fb_pgprot_device() 2023-09-01
  2023-09-01 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• fbdev: Remove FBINFO_DEFAULT and FBINFO_FLAG_DEFAULT flags v4 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: LANDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v4 18/18] fbdev: Document that framebuffer_alloc() returns zero'ed data 2023-07-15
  2023-07-15 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• fbdev: Remove FBINFO_DEFAULT and FBINFO_FLAG_DEFAULT flags v3 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: SUPERSEDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v3 18/18] fbdev: Document that framebuffer_alloc() returns zero'ed data 2023-07-14
  2023-07-14 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• fbdev: Remove FBINFO_DEFAULT and FBINFO_FLAG_DEFAULT flags v2 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: SUPERSEDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v2 18/18] fbdev: Document that framebuffer_alloc() returns zero'ed data 2023-07-13
  2023-07-13 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• arch,fbdev: Move screen_info into arch/ v1 · 3 matching patches

  Entire posting: Pending Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH 10/12] fbdev/core: Use fb_is_primary_device() in fb_firmware_edid() 2023-06-29
  • [PATCH 11/12] fbdev/core: Protect edid_info with CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_EDID_INFO 2023-06-29
  • [PATCH 12/12] fbdev/core: Define empty fb_firmware_edid() in <linux/fb.h> 2023-06-29
  2023-06-29 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• drm,fbdev: Move video= option to drivers/video v1 · 7 matching patches

  Entire posting: LANDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH 01/11] fbdev: Fix contact info in fb_cmdline.c 2023-02-09
  • [PATCH 02/11] fbdev: Transfer video= option strings to caller; clarify ownership 2023-02-09
  • [PATCH 03/11] fbdev: Support NULL for name in option-string lookup 2023-02-09
  • [PATCH 05/11] fbdev: Read video= option with fb_get_option() in modedb 2023-02-09
  • [PATCH 06/11] fbdev: Unexport fb_mode_option 2023-02-09
  • [PATCH 07/11] fbdev: Move option-string lookup into helper 2023-02-09
  • [PATCH 08/11] fbdev: Handle video= parameter in video/cmdline.c 2023-02-09
  2023-02-09 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• introduce vm_flags modifier functions v4 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: LANDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v4 4/7] mm: replace vma->vm_flags direct modifications with modifier calls 2023-01-26
  2023-01-26 · Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
• introduce vm_flags modifier functions v3 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: SUPERSEDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v3 4/7] mm: replace vma->vm_flags direct modifications with modifier calls 2023-01-25
  2023-01-25 · Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>