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

Most active threads (last 7 days)

• HOTtoday [PATCH v3 00/40] mm: make VMA flag semantics explicit, eliminate VM_SPECIAL
  2026-09-17 16:32 · 1 reply in 7d · "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>
• HOTtoday [PATCH v2 00/40] mm: make VMA flag semantics explicit, eliminate VM_SPECIAL
  2026-09-14 15:08 · 1 reply in 7d · "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>
• COOLING6d [PATCH v3 0/3] Bring includes in linux/kmod.h up to date
  2026-09-11 14:47 · 1 reply in 7d · Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>

Active reviewers (last 30 days)

• Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
  2 attestations (2 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-09-17

Recent patches

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

• HOTtoday REVIEWED: 7 (7M) [PATCH v3 19/40] fbdev: defio: assert FBINFO_VIRTFB, drop VM_IO, add VM_MIXEDMAP
  2026-09-17 · "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>
• HOTtoday REVIEWED: 7 (7M) [PATCH v2 19/40] fbdev: defio: assert FBINFO_VIRTFB, drop VM_IO, add VM_MIXEDMAP
  2026-09-14 · "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>
• COOLING6d [PATCH v3 1/3] umh, treewide: Explicitly include linux/umh.h where needed
  2026-09-11 · Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>
• WARM1d [PATCH 09/14] mfd: remove unused lm3533 driver
  2026-09-09 · Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>
• WARM1d [PATCH 08/14] mfd: remove unused aat2870 driver
  2026-09-09 · Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>
• WARM1d [PATCH 07/14] mfd: remove unused lp8788 driver
  2026-09-09 · Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>
• WARM1d [PATCH 06/14] mfd: remove unused da903x driver
  2026-09-09 · Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>
• WARM1d [PATCH 05/14] mfd: remove unused adp5520 driver
  2026-09-09 · Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>
• WARM3d [PATCH 18/39] fbdev: defio: assert FBINFO_VIRTFB, drop VM_IO, add VM_MIXEDMAP
  2026-09-08 · "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>
• HOTtoday [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18] fbdev: Wrap user-invoked calls to fb_set_var() in helper
  2026-08-31 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• COLD52d [PATCH v2 1/3] umh, treewide: Explicitly include linux/umh.h where needed
  2026-07-21 · Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>
• COLD57d IN MM: 3 (3M) [PATCH v2 08/13] mm: introduce vma_get_page_prot() and use it
  2026-07-11 · Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>
• STALE69d [PATCH 1/2] umh, treewide: Explicitly include linux/umh.h where needed
  2026-07-08 · Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>
• STALE68d [PATCH 08/13] mm: introduce vma_get_page_prot() and use it
  2026-06-29 · Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>
• STALE102d [PATCH v3 3/4] fbdev: Wrap fbcon updates from vga-switcheroo in helper
  2026-05-27 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE102d [PATCH v3 1/4] fbdev: Wrap user-invoked calls to fb_set_var() in helper
  2026-05-27 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE102d [PATCH v3 4/4] fbdev: Do not export fbcon from fbdev
  2026-05-27 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE102d [PATCH v3 2/4] fbdev: Wrap user-invoked calls to fb_blank() in helper
  2026-05-27 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE114d [PATCH v2 4/4] fbdev: Do not export fbcon from fbdev
  2026-05-22 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE114d [PATCH v2 3/4] fbdev: Wrap fbcon updates from vga-switcheroo in helper
  2026-05-22 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE114d [PATCH v2 2/4] fbdev: Wrap user-invoked calls to fb_blank() in helper
  2026-05-22 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE114d [PATCH v2 1/4] fbdev: Wrap user-invoked calls to fb_set_var() in helper
  2026-05-22 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE118d [PATCH 4/4] fbdev: Do not export fbcon from fbdev
  2026-05-20 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE118d [PATCH 3/4] fbdev: Wrap fbcon updates from vga-switcheroo in helper
  2026-05-20 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE118d [PATCH 2/4] fbdev: Wrap user-invoked calls to fb_blank() in helper
  2026-05-20 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE118d [PATCH 1/4] fbdev: Wrap user-invoked calls to fb_set_var() in helper
  2026-05-20 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE634d [PATCH v3 1/3] fbdev: Fix recursive dependencies wrt BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE
  2024-12-16 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE634d [PATCH v2 1/3] fbdev: Fix recursive dependencies wrt BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE
  2024-12-12 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE645d [PATCH 1/3] fbdev: Fix recursive dependencies wrt BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE
  2024-12-10 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE827d [PATCH v1 1/1] treewide: Align match_string() with sysfs_match_string()
  2024-06-03 · Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>

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.

• STALE118d [PATCH 2/4] fbdev: Wrap user-invoked calls to fb_blank() in helper
  2026-05-20 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE118d [PATCH 4/4] fbdev: Do not export fbcon from fbdev
  2026-05-20 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE114d [PATCH v2 1/4] fbdev: Wrap user-invoked calls to fb_set_var() in helper
  2026-05-22 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE114d [PATCH v2 2/4] fbdev: Wrap user-invoked calls to fb_blank() in helper
  2026-05-22 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE114d [PATCH v2 4/4] fbdev: Do not export fbcon from fbdev
  2026-05-22 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE102d [PATCH v3 2/4] fbdev: Wrap user-invoked calls to fb_blank() in helper
  2026-05-27 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE102d [PATCH v3 4/4] fbdev: Do not export fbcon from fbdev
  2026-05-27 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE102d [PATCH v3 1/4] fbdev: Wrap user-invoked calls to fb_set_var() in helper
  2026-05-27 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE102d [PATCH v3 3/4] fbdev: Wrap fbcon updates from vga-switcheroo in helper
  2026-05-27 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• COLD52d [PATCH v2 1/3] umh, treewide: Explicitly include linux/umh.h where needed
  2026-07-21 · Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>