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)

• DORMANTno replies Linux 6.18.40
  2026-07-24 15:06 · 1 reply in 7d · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• HOTtoday Linux 6.12.97
  2026-07-24 15:06 · 1 reply in 7d · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Linux 6.6.145
  2026-07-24 15:06 · 1 reply in 7d · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• HOTtoday Linux 6.1.178
  2026-07-24 15:06 · 1 reply in 7d · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• HOTtoday Linux 5.10.261
  2026-07-24 15:05 · 1 reply in 7d · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• HOTtoday Linux 5.15.212
  2026-07-24 15:05 · 1 reply in 7d · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• WARM2d REVIEWED: 7 (7M) FAILED: patch "[PATCH] fbcon: Use correct type for vc_resize() return value" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree
  2026-07-22 17:30 · 2 replies in 7d · <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• WARM2d REVIEWED: 7 (7M) FAILED: patch "[PATCH] fbcon: Use correct type for vc_resize() return value" failed to apply to 6.1-stable tree
  2026-07-22 16:54 · 2 replies in 7d · <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• WARM2d REVIEWED: 7 (7M) FAILED: patch "[PATCH] fbcon: Use correct type for vc_resize() return value" failed to apply to 6.6-stable tree
  2026-07-22 16:08 · 2 replies in 7d · <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• WARM2d REVIEWED: 7 (7M) FAILED: patch "[PATCH] fbcon: Use correct type for vc_resize() return value" failed to apply to 6.12-stable tree
  2026-07-22 14:48 · 2 replies in 7d · <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

Active reviewers (last 30 days)

• Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
  21 attestations (21 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-07-22
• Sam Ravnborg <hidden>
  4 attestations (4 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-07-22
• Ethan Nelson-Moore <hidden>
  1 attestation (1 Reported-by) · last on 2026-07-21

Recent patches

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

• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 6.18.40
  2026-07-24 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 6.12.97
  2026-07-24 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• HOTtoday Re: Linux 6.6.145
  2026-07-24 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 6.1.178
  2026-07-24 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 5.10.261
  2026-07-24 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 5.15.212
  2026-07-24 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 7 (7M) [PATCH 5.15.y 2/2] fbcon: Use correct type for vc_resize() return value
  2026-07-22 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH 5.15.y 1/2] fbcon: Rename struct fbcon_ops to struct fbcon_par
  2026-07-22 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 7 (7M) [PATCH 6.1.y 2/2] fbcon: Use correct type for vc_resize() return value
  2026-07-22 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• WARM2d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH 6.1.y 1/2] fbcon: Rename struct fbcon_ops to struct fbcon_par
  2026-07-22 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 7 (7M) [PATCH 6.6.y 2/2] fbcon: Use correct type for vc_resize() return value
  2026-07-22 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• WARM2d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH 6.6.y 1/2] fbcon: Rename struct fbcon_ops to struct fbcon_par
  2026-07-22 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 7 (7M) [PATCH 6.12.y 2/2] fbcon: Use correct type for vc_resize() return value
  2026-07-22 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• WARM2d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH 6.12.y 1/2] fbcon: Rename struct fbcon_ops to struct fbcon_par
  2026-07-22 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• WARM2d REVIEWED: 7 (7M) [PATCH 7.1 0602/2077] fbdev/arm: Export acorndata_8x8 font symbol for bootloader
  2026-07-21 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• WARM2d REVIEWED: 7 (7M) FAILED: patch "[PATCH] fbcon: Use correct type for vc_resize() return value" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree
  2026-07-20 · <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• WARM2d REVIEWED: 7 (7M) FAILED: patch "[PATCH] fbcon: Use correct type for vc_resize() return value" failed to apply to 6.1-stable tree
  2026-07-20 · <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• WARM2d REVIEWED: 7 (7M) FAILED: patch "[PATCH] fbcon: Use correct type for vc_resize() return value" failed to apply to 6.6-stable tree
  2026-07-20 · <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• WARM2d REVIEWED: 7 (7M) FAILED: patch "[PATCH] fbcon: Use correct type for vc_resize() return value" failed to apply to 6.12-stable tree
  2026-07-20 · <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 6.18.39
  2026-07-18 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 6.12.96
  2026-07-18 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 7 (7M) [PATCH 5.10.y] fbdev: fbcon: fix out-of-bounds read in err_out of fbcon_do_set_font()
  2026-07-05 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 7 (7M) [PATCH 5.15.y] fbdev: fbcon: fix out-of-bounds read in err_out of fbcon_do_set_font()
  2026-07-05 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 7 (7M) [PATCH 6.1.y] fbdev: fbcon: fix out-of-bounds read in err_out of fbcon_do_set_font()
  2026-07-05 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 7 (7M) [PATCH 6.6.y] fbdev: fbcon: fix out-of-bounds read in err_out of fbcon_do_set_font()
  2026-07-05 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 7 (7M) [PATCH 6.12.y] fbdev: fbcon: fix out-of-bounds read in err_out of fbcon_do_set_font()
  2026-07-05 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 7 (7M) [PATCH 6.18.y] fbdev: fbcon: fix out-of-bounds read in err_out of fbcon_do_set_font()
  2026-07-04 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• COLD21d Re: Linux 7.1.3
  2026-07-04 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• COLD19d REVIEWED: 7 (7M) FAILED: patch "[PATCH] fbdev: fbcon: fix out-of-bounds read in err_out of" failed to apply to 5.10-stable tree
  2026-07-02 · <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• COLD19d REVIEWED: 7 (7M) FAILED: patch "[PATCH] fbdev: fbcon: fix out-of-bounds read in err_out of" failed to apply to 6.6-stable tree
  2026-07-02 · <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

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.

• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 7 (7M) [PATCH 5.15.y] fbcon: Set fb_display[i]->mode to NULL when the mode is released
  2026-03-31 · Johnny Hao <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE71d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH 6.18.y 1/2] fbcon: Rename struct fbcon_ops to struct fbcon_par
  2026-05-14 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> · 1 Reviewed-by
• COLD29d REVIEWED: 7 (7M) [PATCH v2] fbdev: fbcon: fix out-of-bounds read in err_out of fbcon_do_set_font()
  2026-06-25 · Mingyu Wang <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• COLD20d REVIEWED: 7 (7M) FAILED: patch "[PATCH] fbdev: fbcon: fix out-of-bounds read in err_out of" failed to apply to 6.18-stable tree
  2026-07-02 · <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> · 1 Reviewed-by
• COLD20d REVIEWED: 7 (7M) FAILED: patch "[PATCH] fbdev: fbcon: fix out-of-bounds read in err_out of" failed to apply to 6.12-stable tree
  2026-07-02 · <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> · 1 Reviewed-by
• COLD19d REVIEWED: 7 (7M) FAILED: patch "[PATCH] fbdev: fbcon: fix out-of-bounds read in err_out of" failed to apply to 6.1-stable tree
  2026-07-02 · <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> · 1 Reviewed-by
• COLD19d REVIEWED: 7 (7M) FAILED: patch "[PATCH] fbdev: fbcon: fix out-of-bounds read in err_out of" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree
  2026-07-02 · <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> · 1 Reviewed-by
• COLD19d REVIEWED: 7 (7M) FAILED: patch "[PATCH] fbdev: fbcon: fix out-of-bounds read in err_out of" failed to apply to 6.6-stable tree
  2026-07-02 · <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> · 1 Reviewed-by
• COLD19d REVIEWED: 7 (7M) FAILED: patch "[PATCH] fbdev: fbcon: fix out-of-bounds read in err_out of" failed to apply to 5.10-stable tree
  2026-07-02 · <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> · 1 Reviewed-by
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 7 (7M) [PATCH 6.18.y] fbdev: fbcon: fix out-of-bounds read in err_out of fbcon_do_set_font()
  2026-07-04 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> · 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.

• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 5.10.248
  2026-01-19 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 5.10.249
  2026-02-06 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies WTF: patch "[PATCH] fbcon: Remove struct fbcon_display.inverse" was seriously submitted to be applied to the 6.19-stable tree?
  2026-02-17 · <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies WTF: patch "[PATCH] fbcon: Remove struct fbcon_display.inverse" was seriously submitted to be applied to the 6.18-stable tree?
  2026-02-17 · <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies WTF: patch "[PATCH] fbcon: Remove struct fbcon_display.inverse" was seriously submitted to be applied to the 6.12-stable tree?
  2026-02-17 · <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies WTF: patch "[PATCH] fbcon: Remove struct fbcon_display.inverse" was seriously submitted to be applied to the 6.6-stable tree?
  2026-02-17 · <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• STALE137d [PATCH 6.19 808/844] fbcon: check return value of con2fb_acquire_newinfo()
  2026-02-28 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• STALE137d [PATCH 6.19 812/844] fbcon: Remove struct fbcon_display.inverse
  2026-02-28 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• STALE146d [PATCH 6.18 720/752] fbcon: check return value of con2fb_acquire_newinfo()
  2026-02-28 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• STALE146d [PATCH 6.18 724/752] fbcon: Remove struct fbcon_display.inverse
  2026-02-28 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>