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)

• HOTtoday Linux 6.18.57
  2026-10-15 10:37 · 1 reply in 7d · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• HOTtoday [PATCH 6.18 000/621] 6.18.57-rc1 review
  2026-10-13 12:17 · 1 reply in 7d · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

Recent patches

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

• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 6.18.57
  2026-10-15 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• HOTtoday [PATCH 6.18 364/621] fbdev: Wrap user-invoked calls to fb_set_var() in helper
  2026-10-13 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• COLD24d Re: Linux 6.18.53
  2026-09-21 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 6.12.111
  2026-09-21 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• COLD23d [PATCH 6.12 0263/1102] fbcon: dont suspend/resume when vc is graphics mode
  2026-09-17 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• COLD26d [PATCH 6.18 0369/1250] fbcon: dont suspend/resume when vc is graphics mode
  2026-09-17 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• COLD38d Re: Linux 7.2.4
  2026-09-07 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• COLD27d [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18] fbdev: Wrap user-invoked calls to fb_set_var() in helper
  2026-08-31 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• COLD27d [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-6.12] fbcon: don't suspend/resume when vc is graphics mode
  2026-08-31 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• COLD49d Re: Linux 7.1.11
  2026-08-27 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• COLD51d [PATCH 7.1.y 1/2] fbdev: Wrap user-invoked calls to fb_set_var() in helper
  2026-08-24 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• COLD53d Re: Linux 6.1.184
  2026-08-23 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 5.15.217
  2026-08-23 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 7.1.9
  2026-08-19 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• COLD57d Re: Linux 6.18.45
  2026-08-19 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• COLD57d Re: Linux 6.12.104
  2026-08-19 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• COLD57d Re: Linux 6.6.152
  2026-08-19 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 6.1.183
  2026-08-19 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 5.15.216
  2026-08-19 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 5.10.265
  2026-08-19 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 6.12.101
  2026-08-03 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 6.6.148
  2026-08-03 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• 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>
• STALE83d 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>

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.

• STALE135d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH 5.15 036/570] fbcon: Extract fbcon_open/release helpers +569 more in this series
  2026-04-13 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> · 1 Acked-by
• STALE153d 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
• STALE112d 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
• STALE103d 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
• STALE102d 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
• STALE102d 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
• STALE102d 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
• STALE102d 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
• STALE102d 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 [PATCH v2 01/10] fbcon: Avoid OOB font access if console rotation fails +9 more in this series
  2026-04-07 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE135d [PATCH 5.15 038/570] fbcon: check return value of con2fb_acquire_newinfo() +569 more in this series
  2026-04-13 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 5.15.203
  2026-04-18 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 7.0.7
  2026-05-14 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH 6.18.y 2/2] fbcon: Avoid OOB font access if console rotation fails
  2026-05-14 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH 6.12.y] fbcon: Avoid OOB font access if console rotation fails
  2026-05-14 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH 6.6.y] fbcon: Avoid OOB font access if console rotation fails
  2026-05-15 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH 6.1.y] fbcon: Avoid OOB font access if console rotation fails
  2026-05-15 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH 5.15.y] fbcon: Avoid OOB font access if console rotation fails
  2026-05-15 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH 5.10.y] fbcon: Avoid OOB font access if console rotation fails
  2026-05-15 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>