fbdevhw(4)

fbdevhw4

Os-specific submodule for framebuffer device access

Overview

fbdevhw provides functions for talking to a framebuffer device. It is os-specific. It is a submodule used by other video drivers. A fbdevhw module is currently available for linux framebuffer devices.

fbdev(4) is a non-accelerated driver which runs on top of the fbdevhw module. fbdevhw can be used by other drivers too, this is usually activated with `Option "UseFBDev"' in the device section.

Releases

11 releases since Debian 3.0 (Woody); the text changed 10 times.

  1. 3.0
  2. 5.0
  3. 6.0
  4. 7
  5. 8
  6. 9
  7. 10
  8. 11
  9. 12
  10. 13
  11. Arch

Authors

Authors include: Gerd Knorr, based on the XF68_FBDev Server code (Martin Schaller, Geert Uytterhoeven).

From xorg-server 21.1.25-2 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.