simplefb(4)

simplefb4

Simple frame buffer

Usage

simplefb* at fdt? wsdisplay* at simplefb?

Overview

The simplefb driver supports the frame buffer set up by firmware or the bootloader on systems that use a device tree to describe the hardware.

The simplefb driver interfaces the frame buffer with the wscons(4) console framework. It does not provide direct device driver entry points but makes its functions available via the internal wsdisplay(4) interface.

Releases

21 releases since OpenBSD 6.1; the text changed 1 time.

  1. 6.1–6.4
  2. 6.5–8.0

From man 8.0-current-20261101 in OpenBSD 8.0-current (2026-11-01). Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.