SIMPLEFB(4)

💖 SIMPLEFB(4) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel Interfaces Manual, section 4 — this is the simplefb page and honestly it's a short one but it's lowkey iconic 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

simplefb — simple frame buffer 🖼️

like... the name is literally the whole vibe. simple. frame. buffer. no notes. 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

simplefb* at fdt?
wsdisplay* at simplefb?

that's it, that's the config. two little lines and you're slaying ✨

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's the tea ☕ — 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. so basically the firmware/bootloader already did the hard work, and simplefb is just there to appreciate it 🫶 no cap.

then — and this is the important part — the simplefb driver interfaces that frame buffer with the wscons(4) console framework. so it's the little matchmaker between the frame buffer and your console. main character energy fr fr 💜

and like, don't come for it expecting a whole direct device driver entry point situation — it does not provide direct device driver entry points. nope. instead it makes its functions available via the internal wsdisplay(4) interface. iykyk 😌

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🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

• intro(4)
• wscons(4)
• wsdisplay(4)

read these next, bestie, they're the friends of the group chat 🌈💖

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and that's the whole page!! short, sweet, and to the point — a literal snack 🍓

cute little sign-off: this page is from Debian, dated January 19, 2019 — so like, vintage but make it fashion 👑💅✨