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17.Dd $Mdocdate: January 19 2019 $
18.Dt SIMPLEFB 4
19.Os
20.Sh NAME
21.Nm simplefb
22.Nd simple frame buffer
23.Sh SYNOPSIS
24.Cd "simplefb* at fdt?"
25.Cd "wsdisplay* at simplefb?"
26.Sh DESCRIPTION
27The
28.Nm
29driver supports the frame buffer set up by firmware or the bootloader
30on systems that use a device tree to describe the hardware.
31.Pp
32The
33.Nm
34driver interfaces the frame buffer with the
35.Xr wscons 4
36console framework.
37It does not provide direct device driver entry points
38but makes its functions available via the internal
39.Xr wsdisplay 4
40interface.
41.Sh SEE ALSO
42.Xr intro 4 ,
43.Xr wscons 4 ,
44.Xr wsdisplay 4
45