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17.Dd $Mdocdate: October 3 2020 $
18.Dt ASTFB 4 powerpc64
19.Os
20.Sh NAME
21.Nm astfb
22.Nd Aspeed BMC frame buffer
23.Sh SYNOPSIS
24.Cd "astfb* at pci?"
25.Cd "wsdisplay* at astfb?"
26.Sh DESCRIPTION
27The
28.Nm
29driver supports the frame buffer set up by firmware
30on systems with an Aspeed Baseboard Management Controller (BMC).
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.Sh HISTORY
46The
47.Nm
48driver first appeared in
49.Ox 6.9 .
50.Sh AUTHORS
51.An -nosplit
52The
53.Nm
54driver was written by
55.An Mark Kettenis Aq Mt kettenis@openbsd.org .
56