Shared core code for the kernel's framebuffer subsystem (fbdev), providing the common helpers, registration logic, and abstractions that individual framebuffer drivers build on top of. It does not drive any specific piece of hardware itself.
This is not actually a hardware driver directory; it is the common plumbing that all fbdev drivers share. Any keep-or-remove conversation belongs with the individual framebuffer drivers and with the broader fbdev-versus-DRM transition, not with this support layer.
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Not a driver directory: fbdev core infrastructure/shared helper code, not a hardware-bound device driver directory.