Re: [PATCH] video: fbdev: remove Hercules monochrome ISA graphics adapter driver

[Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>]

On 5/8/26 14:08, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
> Am 03.05.26 um 06:56 schrieb Ethan Nelson-Moore:
>> The hgafb supports graphics adapters compatible with the Hercules
>> adapter from 1984. These were ISA cards or onboard devices that
>> supported monochrome 720x348 graphics. This driver was created in 1999
>> by Ferenc Bakonyi. In the entire Git history (since Linux 2.6.12-rc2),
>> there has only been one commit in 2010 which indicated that the driver
>> was in use, commit 529ed806d454 ("video: Fix the HGA framebuffer
>> driver"). The commit message states:
>>      Only tested with fbcon, since most fbdev-based software appears
>>      to only support 12bpp and up. It does not appear that this driver has
>>      worked for at least the entire 2.6.x series, perhaps since 2002.
>> Given the age and limited capabilities of the hardware and the lack of
>> users, remove this driver and move the former maintainer to CREDITS.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Ethan Nelson-Moore <enelsonmoore@gmail.com>
> 
> Acked-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
applied to fbdev git tree.

This driver is now 27 years old, the card was developed 44 years ago,
and since we don't support i386 or i486 CPUs any longer, it's
really unlikely someone still uses this card.

Thanks!
Helge