[PATCH 00/20] fbconsole: support TUI-relevant escape sequences
Sascha Hauer
s.hauer at pengutronix.de
Thu May 7 03:38:32 PDT 2026
On Sun, 03 May 2026 10:33:02 +0200, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
> A BIOS-style TUI in barebox could go a long way towards making barebox
> more user friendly: It could list different parameters with familiar
> controls instead of having to juggle around commands like varinfo,
> devinfo and magicvar.
>
> This could especially be the case for barebox running on laptops.
> Laptops tend to not have a serial port routed out though, so the TUI we
> provide will need to be displayed on the framebuffer.
>
> [...]
Applied, thanks!
[01/20] fbconsole: remove incomplete CSI_CNT state
https://git.pengutronix.de/cgit/barebox/commit/?id=bcb124745b8e (link may not be stable)
[02/20] fbconsole: improve handling of unexpected escape sequences
https://git.pengutronix.de/cgit/barebox/commit/?id=b6a0b7ad796c (link may not be stable)
[03/20] fbconsole: fix handling of CSI buffer overflow
https://git.pengutronix.de/cgit/barebox/commit/?id=b1411fc06c29 (link may not be stable)
[04/20] fbconsole: do not reset cursor visibility alongside attributes
https://git.pengutronix.de/cgit/barebox/commit/?id=0baace394402 (link may not be stable)
[05/20] fbconsole: respect hidden cursor everywhere
https://git.pengutronix.de/cgit/barebox/commit/?id=eb9b3a6df103 (link may not be stable)
[06/20] fbconsole: call fb_blit_area for every drawchar
https://git.pengutronix.de/cgit/barebox/commit/?id=f777532ed693 (link may not be stable)
[07/20] fbconsole: skip fb_flush when processing escape sequences
https://git.pengutronix.de/cgit/barebox/commit/?id=10017213d4f7 (link may not be stable)
[08/20] fbconsole: factor out helpers for clamped cursor row/col setting
https://git.pengutronix.de/cgit/barebox/commit/?id=edab1bfe5135 (link may not be stable)
[09/20] fbconsole: precompute foreground/background colors
https://git.pengutronix.de/cgit/barebox/commit/?id=0c23c98ef2d3 (link may not be stable)
[10/20] fbconsole: collect renderable state into struct fbc_screen_state
https://git.pengutronix.de/cgit/barebox/commit/?id=66d67d10e68c (link may not be stable)
[11/20] fbconsole: implement CSI A/B/C/D cursor movement sequences
https://git.pengutronix.de/cgit/barebox/commit/?id=68e444aeb157 (link may not be stable)
[12/20] fbconsole: restrict cursor visibility to DEC private mode 25
https://git.pengutronix.de/cgit/barebox/commit/?id=6fb64e7f77e3 (link may not be stable)
[13/20] fbconsole: add new clear_chars helper
https://git.pengutronix.de/cgit/barebox/commit/?id=d19954ffc166 (link may not be stable)
[14/20] fbconsole: implement erase entire line CSI
https://git.pengutronix.de/cgit/barebox/commit/?id=ad5234f31da4 (link may not be stable)
[15/20] fbconsole: support ESC[0J and ESC[1J partial screen clear
https://git.pengutronix.de/cgit/barebox/commit/?id=f8c1647644a1 (link may not be stable)
[16/20] fbconsole: implement DEC save/restore cursor
https://git.pengutronix.de/cgit/barebox/commit/?id=2d4af741a35f (link may not be stable)
[17/20] fbconsole: implement VT100 deferred wrap (last column flag)
https://git.pengutronix.de/cgit/barebox/commit/?id=c24266453a78 (link may not be stable)
[18/20] fbconsole: implement alternate screen buffer (ESC[?1049h/l)
https://git.pengutronix.de/cgit/barebox/commit/?id=b435c4794dd1 (link may not be stable)
[19/20] fbconsole: adapt logging depending on activated streams
https://git.pengutronix.de/cgit/barebox/commit/?id=e429e2ea0c63 (link may not be stable)
[20/20] netconsole: suppress log message when opening console file
https://git.pengutronix.de/cgit/barebox/commit/?id=4b87b1a12dd4 (link may not be stable)
Best regards,
--
Sascha Hauer <s.hauer at pengutronix.de>
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