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/dev/fbN

/dev/fbN (N being a number) represents a frame buffer device (which is an abstraction for graphics hardware).

TODO

# dmesg | grep fb0
…
[    1.813295] fb0: EFI VGA frame buffer device
$ sudo lshw -C display | grep 'logical name'
       logical name: /dev/fb0

See also

/dev/ttyN
/sys/class/graphics/fbN
/dev
The config option FB.

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