There is no /dev/fb0 framebuffer in Orin nano

Autonomous Machines Jetson & Embedded Systems Jetson Orin Nano
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I have a Orin Nano dev kit board, below is board information. We found there is no framebuffer device /dev/fb0 in Orin nano. Is this known issue or expected on Orin? Can we have framebuffer device back?

Model: NVIDIA Orin Nano Developer Kit - Jetpack 5.1.1 [L4T 35.3.1]
NV Power Mode[1]: 7W
Serial Number: [XXX Show with: jetson_release -s XXX]
Hardware:

  • 699-level Part Number: 699-13767-0005-300 K.2
  • P-Number: p3767-0005
  • Module: NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano (Developer kit)
  • SoC: tegra23x
  • CUDA Arch BIN: 8.7
  • Codename: P3768
    Platform:
  • Machine: aarch64
  • System: Linux
  • Distribution: Ubuntu 20.04 focal
  • Release: 5.10.104-tegra
  • Python: 3.8.10
    jtop:
  • Version: 4.2.1
  • Service: Active
    Libraries:
  • CUDA: 11.4.315
  • cuDNN: 8.6.0.166
  • TensorRT: 8.5.2.2
  • VPI: 2.2.7
  • Vulkan: 1.3.204
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Just checked developer guide. Look framebuffer is not supported on Orin for now.

Fb Console : Kernel frame buffer console is not supported currently. It will be supported along with the Seamless display feature

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Hi,
The framebuffer console is not supported on Jetpack 5 now. We are evaluating to support it in the future.

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@DaneLLL ,

Do you have plan when framebuffer console will be supported?