fb: remove support

The Linux fbdev subsystem has been deprecated for more than a decade as there are better options available now.
Sanjukademani · Jun 3, 2022 · 2999e6a · 2999e6a
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diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ Video output:
  * Remove Real demuxer plugin
  * Fix washed out black on NVIDIA cards with Direct3D9
  * On-Screen-Display is off by default in libvlc
+ * Remove deprecated Linux framebuffer plugin
 
 Audio filter:
  * Add RNNoise recurrent neural network denoiser

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
@@ -3518,13 +3518,6 @@ AS_IF([test "${enable_directx}" != "no"], [
   ])
 ])
 
-dnl
-dnl  Linux framebuffer module
-dnl
-AC_CHECK_HEADER([linux/fb.h], [
-  VLC_ADD_PLUGIN([fb])
-])
-
 dnl
 dnl  Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) plugins
 dnl

diff --git a/modules/video_output/Makefile.am b/modules/video_output/Makefile.am
@@ -304,14 +304,6 @@ endif
 endif
 
 
-### FrameBuffer ###
-
-libfb_plugin_la_SOURCES = video_output/fb.c
-libfb_plugin_la_LDFLAGS = $(AM_LDFLAGS) -rpath '$(voutdir)'
-EXTRA_LTLIBRARIES += libfb_plugin.la
-vout_LTLIBRARIES += $(LTLIBfb)
-
-
 ### Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) ###
 
 libkms_plugin_la_SOURCES = video_output/kms.c