diff --git a/repos/os/src/drivers/framebuffer/boot/README b/repos/os/src/drivers/framebuffer/boot/README
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+This directory contains the implementation of a framebuffer driver which
+relies on a pre-intialised graphic device, e.g. by BIOS/UEFI or bootloader.
+
+Behavior
+--------
+
+The driver looks for a ROM named 'platform_info' with the following XML
+nodes and attributes:
+
+<platform_info>
+	<boot>
+		<framebuffer phys="0x7300000" width="1024" height="768" bpp="32"/>
+	</boot>
+</platform_info>
+
+If the framebuffer node exists and all attributes, the driver opens up a
+IO_MEM session with the given physical addres as framebuffer memory and
+renders the framebuffer content into the given area.
diff --git a/repos/os/src/drivers/framebuffer/boot/framebuffer.cc b/repos/os/src/drivers/framebuffer/boot/framebuffer.cc
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+/*
+ * \brief  Framebuffer driver that uses a framebuffer supplied by the core rom.
+ * \author Johannes Kliemann
+ * \date   2017-06-12
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 Genode Labs GmbH
+ *
+ * This file is part of the Genode OS framework, which is distributed
+ * under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License version 3.
+ */
+
+#include <framebuffer.h>
+#include <base/component.h>
+
+using namespace Framebuffer;
+
+Session_component::Session_component(Genode::Env &env,
+                                     Genode::Xml_node pinfo)
+: _env(env)
+{
+	try {
+		Genode::Xml_node fb = pinfo.sub_node("boot").sub_node("framebuffer");
+
+		fb.attribute("phys").value(&_core_fb.addr);
+		fb.attribute("width").value(&_core_fb.width);
+		fb.attribute("height").value(&_core_fb.height);
+		fb.attribute("bpp").value(&_core_fb.bpp);
+	} catch (...) {
+		Genode::error("No boot framebuffer information available.");
+		throw Genode::Service_denied();
+	}
+
+	Genode::log("Framebuffer with ", _core_fb.width, "x", _core_fb.height,
+	            "x", _core_fb.bpp, " @ ", (void*)_core_fb.addr);
+
+	_fb_mem.construct(
+		_env,
+		_core_fb.addr,
+		_core_fb.width * _core_fb.height * _core_fb.bpp / 4,
+		true);
+
+	_fb_mode = Mode(_core_fb.width, _core_fb.height, Mode::RGB565);
+
+	_fb_ram.construct(_env.ram(), _env.rm(),
+	                  _core_fb.width * _core_fb.height * _fb_mode.bytes_per_pixel());
+}
+
+Mode Session_component::mode() const { return _fb_mode; }
+
+void Session_component::mode_sigh(Genode::Signal_context_capability _scc) { }
+
+void Session_component::sync_sigh(Genode::Signal_context_capability scc)
+{
+	timer.sigh(scc);
+	timer.trigger_periodic(10*1000);
+}
+
+void Session_component::refresh(int x, int y, int w, int h)
+{
+	Genode::uint32_t u_x = (Genode::uint32_t)Genode::min(_core_fb.width,  (Genode::uint32_t)Genode::max(x, 0));
+	Genode::uint32_t u_y = (Genode::uint32_t)Genode::min(_core_fb.height, (Genode::uint32_t)Genode::max(y, 0));
+	Genode::uint32_t u_w = (Genode::uint32_t)Genode::min(_core_fb.width,  (Genode::uint32_t)Genode::max(w, 0) + u_x);
+	Genode::uint32_t u_h = (Genode::uint32_t)Genode::min(_core_fb.height, (Genode::uint32_t)Genode::max(h, 0) + u_y);
+	Genode::Pixel_rgb888 *pixel_32 = _fb_mem->local_addr<Genode::Pixel_rgb888>();
+	Genode::Pixel_rgb565 *pixel_16 = _fb_ram->local_addr<Genode::Pixel_rgb565>();
+	for (Genode::uint32_t r = u_y; r < u_h; ++r){
+		for (Genode::uint32_t c = u_x; c < u_w; ++c){
+			Genode::uint32_t i = c + r * _core_fb.width;
+			pixel_32[i].rgba(
+				pixel_16[i].r(),
+				pixel_16[i].g(),
+				pixel_16[i].b(),
+				0);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+Genode::Dataspace_capability Session_component::dataspace()
+{
+	return _fb_ram->cap();
+}
diff --git a/repos/os/src/drivers/framebuffer/boot/include/framebuffer.h b/repos/os/src/drivers/framebuffer/boot/include/framebuffer.h
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+++ b/repos/os/src/drivers/framebuffer/boot/include/framebuffer.h
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+/*
+ * \brief  Framebuffer driver that uses a framebuffer supplied by the core rom.
+ * \author Johannes Kliemann
+ * \date   2017-06-12
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 Genode Labs GmbH
+ *
+ * This file is part of the Genode OS framework, which is distributed
+ * under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License version 3.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _FRAMEBUFFER_H_
+#define _FRAMEBUFFER_H_
+
+#include <base/component.h>
+#include <framebuffer_session/framebuffer_session.h>
+#include <base/attached_io_mem_dataspace.h>
+#include <base/attached_ram_dataspace.h>
+#include <base/signal.h>
+#include <util/reconstructible.h>
+#include <timer_session/connection.h>
+#include <util/xml_node.h>
+#include <os/pixel_rgb565.h>
+#include <os/pixel_rgb888.h>
+
+namespace Framebuffer {
+
+	class Session_component;
+}
+
+class Framebuffer::Session_component : public Genode::Rpc_object<Framebuffer::Session>
+{
+	private:
+
+		Genode::Env &_env;
+
+		struct fb_desc {
+			Genode::uint64_t addr;
+			Genode::uint32_t width;
+			Genode::uint32_t height;
+			Genode::uint32_t bpp;
+		} _core_fb;
+
+		Mode _fb_mode;
+
+		Genode::Constructible<Genode::Attached_io_mem_dataspace> _fb_mem;
+		Genode::Constructible<Genode::Attached_ram_dataspace> _fb_ram;
+
+		Timer::Connection timer { _env };
+
+	public:
+		Session_component(Genode::Env &, Genode::Xml_node);
+		Mode mode() const override;
+		void mode_sigh(Genode::Signal_context_capability) override;
+		void sync_sigh(Genode::Signal_context_capability) override;
+		void refresh(int, int, int, int) override;
+		Genode::Dataspace_capability dataspace() override;
+};
+
+#endif // _FRAMEBUFFER_H_
diff --git a/repos/os/src/drivers/framebuffer/boot/main.cc b/repos/os/src/drivers/framebuffer/boot/main.cc
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+/*
+ * \brief  Framebuffer driver that uses a framebuffer supplied by the core rom.
+ * \author Johannes Kliemann
+ * \date   2017-06-12
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 Genode Labs GmbH
+ *
+ * This file is part of the Genode OS framework, which is distributed
+ * under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License version 3.
+ */
+
+#include <base/component.h>
+#include <base/attached_rom_dataspace.h>
+#include <dataspace/capability.h>
+#include <os/static_root.h>
+
+#include <framebuffer.h>
+
+struct Main {
+
+	Genode::Env &env;
+
+	Genode::Attached_rom_dataspace pinfo {
+		env,
+		"platform_info"
+	};
+
+	Framebuffer::Session_component fb {
+		env,
+		pinfo.xml(),
+	};
+
+	Genode::Static_root<Framebuffer::Session> fb_root {env.ep().manage(fb)};
+
+	Main(Genode::Env &env) : env(env)
+	{
+		env.parent().announce(env.ep().manage(fb_root));
+	}
+};
+
+void Component::construct(Genode::Env &env) {
+
+	static Main inst(env);
+
+}
diff --git a/repos/os/src/drivers/framebuffer/boot/target.mk b/repos/os/src/drivers/framebuffer/boot/target.mk
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+TARGET   = fb_boot_drv
+LIBS     = base
+SRC_CC   = main.cc framebuffer.cc
+INC_DIR += $(PRG_DIR)/include