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AMDGPU
Initial release1.0 / 20 April 2015; 10 years ago (2015-04-20)[1]
Stable release
21.0.0 / 30 July 2021; 3 years ago (2021-07-30)[2]
Repositorycgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-amdgpu/
Written inC
Operating systemLinux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD
Platformx86, x86-64
TypeDevice driver
LicenseMIT License

AMDGPU is AMD's fully open source unified graphics driver for Linux.[3] AMDGPU officially supports cards built upon GCN 1.2 or higher, though as of 2021 support for GCN 1.0/1.1 is incomplete,[4] it can be enabled by a kernel parameter[5][6] and some Linux distributions enabled it by default.[7]

AMDGPU also has an optional closed-source component, which operates on top of the open source AMDGPU for alternative 3D application support, known as AMDGPU-PRO.[8]

Diagram
Linux device drivers for AMD hardware as of August 2016

See also

References

  1. ^ "Initial amdgpu driver release". 20 April 2015.
  2. ^ "xf86-video-amdgpu".
  3. ^ "Open-Source AMDGPU Linux Driver Gets Its First Point Release for Mesa 11.2". Linux.softpedia.com. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
  4. ^ "Defaulting Radeon GCN 1.0/1.1 GPUs To Better Linux Driver Is Held Up By Analog Outputs". Phoronix. Retrieved 2021-03-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "AMD Unleashes Initial AMDGPU Driver Support For GCN 1.0 / Southern Islands GPUs". Phoronix. 2016-05-13. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
  6. ^ "AMDgpu driver documentation". Freedesktop.org.
  7. ^ "Mageia 8 RC1 Brings AMDGPU For GCN 1.0/1.1, NVIDIA GLVND, Linux 5.10 LTS". Phoronix. Retrieved 2021-03-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ "AMD's gaming-optimized AMDGPU-PRO driver for Linux is in beta". PCWorld. Retrieved 2016-07-25.