AMDgpu (Linux kernel module)
| AMDgpu | |
|---|---|
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| Initial release | 1.0 / 20 April 2015[1] |
| Stable release | 21.0.0
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| Repository | github.com/radeonopencompute/rock-kernel-driver |
| Written in | C |
| Operating system | Linux |
| Platform | x86-64 |
| Type | Device driver |
| License | MIT License |
AMDgpu is AMD's fully open source unified kernel driver for its GPUs on Linux.[2] It takes the form of an in-tree kernel module. As of 2022, AMDgpu development at AMD is part of ROCm.
AMDgpu has been fully upstreamed and new developments continue to do so. AMD Kernel Fusion Driver (KFD) is now integrated in this one kernel module.
As AMDgpu is part of the monolithic linux kernel, it is shipped by most Linux distributions directly. AMDgpu-pro, still distributed by AMD directly, is somewhat reliably more up-to-date compared to that of kernels shipped in regular operating system distributions.
AMDgpu officially supports cards built upon GCN 1.2 or higher (including new instruction sets such as RDNA1-2).
Though as of 2021[update] support for GCN 1.0/1.1 is incomplete,[3] it can be enabled by a kernel parameter[4][5] and some Linux distributions enabled it by default.[6]
See also
References
- ^ "Initial amdgpu driver release". 20 April 2015.
- ^ "Open-Source AMDGPU Linux Driver Gets Its First Point Release for Mesa 11.2". Linux.softpedia.com. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
- ^ "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) - ^ "AMD Unleashes Initial AMDGPU Driver Support For GCN 1.0 / Southern Islands GPUs". Phoronix. 2016-05-13. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
- ^ "AMDgpu driver documentation". Freedesktop.org.
- ^ "Mageia 8 RC1 Brings AMDGPU For GCN 1.0/1.1, NVIDIA GLVND, Linux 5.10 LTS". Phoronix. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
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External links
- "AMDgpu driver". Linux kernel. 2022-01-23.
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