Open-Source AMD Driver Gets "Hainan" GPU Support

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Open-Source AMD Driver Gets "Hainan" GPU Support

The open-source AMD Linux graphics driver now boasts support for AMD's next-generation "Hainan" GPU products, a.k.a. the Radeon HD 8800 series...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTM3MTA

[przemoli]

"Same day support"

GJ AMD.

(Now what if I may ask? "Compute", and transition to "LLVM"?)

[Calinou]

"Same day support"

GJ AMD.

(Now what if I may ask? "Compute", and transition to "LLVM"?)

How about asking "decent 3D performance" instead?

[brosis]

How about asking "decent 3D performance" instead?

They already have it with Vadim's patches. What is missing is automatic power management.

[Kivada]

They already have it with Vadim's patches. What is missing is automatic power management.

Which is apparently done, and just waiting in legal hell.

[olesalscheider]

No DCE, no UVD - are you sure that Hainan is the GPU for the Radeon HD 8800 series?

[bridgman]

No DCE, no UVD - are you sure that Hainan is the GPU for the Radeon HD 8800 series?

Seems unlikely, doesn't it