I wonder if there is any plan about updating catalyst-legacy drivers or not. I expect an update at least about wayland support in the future. Am i too optimistic ?
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AMD Catalyst Beats NVIDIA To Linux 3.12 Support
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Originally posted by Ericg View PostBecause if the developers get something wrong they want to be able to fix their mistake. Also they dont want 'abandonware' in the kernel where a third party writes something once, then never re-visits it.
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Originally posted by johnc View PostFollowing that logic it appears that kernel developers get things wrong very, very frequently.
Apple ? Each new OSX -> new gpu drivers + new kernel changes.
MS ? Each new Win -> new gpu driver models + new kernel changes.
Linux ? same here...
Get over it. GPU drivers is area of INTENSE development.
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Originally posted by johnc View PostFollowing that logic it appears that kernel developers get things wrong very, very frequently.
By allowing changes they allow things to remain fluid and don't shoot themselves into the foot with promises they cant keep.
This change, in regards to the Nvidia driver, SOUNDS like a pointer or a #define that pointed to a set of numbers was changed into a function which returns the set of numbers. Though thats just a quick reading, I could be wrong on that. Want to know why? Check the kernel's git log and if the summary isn't enough, email the developer.All opinions are my own not those of my employer if you know who they are.
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Originally posted by przemoli View PostEverybody does it for GPU's...
Apple ? Each new OSX -> new gpu drivers + new kernel changes.
MS ? Each new Win -> new gpu driver models + new kernel changes.
Linux ? same here...
Get over it. GPU drivers is area of INTENSE development.
The difference is a new Mac version comes out once a year, a new windows version typically comes out every 2 years (though this may be every year now), and in the linux world we get a new version every 2 or 3 months. Why? Release Early. Release Often.All opinions are my own not those of my employer if you know who they are.
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Hey guys honestly now I believe the article is WRONG!
Does anyone of you actually tried to install the 13.11 beta1 fglrx under Kernel 3.12???
Or just speak hypothetically??
I say it is NOT built under kernel 3.12! Neither under 3.11... Only patched maybe!
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Originally posted by GreatEmerald View PostThat's not how it works. According to the AMD devs, fglrx has always supported the latest and greatest kernels. It's just that while going through internal testing, those latest and greatest kernels usually become old and outdated.
From the release notes:
Linux Distributions Supported:
The AMD Catalyst? 13.11 Beta V1 Driver for Linux is designed to support the following Linux distributions:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Suite 6.3 and 6.4
SUSE? Linux Enterprise 11 SP3
OpenSUSE 11.4 and 12.1
Ubuntu 12.04.2 and 13.04
But then, they also write stuff like this in there:
The following packages must be installed in order for the AMD Catalyst? Linux graphics driver to install and work optimally:
gimp-help-en
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Originally posted by xeekei View PostThis is because I just switched to NVidia. Thanks, AMD. I turn around and you start to get your shit together.
Not only drivers are getting better (mostly opensource ones which is the most significant) also the R 2xx hardware is superior to nvidia's cards and even cheaper a great deal.
By the way can someone tell me how the hell I can install Fglrx 13.11 beta 1 under kernel 3.12 to do that testing myself?? Whatever I tried it just does NOT compile the module!
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