AMDGPU Firmware Blobs Updated For Video Encode/Decode

[phoronix]

Phoronix: AMDGPU Firmware Blobs Updated For Video Encode/Decode

There are updated AMDGPU microcode/firmware files now available for recent Radeon GPUs...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=AMDGPU-FW-UVD-VCE-VCN-Update

[moilami]

A new Obama backdoor

[varikonniemi]

Ah, the mandated black box when the driver is made open source.

[WolfpackN64]

If they could just open-source the firmware... Please AMD!

[duby229]

Well, the changelog should at least be detailed..... But short of failing to document, I don't see a problem.

[cRaZy-bisCuiT]

@AMD devs: Since no one seems to have a clue how that's supposed to work: Could you please post the command needed to make use of AMD VCE while using OBS and custom ffmpeg-output or provice a propper plugin for that?

[starshipeleven]

Ah, the mandated black box when the driver is made open source.

Closed drivers (on Windows) use the same firmwares too. It's just embedded in the closed driver package.

[starshipeleven]

If they could just open-source the firmware... Please AMD!

It's proprietary hardware. Opensourcing these low-level firmwares is pretty much impossible.

[WolfpackN64]

It's proprietary hardware. Opensourcing these low-level firmwares is pretty much impossible.

Why? They make the hardware, they can do with the software what they want.

[FireBurn]

I'm surprised there wasn't one for Tonga too