AMD Stages A Number Of Fixes Ahead Of Linux 4.20~5.0 - Plus Vega 20 "MGPU Fan Boost"

[ryad]

Why, exactly? Unlike fglrx, I see no reason why amdgpu-pro isn't an option for most x86 users.

Well, let's be honest. I, like probably many others, switched to AMD mainly for ideological reasons. Because there are open-source drivers, we are independent of any decisions by the manufacturer and it is more sympathetic to support the underdog (for several reasons). But in terms of performance, the manufacturer doesn't really provide convincing reasons. Neither hardware nor software. To my knowledge, AMD's proprietary Linux driver is still much worse than the Windows driver. Quite contrary to nvidia's Linux driver. It just doesn't make much sense to use the proprietary amdgpu-pro when you can have the same performance with the open-source stack, except adaptive sync of course. But if I wanted to continue using closed-source drivers, I could have stayed with the competitor.

[Twysock]

As much as I welcome the AMD driver news, which is good almost every day, I'm certainly not the only one who finally wants out-of-the-box Adaptive Sync support. One has the feeling that we have been "nearing completion" for a year, but that nothing really goes in the direction of completion.

I really hope that DC and the necessary adjustments in user space will be ready by the middle of next year. And no, the proprietary solution is not an option for most of us.

BR

They've been actively working with Intel and other Devs on getting a community approved/supported implementation done.

[schmidtbag]

And no, the proprietary solution is not an option for most of us.

Why, exactly? Unlike fglrx, I see no reason why amdgpu-pro isn't an option for most x86 users.

[ryad]

As much as I welcome the AMD driver news, which is good almost every day, I'm certainly not the only one who finally wants out-of-the-box Adaptive Sync support. One has the feeling that we have been "nearing completion" for a year, but that nothing really goes in the direction of completion.

I really hope that DC and the necessary adjustments in user space will be ready by the middle of next year. And no, the proprietary solution is not an option for most of us.

BR

[phoronix]

Phoronix: AMD Stages A Number Of Fixes Ahead Of Linux 4.20~5.0 - Plus Vega 20 "MGPU Fan Boost"

Following several interesting and exciting feature pull requests for the next Linux kernel (to be released as either version 4.20 or 5.0), AMD developers have moved onto stabilizing this massive amount of new feature code...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=AMDGPU-Fixes-Ahead-4.20