Radeon "Southern Islands" Support Continues Improving In AMDGPU Driver - GPU Reset

[illwieckz]

The switch to AMDGPU generally means slightly better performance, running on more maintained driver code in general, and perhaps most importantly is that using the AMDGPU kernel driver allows the RADV/AMDVLK Vulkan drivers to function on this hardware.

Michael turning on amdgpu instead of radeonsi also allows to run (Legacy Orca AMDGPU-PRO) OpenCL on GPUs based on GCN1 and GCN2.

While Mesa/LLVM's Clover is enough for things like LuxRender, a more feature-complete OpenCL driver is required by things like DarkTable or Blender.

Turning on amdgpu on all GCN GPUs by default would be really good to see because turning on amdgpu makes available many features, not only for gaming features.