AMD Preps More GPU Driver Fixes For Linux 6.14, Cleaner Shader For RDNA2 dGPUs

[phoronix]

Phoronix: AMD Preps More GPU Driver Fixes For Linux 6.14, Cleaner Shader For RDNA2 dGPUs

On Friday AMD sent out another round of patches that are destined for the upcoming Linux 6.14 kernel cycle...

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.14-Cleaner-Shader-RDNA2

[davidbepo]

this sounds like a perf hit, any nums on it?

[geerge]

this sounds like a perf hit, any nums on it?

Sounds like the sort of perf hit you might get from something like C initialisation, aka bugger all unless you're juggling thousands of kernels getting loaded in per second (which isn't typical?).

[ahrs]

I wish there were some way to easily see, maybe an asterisk, which of these changes get backported.

Great stuff nonetheless

git log --grep='amdgpu' on the stable git kernel tree?

[mrg666]

I still like my 6800xt. RDNA2 updates are very much appreciated. Thank you, AMD!

[mrg666]

I wish there were some way to easily see, maybe an asterisk, which of these changes get backported.

Great stuff nonetheless

I will just build and switch to 6.14 when it is released instead worrying about backports. You can do the same.

[SentakuHM]

Another reason makes me keep my precious Rx 6800 .

[castlefox]

Is this new update only for RNDA2 hardware that are dGPUs ???

[geerge]

I still like my 6800xt. RDNA2 updates are very much appreciated. Thank you, AMD!

Quiet you, we need gamers to upgrade and flood the market