AMD Catalyst 9.10 Linux Driver Released

[cruiseoveride]

ahh another penny for the poor.

[cruiseoveride]

also contains a major advancement too, which will be exposed in the near future.

The only major advancement I want is a file size reduction from 80+mb to a less promiscuous 20ish mb

[Yfrwlf]

The only major advancement I want is a file size reduction from 80+mb to a less promiscuous 20ish mb

I'd guess the actual driver is smaller still. I mean, can a graphics card driver really be bigger than an entire complex kernel?

[cruiseoveride]

I'd guess the actual driver is smaller still. I mean, can a graphics card driver really be bigger than an entire complex kernel?

I think the ATi devs have no idea how to write a Linux driver, so they wrote an entire new kernel and embedded it with the graphics driver.

[smitty3268]

I'd guess the actual driver is smaller still. I mean, can a graphics card driver really be bigger than an entire complex kernel?

Actually, that's not much of a surprise. They've got to stick a lot of stuff into there - not just handling the hardware itself, but also a full-blown compiler and OpenGL implementation. Now 80MB is fairly ridiculous, but being larger than an OS kernel isn't much of a stretch.

[sabriah]

The version in Ubuntu 9.10 is an earlier version of the code specifically for Ubuntu; the Catalyst 9.10 driver should contain additional changes.

Wow. That would give them the Nobel Peace Prize, if true.

[Kano]

What a cool news entry as the file is still missing. Also the gfx card choice does not include 5xxx yet.

[energyman]

the driver package is so big, because they include drivers for elderly X versions and precomiled stuff. You guys would complain, if you had to install gcc or the driver stops working with your distribution from 2008.

[GreekGeek]

Hi Yall & Michael,

Dude, in regards to "Available over at AMD.com is now the Catalyst 9.10 Linux driver update," being somewhat pre-mature, a suggestion. Either include a link that works or rephrase to something like, "due out sometime today..."

Bridgman, (I remembered, no "e.") it has been about seven hours, since AMD/ATI said the file was there. Not very professional.... Take one egg, break, pour over face? ;-)

Next time, liven the link THEN publish it? :-)

Anyways, it will be live sometime soon and indeed "due out sometime today..." which is just in time for the weekend. So thanks for that AMD/ATI guys! :-)

This 5850 is an uber mind piece of hardware & plays CIV-IV, beautifully.

Have a fun weekend yall.

Greekgeek :-)

[tmpdir]

"Catalyst 9.10 also contains a major advancement too"

I feel like a kid waiting behind the couch to see its shoe filled with presents. Hope this time my waiting will not quash my future experience.

The only major advancement I want is a file size reduction from 80+mb to a less promiscuous 20ish mb

Already explained to often on these threads, will never happen for catalyst. radeon* drivers are your friends here.

I'm having no problems with the size... only hoping for beter 2d performance and video acc. maybe 50% of my wishes will be granted soon