Open-Source AMD UVD Now Works For RadeonSI

[agd5f]

If you didn't use desktop compositing (which helps raising power states) it was a slideshow (~8 fps), definitely not useable

It actually had nothing to do with power states, it was the interrupts for the additional work on the gfx pipe that helped retire the fences quicker since the UVD interrupts weren't working.

[darkbasic]

P.S.
Flash player hardware acceleration doesn't work anymore since one/two months: flash player crashes 90% of the times when you start a video. Is it a known regression?

[darkbasic]

If you didn't use desktop compositing (which helps raising power states) it was a slideshow (~8 fps), definitely not useable

[agd5f]

FWIW, UVD was working before on SI, this just improves performance.

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Open-Source AMD UVD Now Works For RadeonSI

The open-source AMD Radeon Linux graphics driver should now properly handle using the Unified Video Decoder (UVD) with RadeonSI (HD 7000 series and newer hardware) if using the very latest code...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTU4ODE