AMDGPU X.Org 1.1 Driver Adds Polaris Support, VDPAU/OpenGL Interop With DRI3

[phoronix]

Phoronix: AMDGPU X.Org 1.1 Driver Adds Polaris Support, VDPAU/OpenGL Interop With DRI3

In addition to xf86-video-ati 7.7 being released this morning, AMD developers released the xf86-video-amdgpu 1.1 DDX for those using a GCN 1.2+ GPU with the AMDGPU kernel driver...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=AMDGPU-Xorg-1.1-Driver

[Pontostroy]

I made my new gearsongallium livecd with amdgpu support(CIK\gcn 1.1 enabled) + opencl from amdgpu-pro included

http://www.gearsongallium.com/?p=2998

[kurros]

There is a Feature Freeze Exception bug open for Ubuntu 16.04: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...u/+bug/1567341

[uid313]

Michael, I would love to see benchmarks of;
- xf86-video-modesetting vs Nouvoe
- xf86-video-modesetting vs Intel
- xf86-video-modesetting vs AMDGPU

[juno]

Wouldn't the DDX driver be obsolete when using glamour?
What else do these drivers do and what is done on a complete wayland desktop?