AMD Updates Carrizo Firmware To Support More UVD Sessions

[phoronix]

Phoronix: AMD Updates Carrizo Firmware To Support More UVD Sessions

For those running a Linux system powered by an AMD "Carrizo" APU, there's an updated firmware blob out today to benefit your UVD video decoding experience...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pag...es-CZ-UVD-Blob

[Adarion]

Uh, ehm, 40 sessions? What does that mean? Like having 40 applications that do some kind of video playback accessing the HW at the same time? Or just decoding larger data streams in parallel?

[drSeehas]

Is UVD also present in the desktop Carrizo Athlon X4 845?

[atomsymbol]

Is UVD also present in the desktop Carrizo Athlon X4 845?

According to Wikipedia and other sites, the GPU on Athlon X4 845 is disabled.

[pal666]

Uh, ehm, 40 sessions? What does that mean? Like having 40 applications that do some kind of video playback accessing the HW at the same time? Or just decoding larger data streams in parallel?

decoding 40 data streams in parallel

[drSeehas]

According to Wikipedia and other sites, the GPU on Athlon X4 845 is disabled.

???
I wasn't asking for the GPU, I asked for UVD.

[atomsymbol]

???
I wasn't asking for the GPU, I asked for UVD.

It is theoretically possible for UVD on Athlon X4 845 to be accessible to software. However, the usual practice is that disabling the GPU implies disabling the UVD because UVD is considered to be part of the GPU.

[drSeehas]

So you don't have the answer to my question.

[atomsymbol]

Is UVD also present in the desktop Carrizo Athlon X4 845?

The answer: The GPU, and UVD in the GPU, are disabled and cannot be accessed in Linux.

[nukedathlonman]

Interesting. Carrizo's UVD seems to have some gut's.