Radeon/AMDGPU Updates For The Linux 4.8 Kernel

[mj13]

What is the status for the AMDGPU-PRO support for GCN 1.1 and GCN 1.0 cards with 4.8 kernel?

[dungeon]

The AMDGPU overclocking support would be the main end-user feature for Linux 4.8 when it comes to Radeon/AMDGPU.

I guess that means, everybody should overclock their chips now But first all developers and then testers

Well Michael, you can test it fine with your cards... if it moves - it works, if it burns - it works

[dungeon]

Ah OK, so for 3xx series goes _k otherwise non _k for older.

[bridgman]

The new SMC ucode works with newer chips; previous ucode still recommended for older chips. Basically 290 vs 390 AFAICS.

The chips have an internal revision number that we use to determine the appropriate ucode.

[dungeon]

The pull request also contains patches which pick up new SMC microcode (with a _k suffix) for some SI/CI boards, which may improve stability for 390/390X users.

Why suffix, do we need both _k and non k to be available ?

[agd5f]

Note that drm-next requires a merge with drm-fixes for stability on polaris cards as all of the polaris fixes have been going to the fixes tree.

[bridgman]

The pull request also contains patches which pick up new SMC microcode (with a _k suffix) for some SI/CI boards, which may improve stability for 390/390X users.

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Radeon/AMDGPU Updates For The Linux 4.8 Kernel

Alex Deucher has submitted the main feature pull request for DRM-Next of the Radeon and AMDGPU DRM driver changes for the next kernel cycle, Linux 4.8...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Radeon-AMDGPU-Linux-4.8-Next