xf86-video-amdgpu 1.4.0 / xf86-video-ati 7.10.0 Released

[phoronix]

Phoronix: xf86-video-amdgpu 1.4.0 / xf86-video-ati 7.10.0 Released

Michel Dänzer of AMD has released updated stable versions of their AMDGPU and Radeon X.Org DDX drivers today...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=AMDGPU-1.4-Radeon-7.10

[pq1930562]

Michael why still referring to "GCN" when they said we shouldn't:

https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/linux-graphics-x-org-drivers/open-source-amd-linux/943751-gcn-renamed-to-gfx

https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/linux-graphics-x-org-drivers/x-org-drm/970352-radeon-x-org-driver-gets-fixed-up-to-always-allow-page-flipping-with-tearfree/page2

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[Michael]

Michael why still referring to "GCN" when they said we shouldn't:

https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/linux-graphics-x-org-drivers/open-source-amd-linux/943751-gcn-renamed-to-gfx

https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/linux-graphics-x-org-drivers/x-org-drm/970352-radeon-x-org-driver-gets-fixed-up-to-always-allow-page-flipping-with-tearfree/page2

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Because pretty much everyone still uses GCN references? And most don't rely upon GFX references... I don't even recall most of the GFX links to the GCN version off the top of my head.

[Mystro256]

Michael why still referring to "GCN" when they said we shouldn't:

https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/linux-graphics-x-org-drivers/open-source-amd-linux/943751-gcn-renamed-to-gfx

https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/linux-graphics-x-org-drivers/x-org-drm/970352-radeon-x-org-driver-gets-fixed-up-to-always-allow-page-flipping-with-tearfree/page2

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As Marek said in the thread you provided, GCN refers to the chip, while GFX, DCE, VCE, UVD, MC, etc. are just a subset blocks within the ASIC.

[pq1930562]

As Marek said in the thread you provided, GCN refers to the chip, while GFX, DCE, VCE, UVD, MC, etc. are just a subset blocks within the ASIC.

Have you also read what bridgman said:

As agd5f and others have said, the GCN x terminology really only applies cleanly to the instruction set used for shader & compute programs.

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[smitty3268]

Have you also read what bridgman said:



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And? Isn't that exactly the breakdown between which gpus use which of the two drivers?

[eydee]

Arguing about the name when the guy in that thread is still labeled as ati developer and the ddx driver is also labeled as ati driver is funny. Where's ati really? It's been dead for a decade.

[leipero]

EXA got broken with xf86-video-ati, at least on GNOME.