OpenSUSE Ends Support For Binary AMD Graphics Driver

[Amarildo]

This and because AMD only supports ancient kernels and xorg it's too much hassle.

To be fair, AMD dfoes support the latest Kernels/Xorg in the free drivers.

[Amarildo]

Yeah Arch is for real men who compile and make their own package and don't need GPU. Arch is for Chuck Norris! Hey you bitch, use Arch or I kick your ass!!!

Hahahahaha LOL

Not really what I meant. I meant Arch has AMDGPU-PRO on AUR and is tested. Support is there, that's what I meant.

[Amarildo]

Sure I would love too. But AMDGPU is not compatible, mesa does not recognize it, so I can only use the Intel integrated card. I switched from Ubuntu to Opensuse for this reason after they dropped fglrx

If you want, I can help you through the Arch install process and Catalyst install as well (it's really easy), until AMDGPU-PRO 16.50 comes (which I believe has support for you card).

[TheBlackCat]

It sure is, but if the packages doesn't have the hardware he shouldn't just completely drop the package as there are many people who need it.

But your solution isn't "keep the package", it is "create an entirely new package of entirely different software provided in a completely different way". The package will get dropped whether they do things your way or not.

So the question is whether they should create a new package they cannot test and have absolutely no way of knowing whether it works at event he most basic level. In arch, that might be plausible. Arch users are expected to be more advanced and be able to fix problems when they occur. But openSUSE is not Arch, it targets a different group of users with different needs. openSUSE is not in the habit of providing software for which they haven't the slightest clue whether it works or not.

[Amarildo]

TheBlackCat To me, one of the beauties of Linux is: everybody can help. He could, for instance, re-build the drivers and mark them as Experimental. The Wiki page would point to the RPM's and also to a bug reporting thread somewhere. The page would say something to the lines of:

"WARNING: This driver is experimental and most likely not in a usable state yet. You should only try it if you want to make support available for everybody by reporting bugs to the developer."

And then, once the overall building scripts are in a good shape, he can mark them as "Testing" or even "Stable".

If the packager would agree to something like that, than I would be more than happy to install openSUSE on a spair HD and test the driver and report bugs. I'm sure there are a lot of people willing to help openSUSE in this regard.

[pal666]

For example, CSS runs at 250-300 FPS on AMDGPU+mesa-git+llvm-svn. On Catalyst, a driver that is a year old, it runs at 500 FPS (the same performance as on Windows).

how is it relevant if you look at 60 fps monitor?

[Amarildo]

how is it relevant if you look at 60 fps monitor?

Again, I'm not complaining at all. That is just a reference for how well each driver can utilize the hardware for each specific game mentioned. It does not make a difference while gaming.

[pal666]

And goodbye my 3 years old laptop with an integrated AMD gpu, once again... Da fuck...

lol, why not change driver, or distro if you are blob-obsessed?

[pal666]

It does not make a difference while gaming.

i heard blob makes negative difference while gaming

[Amarildo]

i heard blob makes negative difference while gaming

What does that mean? :P