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We have closed source microcode inside the hardware, not inside the drivers.
The drivers make OS calls to load microcode images from initramfs...Last edited by bridgman; 28 September 2023, 06:41 PM.
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bridgman replied to VKD3D 1.9 Released With HLSL Compiler Improvements, Ability To Inspect DXBC Blobsin Linux GamingI don't know for sure but my impression was that the range of refresh rates was much narrower than that, maybe 25 Hz on the low end....
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I don't understand your point. The logic that allows you to run a CPU without a cooler is closed source firmware, and PMF is about extending the behaviour...Last edited by bridgman; 25 September 2023, 09:00 PM.
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Me too... but the question became "if you could get 90% of the perceived performance with half the weight and lower cost, at the expense of more...Last edited by bridgman; 24 September 2023, 09:12 PM.
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It's on the CPU side so not sure, but extrapolating from the GPU world I can make some guesses. If you go back 15 years the peak power usage of GPUs was...Last edited by bridgman; 24 September 2023, 07:34 PM.
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bridgman replied to Compute Runtime 23.30.26918.9 Released For Intel's Open-Source GPU Compute Stackin Intel LinuxOne of the challenges with supporting older hardware is the "fat binary" model we use, where compiling an application generates GPU code for...
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You could post the dmesg output somewhere to be 100% sure but yeah, without the firmware the kernel driver load will fail (and report to the kernel log...Last edited by bridgman; 08 September 2023, 10:47 AM.
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I believe all of the tests in today's article used upstream open source drivers.
AMD developers provide most of the new hardware support...Last edited by bridgman; 06 September 2023, 07:06 PM.
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bridgman replied to David Airlie Shares His Thoughts On Current Challenges With Linux GPU Compute Stacksin X.Org & DRMYep... I believe Red Hat does something like that today, albeit only across specific ranges of distro versions. I *think* those ranges are normally "major...
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bridgman replied to David Airlie Shares His Thoughts On Current Challenges With Linux GPU Compute Stacksin X.Org & DRMNot sure if I am disagreeing with you or just nitpicking about wording, but our KCL is distro-agnostic and only cares about what functions are available...
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