GOL user nauticalnexus has put up a Linux Kernel for Arch users that will allow you to use AMDGPU and AMDGPU PRO on older AMD cards.
Note: I am not an Arch user, nor do I own any AMD card to test it myself. I have spoken to the author who put this Kernel up and they claim it's pretty stable.
This could be a good way for some of you on the older Sea Islands cards to get things working until official support comes in a later Kernel.
The cards that this should add support for are: HD7790, R7 260/260x, R9 290/290x, R7 360/360x and the R9 390/390x.
AMDGPU already supports some Sea Islands cards, but not all of them. This Kernel should allow you to try it out on other cards that are hidden behind a flag that currently disables a bunch of them.
It's still experimental, so try it at your own risk.
They also sent over a shot of it running:
Find the packages here. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Note: I am not an Arch user, nor do I own any AMD card to test it myself. I have spoken to the author who put this Kernel up and they claim it's pretty stable.
This could be a good way for some of you on the older Sea Islands cards to get things working until official support comes in a later Kernel.
The cards that this should add support for are: HD7790, R7 260/260x, R9 290/290x, R7 360/360x and the R9 390/390x.
AMDGPU already supports some Sea Islands cards, but not all of them. This Kernel should allow you to try it out on other cards that are hidden behind a flag that currently disables a bunch of them.
It's still experimental, so try it at your own risk.
They also sent over a shot of it running:
Find the packages here. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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I don't have AMD GPU but I really hope users of those cards will finally be able to use stable, decent drivers. So I hope official support will come, but before it comes, such a solutions are golden.
Did anyone try it? How does it work? Do Feral titles work with this drivers? What is the performance in general?
Please share your findings guys!
Did anyone try it? How does it work? Do Feral titles work with this drivers? What is the performance in general?
Please share your findings guys!
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The AMD Beta driver currently available on their website has worked fine for my R9 290 on the current Ubuntu kernel ( 4.4, I think ) since it was released several weeks ago after first appearing in the SteamOS brewmaster repo.
It's the first time in years I have had a stable, fast graphics driver and access toe the VTs, which always seemed to disappear when I loaded catalyst. It may still be beta, but I have had no crashes and now get a perfect task switching experience under unity ( where before flickering and z-order problems abounded ).
So, my experience has been very positive, so far, and I think it reflects well on the decision to unify the kernel portion of the AMD graphics stack.
It's the first time in years I have had a stable, fast graphics driver and access toe the VTs, which always seemed to disappear when I loaded catalyst. It may still be beta, but I have had no crashes and now get a perfect task switching experience under unity ( where before flickering and z-order problems abounded ).
So, my experience has been very positive, so far, and I think it reflects well on the decision to unify the kernel portion of the AMD graphics stack.
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