AMDGPU is AMD's fully open source unified graphics driver for Linux.[3][4] AMDGPU only officially supports cards built upon GCN 1.2 or higher, though support for previous cards is experimental and may be enabled by a kernel parameter.[5][6]
| AMDGPU | |
|---|---|
| Initial release | 1.0 / 20 April 2015[1] |
| Stable release | 18.1.0
/ 14 September 2018,[2] |
| Repository | |
| Written in | C |
| Operating system | Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD |
| Platform | x86, x86-64 |
| Type | Device driver |
| License | MIT License |
AMDGPU also has an optional closed-source component that operates on top of the open source AMDGPU for alternative 3D application support known as AMDGPU-PRO.[7]
References
- ^ "Initial amdgpu driver release". 20 April 2015.
- ^ "xf86-video-amdgpu".
- ^ "Initial amdgpu driver release". 2015-04-20. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
- ^ "Open-Source AMDGPU Linux Driver Gets Its First Point Release for Mesa 11.2". Linux.softpedia.com. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
- ^ "AMD Unleashes Initial AMDGPU Driver Support For GCN 1.0 / Southern Islands GPUs". Phoronix. 2016-05-13. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
- ^ "AMDgpu driver documentation". Freedesktop.org.
- ^ "AMD's gaming-optimized AMDGPU-PRO driver for Linux is in beta". PCWorld. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
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