AMD Radeon GPU Software PRO Linux 16.15.1013 beta – Tweakers

by Bart van Klaveren Saturday, March 19, 2016 08:55 , 0 comments • Feedback
Source: AMD submitter: Topster21

AMD is beginning to want to indicate more work this year making drivers for Linux and now has a beta released this called amdgpu -opensourcedriver, including support for the Vulkan-api. However, there are quite a few limitations. So are only supported graphics cards from the Radeon R9 series and the driver can be used only on the 64bit version of Ubuntu 14.04.4. Provisionally supported only the basic display and power management fuctions, so diverse is definitely not suitable for daily use. The release notes for this release can be found below.

AMD Product Family Compatibility
 

• AMD Radeon R9 Fury X Graphics

 

• AMD Radeon R9 Fury Graphics

 

• AMD Radeon R9 Nano Graphics

 

• AMD Radeon R9 M395X Graphics

 

• AMD Radeon R9 380X Graphics

 

• AMD Radeon R9 380 Graphics

 

• AMD Radeon R9 285 Graphics

 

Compatible Operating Systems
 

• Ubuntu 14.04.4 (64-bit version)

 

Highlights
 

• Supported APIs:
   
  • OpenGL 4.5 and GLX 1.4

   

  • OpenCL 1.2

   

  • Vulkan 1.0

   

  • VDPAU

   

 

• Display Basic features

 

• Basic power management features

 

• KMS (Kernel Mode Setting) and ADF (Atomic Display Framework) support

 

• GPL compliant kernel module

 

• Install script and Debian packages for Ubuntu 14.04.4

 

Important Notes
 

• This product is based on a published Khronos Vulkan specification and this beta driver is expected to pass the Khronos Conformance Testing Process. Current conformance status can be found here.

 
• This driver is Intended as beta-level support for use Solely with Vulkan applications and ashes Such some driver functionality HAS BEEN removed. This is-including, but not limited to, support for other graphics APIs, and other Settings Radeon Radeon driver software features.

 

What’s Vulkan
As a complement to OpenGL, Descended from AMD’s Mantle, and forged by the industry, Vulkan is a powerful low-overhead graphics API That gives software developers deep control about the performance, efficiency, and capabilities of Radeon GPUs and multi-core CPUs. More information on Vulkan can be found here. More information on the latest Vulkan-related news for AMD products can be found here.

Known Limitations
 

• Current driver is only validated for the products listed on the AMD Product Compatibility table.

 
• Multi-GPU features are not supported

 

• Only basic display and power features are enabled and validated

 

• RandR 1.4 features are not validated

 

• OpenCL features are not fully validated

 

• Workstation features are not supported

 

• Suspend to Disk (S4) is not supported

 

• Certain driver functionality HAS BEEN removed

 

Known Issues
 

• Piglit test causes xinit to crash

 

• Multi-display support is not working properly with more than three displays

 

• 4K displays may go blank after changing display modes