AMDGPU
AMDGPU is AMD's fully open source unified graphics driver for Linux.[1][3] 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.[4][5]
| Initial release | 1.0 / 20 April 2015[1] |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 19.1.0
/ 11 October 2019[2] |
| 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, which operates on top of the open source AMDGPU for alternative 3D application support, known as AMDGPU-PRO.[6]
Linux device drivers for AMD hardware as of August 2016
References
- "Initial amdgpu driver release". 20 April 2015.
- "xf86-video-amdgpu".
- "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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