Is Linux going to get flgrx 9.3?

[Scott Swinyard]

and for the 9500 pro?

[Saist]

I believe after last months announcement, yes, there should be a 9.3 release.

However, if my memory is correct, that release will not have xserver 1.6 support, and there may not be that many, if any, changes from the 9.2 driver in regards to R300-R500 gpu's.

[Michael]

Catalyst 9.3 will be out by the end of this month for Linux.

[Moronix]

Will it support the fedora 10 libdrm, anybody know? (It currently works by downgrading libdrm with the one of fedora 9)

[Kano]

That's interesting, I had similar issues here. Worked only after downgrade.

[nico342]

We will get it according to "CatalystMaker" on Twitter, it goes out this week.

Let's review tommorow......

[ig-88]

aaaand... its friday. yet no driver. why do i still bother that much? why don't i lean back and say: allright, no driver today - maybe next week.

[Vighy]

what makes me wonder is that there was decoupled release between linux an winblows.

strange really strange. but I don't really know how to interpret it.

[duffster]

aaaand... its friday. yet no driver. why do i still bother that much? why don't i lean back and say: allright, no driver today - maybe next week.

Maybe its because you've been waiting months and months for a driver that is going to work properly, so it is annoying when it's late. And it's friday so if they release it now you can try it out over the weekend.

The day radeonhd gets power management for 6xx/7xx is the day I'm switching to the other driver, and hopefully I'll never care about updates ever again.

[tuxdriver]

From Twitter:

Linux release will be one week later this time round. We had some cool stuff we wanted to get in before posting it.

XvBA?

OpenGL 3.1?

OpenCL?

[NSLW]

From Twitter:



XvBA?

OpenGL 3.1?

OpenCL?

It will be mega bug :D

[RealNC]

From Twitter:
XvBA?
OpenGL 3.1?
OpenCL?

Actually working at all with my 4870 + KDE4? :o

[Heiko]

Well... according to the opengl.org website:

Member Quotes
“AMD will support OpenGL 3.1 in the upcoming driver release for the Radeon and FirePro products, and is fully supportive of the OpenGL API,” said Suki Samra, director of OpenGL at AMD.

The upcoming driver release is 9.3 for Linux :P.

And AMD is very supportive of OpenCL as well, showed some nice demo's last week.

So who knows ;).

Tbh: we will probably see these features earlier then stable drivers that make everybody happy. Personally I'm reasonably happy and I would like the new features so I can play with OpenGL 3.1 and OpenCL. Allthough if there was a choice for the upcomming release I still would choose bugfixes I guess :D.

[Qaridarium]

Well... according to the opengl.org website:

Member Quotes
“AMD will support OpenGL 3.1 in the upcoming driver release for the Radeon and FirePro products, and is fully supportive of the OpenGL API,” said Suki Samra, director of OpenGL at AMD.

The upcoming driver release is 9.3 for Linux :P.

And AMD is very supportive of OpenCL as well, showed some nice demo's last week.

So who knows ;).

Tbh: we will probably see these features earlier then stable drivers that make everybody happy. Personally I'm reasonably happy and I would like the new features so I can play with OpenGL 3.1 and OpenCL. Allthough if there was a choice for the upcomming release I still would choose bugfixes I guess :D.

Radeon 9-3 do NOT have Xserver-1,6 ,OpenGL3.1 ,OpenCL

[Heiko]

Perhaps they release it the 2nd of April, same day as release of the new Radeon HD4890...

Radeon 9-3 do NOT have Xserver-1,6 ,OpenGL3.1 ,OpenCL

How do you know? I know it is very unlikely, but hey, one can still have hope! ;)

[Qaridarium]

Perhaps they release it the 2nd of April, same day as release of the new Radeon HD4890...



How do you know? I know it is very unlikely, but hey, one can still have hope! ;)

i do not NOT know it!

i also do not know that the 9-4 final release will NOT have OpenCL!

[NSLW]

Perhaps they release it the 2nd of April, same day as release of the new Radeon HD4890...
Or in the 1st April in prima aprilis :D when they release drivers with huge channel log which would contain:


---------------------
Now we support:
XvBA
OpenGL 3.1
OpenCL
XServer 1.6
CompizFusion
Wine

We want to communicate that we stopped to support BUGs so all bugs were thrown out of code.
---------------------

Oh how sad...
If there would be even one of this feature then it would be followed by tons of new fascinating bugs.

[Michael]

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=13632

[Qaridarium]

Or in the 1st April in prima aprilis :D when they release drivers with huge channel log which would contain:


---------------------
Now we support:
XvBA
OpenGL 3.1
OpenCL
XServer 1.6
CompizFusion
Wine

We want to communicate that we stopped to support BUGs so all bugs were thrown out of code.
---------------------

Oh how sad...
If there would be even one of this feature then it would be followed by tons of new fascinating bugs.

9-3 will not have openGL3,1 and no openCL and no xserver1.6

9-4 will not have opencl...

and i do not know what 9-5 will not have..

[Qaridarium]

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=13632

Hurray michael!

[tuxdriver]

So we got fully working Compiz Fusion with this release. Nice :)

XServer 1.6, 2.6.29 and OpenGL 3.1 comes later with 9.4

OpenCL and XvBA support in 9.5

WINE fixes in 9.6? :D

[RealNC]

Personally I don't care about OpenGL 3 or OpenCL. All I want is the basic stuff to work, like 3D with Composite and then tear-free videos :P 9.3 made the first step here. Now all that's missing is the tear-free thingy and I'm all set :D

[tuxdriver]

Another vote for XvBA and tear-free video ;)

Since AMD won't open up the specs for UVD1, fglrx/Catalyst is the only way to have accelerated HD playback with our HD IGPs and HD2k cards.

[Death Knight]

My home page says "Catalyst 9.3 for Linux can be downloaded at AMD.com." but ATI shows there is only 9.2 available.

Where is 9.3 link?

[RealNC]

Should be brought up soon I guess. Happened last time too. You've been waiting for so long, I few more hours won't hurt.

But I'm afraid this release will not work for me, judging from 9.2 and 9.3beta :(

[poofyyoda]

They're having fun changing the link to a different format each release...


http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/ati-driver-installer-9-3-x86.x86_64.run

[RealNC]

But I'm afraid this release will not work for me, judging from 9.2 and 9.3beta :(

I just installed it on Gentoo and, oh wonder, it works :eek:

Of course I still need to disable compositing to watch GL-rendered videos because it's all tearing like hell, but it's a first step. I hope AMD will keep up the good work it started with this release.

[Qaridarium]

So we get Compiz Fusion in this release. Nice :)

XServer 1.6 support and OpenGL 3.1 comes later with 9.4

OpenCL and 2.6.29 support in 9.5

XvBA and WINE fixes in 9.6? :D

the kernel 2.6.29 works right now with a hack regular support comes later yes.

wine does not come on 1 version wine get better by every version.

and the rest.. yes ... its true,,

[Qaridarium]

Another vote for XvBA and tear-free video ;)

Since AMD won't open up the specs for UVD1, fglrx/Catalyst is the only way to have accelerated HD playback with our HD IGPs and HD2k cards.

amd will open up UVD but they need more time to check the spec to do not let the HDCP Copyprotektion free.

[Qaridarium]

My home page says "Catalyst 9.3 for Linux can be downloaded at AMD.com." but ATI shows there is only 9.2 available.

Where is 9.3 link?

http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/ati-driver-installer-9-3-x86.x86_64.run

[Qaridarium]

Should be brought up soon I guess. Happened last time too. You've been waiting for so long, I few more hours won't hurt.

But I'm afraid this release will not work for me, judging from 9.2 and 9.3beta :(

It will work!

[RealNC]

I already posted that it worked :D

[Qaridarium]

I already posted that it worked :D

I'm not so fast sorry