AMDGPU Southern Islands Support Added To Mesa's DRM Library

[phoronix]

Phoronix: AMDGPU Southern Islands Support Added To Mesa's DRM Library

Following the AMDGPU SI / GCN 1.0 support hitting Mesa, the libdrm changes for AMD Southern Islands support has also landed...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=AMDGPU-SI-Support-Libdrm

[illwieckz]

work with the AMDGPU-PRO driver stack if wanting to use that proprietary OpenCL/OpenGL code

All I want is Mesa OpenGL + AMDGPU-PRO OpenCL, I hope it will be possible one day. It's just so bad I have to endure all these AMDGPU-PRO OpenGL bugs just because I need an OpenCL compute unit. If someone knowns a way to use the AMDGPU-PRO CL stuff without the AMDGPU-PRO GL stuff letting Mesa doing the display part, please raise an hand !

I know how to install AMDGPU-PRO OpenCL compute without installing the GL part, but I still need a display.

[Pontostroy]

All I want is Mesa OpenGL + AMDGPU-PRO OpenCL,

There is no problem to use mesa + amdgpu-pro opencl

http://www.gearsongallium.com/?p=2960

[illwieckz]

There is no problem to use mesa + amdgpu-pro opencl

Thank you! Nice hack! This is not what I call “there is no problem” since it needs binary rewriting, so this binary rewriting is just a way to fix problems. ;-)

So, it's just “problem fixable”, and this is already good.

[Mystro256]

Thank you! Nice hack! This is not what I call “there is no problem” since it needs binary rewriting, so this binary rewriting is just a way to fix problems. ;-)

So, it's just “problem fixable”, and this is already good.

Fortunately AMD is looking to open sourcing the openCL components within the next year-ish

[dungeon]

LEGO likely does not work right, as it misses profiles too.

I would say "sort of running" rather that there is "no problem"

[dungeon]

Maybe we should introduce third amdgpu-lego driver with bugzilla for that

[starshipeleven]

LEGO likely does not work right, as it misses profiles too.

I would say "sort of running" rather that there is "no problem"

Who cares of profiles if he wants to use only the OpenCL part from closed blob?

[dungeon]

Well profiles control many things, it will not be like if you run full blob package.

[illwieckz]

Fortunately AMD is looking to open sourcing the openCL components within the next year-ish

I know AMD is looking to open source the OpenCL component within the next year (they said the same for Vulkan and some people already stopped to wait) but I need OpenCL right now. I'm processing photos with Darktable and people don't want to wait some years to get their photos. So I use the AMDGPU-PRO blob, so I get crashes on other tasks like playing some games to entertain me after hard work.

http://www.gearsongallium.com/?p=2960

I tried, I got:

amdgpu_device_initialize: DRM version is 2.45.0 but this driver is only compatible with 3.x.x.

Then a segfault.

Perhaps I'm missing something, I'm on Ubuntu 16.04.1 with linux 4.7.2.

I can get my setup to work (amdgpu-pro OpenGL), I can get my setup to play (amdgpu-all-open OpenGL), I can't get yet my setup to both work and play.

(And if a nVidia-fanboy comes along, and please do not suggest nVidia, I have one of their GPU on another computer and I have some worst problems like not being able to plug an external monitor, so even buggy drivers from AMD works better than nVidia buggy drivers, I need a display after all).