Raven Ridge, VCN Decode Support Patches Posted For Gallium3D

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Raven Ridge, VCN Decode Support Patches Posted For Gallium3D

Following the 117 patches adding 314k lines of code to AMDGPU for enabling the next-generation "Raven Ridge" Zen+Vega APU within the AMDGPU DRM driver, Raven support patches have emerged for the RadeonSI driver, including support for the new VCN video block...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Radeon-VCN-For-Gallium3D

[Shevchen]

This APU might be the go-to solution for a future Laptop. With 4C/8T Ryzen (MK II ?) and the GPU equal to the RX 560, this will be a fine mobile device for standard workloads, traveling and some smaller games. Might grab a laptop for my parents.

[Guest]

200k lines of driver code for specifying registers sounds crazy. And a total of 314k lines? Is there a lot of code duplication happening? Or does that include changed/deleted lines as well?

[xxmitsu]

First of all: Michael why is this topic created under 'Linux Graphics / X.Org Drivers- > NVIDIA Linux' category ?

This APU might be the go-to solution for a future Laptop. With 4C/8T Ryzen (MK II ?) and the GPU equal to the RX 560, this will be a fine mobile device for standard workloads, traveling and some smaller games. Might grab a laptop for my parents.

From my understanding, this seems to be a Desktop APU as it doesn't have the 'AMD_IS_MOBILITY' attribute set.
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/~agd5f/...e696a894c#n469

I'm also eager to buy a laptop that would incorporate both of the latest technologies Ryzen + Vega. Not sure how far in future is that going to be available.

[sarfarazahmad]

me too. all eyes set on this. Off topic: i wish they had dual socket end-user ryzen though (thinking of a 16-core/32thread personal lab workhorse). But probably this market is quite small. They would rather just stick to naples and the server market.

[Adarion]

So this VCN is the new UVD? Or is it a combined term for UVD+VCE?
Either way it's exciting to see Raven Ridge coming up on the horizon. Not sure what the roadmap said, if laptop / mobile APUs come first, then desktop, but I really hope that we'll finally see some decent AMD based laptops. I mean, good IPS panel with a resolution that is better than this 1366x768 and with a good keyboards (key touch feeling, layout, real F-keys, real cursor keys, separate PgUp/Dn/Home/End/PrtScr(SysRq)), battery runtime and interfaces. And libre*/coreboot preinstalled... oh, well, I'm starting to lift off.

[sykobee]

me too. all eyes set on this. Off topic: i wish they had dual socket end-user ryzen though (thinking of a 16-core/32thread personal lab workhorse). But probably this market is quite small. They would rather just stick to naples and the server market.

They are releasing a 16C/32T single-socket HEDT platform though. AMD Whitehaven.

[sarfarazahmad]

They are releasing a 16C/32T single-socket HEDT platform though. AMD Whitehaven.

Hope that is true like other ryzen leaks before. If it is i am definitely buying it.

[Shevchen]

From my understanding, this seems to be a Desktop APU as it doesn't have the 'AMD_IS_MOBILITY' attribute set.
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/~agd5f/...e696a894c#n469

I'm also eager to buy a laptop that would incorporate both of the latest technologies Ryzen + Vega. Not sure how far in future is that going to be available.

Oh, oops. Well, dropping the voltages to a mobile level might do the trick - of course with "slightly" lower frequencies. ^_^

But well spotted, I thought it might double as a mobile APU too.