Open Source AMDGPU Driver Now Detects All Linux Kernel Supported AMD Radeon GPUs

Posted by hanuca on Sep 16, 2016 6:36 AM EDT
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Michel Dänzer had the great pleasure of announcing the release of the xf86-video-amdgpu 1.1.1 update to the open source AMDGPU graphics driver for AMD Radeon GPUs on GNU/Linux platforms.

xf86-video-amdgpu 1.1.1 is the latest stable version of the driver, and the biggest new feature is that it's now capable of detecting all the AMD Radeon graphics cards that are supported upstream in the AMDGPU kernel driver. Additionally, it now offers support for X.Org Server version 1.9 to 1.18.

In related news, Michel Dänzer also announced the release of the xf86-video-ati 7.7.1 X.Org video driver for ATI/AMD Radeon graphics cards that are supported by the radeon Linux kernel driver. There are eighteen changes implemented in this new stable version, which now offers support for X.Org Server versions 1.9 to 1.18.

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