[gentoo-dev] Last rites: x11-drivers/ati-drivers, x11-libs/amd-adl-sdk, x11-libs/xvba-video

[gentoo-dev] Last rites: x11-drivers/ati-drivers, x11-libs/amd-adl-sdk, x11-libs/xvba-video

[Matt Turner]

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# Matt Turner <mattst88@gentoo.org> (26 Jan 2017)
# Dead and replaced by media-libs/mesa[video_cards_radeonsi]
# (or the proprietary amdgpu-pro, which is not in tree).
# Masked for removal in 30 days.
# Bug #582406
x11-drivers/ati-drivers
x11-libs/amd-adl-sdk
x11-libs/xvba-video

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[gentoo-dev] Re: Last rites: x11-drivers/ati-drivers, x11-libs/amd-adl-sdk, x11-libs/xvba-video

[Duncan]

Matt Turner posted on Thu, 26 Jan 2017 18:16:12 -0800 as excerpted:

> # Matt Turner <mattst88@gentoo.org> (26 Jan 2017)
> # Dead and replaced by media-libs/mesa[video_cards_radeonsi]
> # (or the proprietary amdgpu-pro, which is not in tree).
> # Masked for removal in 30 days.
> # Bug #582406
> x11-drivers/ati-drivers
> x11-libs/amd-adl-sdk
> x11-libs/xvba-video

What about folks running pre-si radeons?  Radeon southern-island 
generation isn't that old, you know.

Even if anything older is abandoned by the proprietary drivers (I 
wouldn't know as I won't do proprietary drivers), people may still be 
running older versions, with older kernels if required, and media-libs/
mesa with radeonsi isn't the correct migration path for them.

FWIW I was running Turks (northern-islands, pre-southern) until a few 
weeks ago when I upgraded to a 4k TV as a primary display and decided to 
upgrade the graphics to better handle it while I was at it.

(Tho for anyone thinking about it, the rx460, aka polaris11, I purchased, 
ended up being a poor choice as despite the hardware apparently 
supporting 3840x2160@60Hz, the freedomware drivers at least, apparently 
don't yet, so at that resolution I'm stuck at the same 30Hz that I 
believe I would have been stuck with on the older Turks card, which works 
better otherwise as the drivers for it have had longer to mature.)

-- 
Duncan - List replies preferred.   No HTML msgs.
"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master --
and if you use the program, he is your master."  Richard Stallman

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Last rites: x11-drivers/ati-drivers, x11-libs/amd-adl-sdk, x11-libs/xvba-video

[Matt Turner]

On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 7:36 PM, Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net> wrote:
> Matt Turner posted on Thu, 26 Jan 2017 18:16:12 -0800 as excerpted:
>
>> # Matt Turner <mattst88@gentoo.org> (26 Jan 2017)
>> # Dead and replaced by media-libs/mesa[video_cards_radeonsi]
>> # (or the proprietary amdgpu-pro, which is not in tree).
>> # Masked for removal in 30 days.
>> # Bug #582406
>> x11-drivers/ati-drivers
>> x11-libs/amd-adl-sdk
>> x11-libs/xvba-video
>
> What about folks running pre-si radeons?  Radeon southern-island
> generation isn't that old, you know.

I highly recommend using the Mesa drivers.

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Last rites: x11-drivers/ati-drivers, x11-libs/amd-adl-sdk, x11-libs/xvba-video

[James Le Cuirot]

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On Fri, 27 Jan 2017 20:55:52 -0800
Matt Turner <mattst88@gentoo.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 7:36 PM, Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net> wrote:
> > Matt Turner posted on Thu, 26 Jan 2017 18:16:12 -0800 as excerpted:
> >  
> >> # Matt Turner <mattst88@gentoo.org> (26 Jan 2017)
> >> # Dead and replaced by media-libs/mesa[video_cards_radeonsi]
> >> # (or the proprietary amdgpu-pro, which is not in tree).
> >> # Masked for removal in 30 days.
> >> # Bug #582406
> >> x11-drivers/ati-drivers
> >> x11-libs/amd-adl-sdk
> >> x11-libs/xvba-video  
> >
> > What about folks running pre-si radeons?  Radeon southern-island
> > generation isn't that old, you know.  
> 
> I highly recommend using the Mesa drivers.

Agreed. I have an RX 480 now but I had a 4670 before that. The
proprietary drivers brought me nothing but pain while Mesa was very
capable. The main problem with the proprietary drivers is they're tied
to older kernels and xorg-server versions and this can't always be
patched around.

-- 
James Le Cuirot (chewi)
Gentoo Linux Developer

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Last rites: x11-drivers/ati-drivers, x11-libs/amd-adl-sdk, x11-libs/xvba-video

[James Le Cuirot]

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On Sat, 28 Jan 2017 03:36:26 +0000 (UTC)
Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net> wrote:

> (Tho for anyone thinking about it, the rx460, aka polaris11, I purchased, 
> ended up being a poor choice as despite the hardware apparently 
> supporting 3840x2160@60Hz, the freedomware drivers at least, apparently 
> don't yet, so at that resolution I'm stuck at the same 30Hz that I 
> believe I would have been stuck with on the older Turks card, which works 
> better otherwise as the drivers for it have had longer to mature.)

You may have better luck with AMD's "DC" kernel branch.

https://cgit.freedesktop.org/~agd5f/linux/log/?h=amd-staging-4.9

This is just as free but not yet mainlined. You can use it with Mesa or
AMDGPU-PRO but I highly recommend the former.

Disclaimer: I haven't tried it myself yet.

-- 
James Le Cuirot (chewi)
Gentoo Linux Developer

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