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Re: Debian 10.0 works with 3rd generation Ryzen



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On 2020-05-31 12:16 a.m., Nicholas D Steeves wrote:
> Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> writes:
>>
>> I believe the latest AMD *GPUs* won't work with Debian 10,
>> though. They require both new firmware and kernel driver changes
>> (and possibly user-space driver changes, but I don't know).
>
> For AMD Navi, Mesa 19.2 (released sept 2019) is the oldest usable
> version.  Imho it's time we provide a "hardware enablement"
> backport of the graphics stack, not only for users, but also to
> thank AMD for their new phase of GPL-friendly driver development.
>
> This will also require a backport of llvm-10-toolchain.

FWIW, Navi GPUs can work with LLVM 9.


> The only thing I'm not sure about is if additional Xorg components
> would additionally need to be backported.

None, but kernel 5.6 or newer is required for Navi 14 (RX 5500).


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Earthling Michel Dänzer               |               https://redhat.com
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