Package: linux-image-4.13.0-rc5-amd64
Version: 4.13~rc5-1~exp1
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
Dear maintainers,
I have an AMD Radeon R9 290, and I'd like to use the amdgpu driver
(= vulkan support) without having to recompile the kernel. As
Ferdinand Pöll told before:
> Since 4.9, linux includes experimental support for GCN 1.0 VGAs, but it's not
> enabled in the debian builds as well as the support for GCN 1.1 cards (which
> isn't new in the kernel anymore). In the kernel build config, you just need to
> set CONFIG_DRM_AMDGPU_SI=Y (for GCN1.0-based cards) and CONFIG_DRM_AMDGPU_CIK=Y
> (for GCN1.1-based cards). To use amdgpu if it is built into the kernel with the
> old gpus users just need to blacklist radeon and upon the next reboot linux
> will load amdgpu and users can install amdgpu-pro if they want to or just stick
> with the newest free graphics driver.
This option has been enabled by default for GCN 1.0 in other linux
release like:
- Ubuntu
(https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1661887)
- SteamOS (https://github.com/ValveSoftware/SteamOS/issues/593)
- Arch (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AMDGPU#Loading)
Keep up the good work
Regards
Xavier Sellier.