[OpenIndiana-discuss] AMD graphics for OI?

[srvr_mnk at srvr-tmpl.ikhider.com]

If this is the case, we may need to look into getting things like 
Ardour, Blender and Cinelerra ported over as well.

Then I can **FINALLY** get rid of Windows and make OI my primary 
audio/video production machine.

I am not smart enough to port those programs over yet...but the idea of 
discarding Windows is...liberating...

SM


On 03.05.2018 00:44, ken mays via openindiana-discuss wrote:
> Till mentions:
> Unless somebody sneakily started a porting effort."
> 
> See: https://www.illumos.org/issues/8069
> I ported the AMDGPU driver a few years ago. The main AMDGPU-Pro
> components are closed source.
> 
> So, no support otherwise...
> 
> ~K
> 
> 
> 
>     On Wednesday, May 2, 2018, 11:42:07 AM PDT,
> <srvr_mnk at srvr-tmpl.ikhider.com> wrote:
> 
>  How does one fire up the VESA driver?
> 
> Would ATI/AMD contribute to provide some kind of drivers if asked?
> 
> There are two drivers for AMD (that I am aware of) MESA and AMD GPU 
> PRO.
> The latter is needed for video production on Linux. MESA is not enough,
> and may be okay for gaming, but not video production. I have not 
> managed
> to get AMD GPU PRO to work even though there are instructions on the 
> AMD
> site. It is buggy and difficult. People on forums have tried to work
> through solutions but the consensus is that AMD needs to get their act
> together.
> 
> That said, perhaps there may be more luck (down the road) with AMD GPU
> PRO than MESA?
> 
> SM
> 
> On 02.05.2018 04:13, Michal Nowak wrote:
>> On 05/02/2018 07:25 AM, srvr_mnk at srvr-tmpl.ikhider.com wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>> 
>>> I know there are graphics drivers for Nvidea hardware, but my 
>>> hardware
>>> is AMD.
>>> 
>>> What is the status for AMD grahics drivers on OI? Is it one of those
>>> long-term, "one day...when GNU HURD dominates the marketplace on
>>> consumer and enterprise systems".
>>> 
>>> SM
>> 
>> If you have (very) old enough graphics card, you may use the Xorg
>> driver (it's either called 'ati', or 'radeon') and you should have all
>> the functionality. For anything newer the functionality moved from the
>> Xorg driver to kernel. So for OpenIndiana to have AMD GFX support, we
>> would have to port the Linux code the way it was done with the Intel
>> driver. Otherwise you have to stick with 'vesa' driver.
>> 
>> Michal
>> 
>> 
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