Good day -
I am trying to get the Linux-4.5 amdgpu driver to work with my Radeon Neptune XT 8970M card,
which has PCI ID : 1002:6801 .
My first question is : what chipset family / codename is my card ? The choices are:
{ CHIP_KAVERI , CHIP_BONAIRE , CHIP_HAWAII, CHIP_KABINI, CHIP_MULLINS, CHIP_TOPAZ, CHIP_TONGA, CHIP_CARRIZO }
Secondly, where can I get detailed technical information on my card ?
There appear to be NO technical resources on the AMD.COM site for the 8970M - just marketing hype .
Is there a card layout diagram + list of components on the card / technical data sheet available anywhere ?
I'm guessing the PCI IDs list entry in amdgpu_drv.c should be :
{0x1002, 0x6801, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, CHIP_TOPAZ|AMD_IS_MOBILITY|AMD_IS_APU},
because the 1002:6xxx IDs begin with 1002:67xx ( Hawaii ) and resume at 1002:69xx (Topaz) .
Can anyone suggest what chip family and features ( AMD_IS_MOBILITY | AMD_IS_APU ) I should use here ?
It appears that developing support for my card in the open-source amdgpu driver is the ONLY way I can
run Linux 4.4+ with graphics mode capability , since fglrx does not work with Linux-4.4+ and I do not
want to run ANY closed source software on my machine - ALL software running on my machine is built
from source by myself. Installing the complete AMD closed source X-Windows + Mesa stack, as required
by fglrx , is not an option I will ever accept.
Any suggestions gratefully received .
Thanks & Regards,
Jason
