2 Replies Latest reply on Apr 24, 2017 12:14 PM by enerc77

AMDGPU-PRO and Ubuntu 17.04

hkx2007 Apr 19, 2017 4:30 AM

Hi.

Is there any information about when the AMDGPU-PRO driver will support Ubuntu 17.04. At the moment the current driver (17.10) does not work. After installing the driver on a fresh Ubuntu installation, the boot process ends up in a black screen with a blinking cursor. Switching to a virtual console works but shows a flickering screen.

Thanks in advance

Re: AMDGPU-PRO and Ubuntu 17.04

amdmatt Apr 21, 2017 9:11 AM (in response to hkx2007)

We can't provide any timeframes for future releases.

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Re: AMDGPU-PRO and Ubuntu 17.04

enerc77 Apr 24, 2017 12:14 PM (in response to hkx2007)

Had been stuck on Debian 8 with 17.10 as well, until I found this thread : [Linux] Trick to use AMDGPU-Pro OpenCL capabilities without installing the whole propertary driver stack.

This idea is just great! Use the built in amdgpu driver provided with your kernel and add the OpenCL lib to library path.
Running on kernel 4.8.17 with PowerPlay enabled, and this configuration is very fast with minimum power. Running better than the PRO version.
For the record, the default 4.9 Debian 8 was causing a GPU ring fault (Radeon Fury & Kavery).

I like this idea of adding libraries to a default kernel. This is easier to upgrade than installing modules through dkms.
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