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On 08/27/15 10:45, Fernando Apesteguía wrote:
> I usually don't use the wireless card (lack of habit I suppose), but
> it's good to know anyway.
>
> I Googled this question and found some information that suggest that
> the OS needs to support this. This project is an example:
>
> https://github.com/HSAFoundation/HSA-Drivers-Linux-AMD
>
> Other interesting links:
> https://community.amd.com/message/1308713#1308713
> https://community.amd.com/message/1306778#1306778
>
>
> Thanks!


Yeah, I have been waiting patiently for better than a year now for 
AMD-kabini support (Kabini [Radeon HD 8280 / R3 Series] from my 
xorg.conf), still nogo. It is among the last listed as unsupported on 
the FreeBSD Graphics wiki page :-( ....


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