Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2016 17:10:31 -0400 From: Anthony Jenkins <Scoobi_doo@yahoo.com> To: Matthew Macy <mmacy@nextbsd.org>, Arto Pekkanen <isoa@kapsi.fi> Cc: "<freebsd-x11@freebsd.org>" <freebsd-x11@freebsd.org> Subject: AMD GPUs (was Re: clarifying the state of drm-next-3.9 and next steps) Message-ID: <57100747.8060003@yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <154168eebfa.120e8391b214980.2542727951982765933@nextbsd.org> References: <1540c0ceea9.126b592b988423.8774357707501817476@nextbsd.org> <570FE736.6030803@kapsi.fi> <154162c9e5e.def07e19164201.9142009646778346084@nextbsd.org> <570FFDD8.1080700@kapsi.fi> <154167f380a.11029a097214164.5670903735512919638@nextbsd.org> <57100336.8080101@kapsi.fi> <154168eebfa.120e8391b214980.2542727951982765933@nextbsd.org>
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On 04/14/2016 04:55 PM, Matthew Macy wrote: > ---- On Thu, 14 Apr 2016 13:53:10 -0700 Arto Pekkanen <isoa@kapsi.fi> wrote ---- > > Ah okay ... hmmm, that would mean Radeon R9 -series gfx cards right? > > Yes. > > > In that case I'll have to see if I can get such a card somewhere dirt > > cheap. No promises though. > > > > If I happen to get Fiji architecture based device somewhere I would help > > in testing AMD GPGPU. > > Polaris is coming out shortly, at which point lower-end Fiji cards will probably come down in price. > > -M I have a Radeon HD 8610G, trying to get set up to port the Linux radeonkms files over (or does amdgpu cover my card?). Happy to help test anything. Anthony > > On 14.04.2016 23:38, Matthew Macy wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > ---- On Thu, 14 Apr 2016 13:30:16 -0700 Arto Pekkanen <isoa@kapsi.fi> wrote ---- > > > > Can't promise anything for certain. I don't have a Radeon chip or a > > > > spare rig right now, but I might get one later. If not, I might be able > > > > to fix a cheap, older laptop with a Radeon GPU. > > > > > > > > I've no experience systems level programming or anything like that. I > > > > was thinking more about *coin mining or SETI@Home, you know, the kinda > > > > entry level, brick layer stuff wannabe hackers run on their petty home > > > > servers. I could try enabling AMD GPGPU option in some *coin miner in > > > > the ports tree, or if there is no such miner app available try to port > > > > one for FreeBSD, provided that the required libraries are made available > > > > at the time. > > > > > > The HSA/HCC code that I'm looking at only supports Fiji chips. An older Radeon won't buy you anything unless you can piece together the OpenCL bits. > > > > > > -M > > > > > > > > > > On 14.04.2016 22:08, Matthew Macy wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for the heads up :) > > > > > > > > > > I am especially interested in the GPGPU support for AMDs, since this > > > > > would actually make FreeBSD x86 rigs very useful for power efficient > > > > > cluster computing. Thus far cheapest alternatives (on x86 hardware) have > > > > > been based on Windows or Linux. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Can I count you as a volunteer to help jmd with user level runtime > > > > > support? :D > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -M > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 12.04.2016 22:57, Matthew Macy wrote: > > > > > > There seems to be some confusion about the state of drm-next-3.9. > > > > > All the work is currently going on in jmd's fork of > > > > > freebsd-base-graphics: > > > > > > > > > > > > https://github.com/iotamudelta/freebsd-base-graphics > > > > > > > > > > > > The emphasis has been on bringing i915 and the drm code in > > > > > dev/drm2 closer to upstream as opposed to a simple driver refresh. > > > > > I'm currently implementing missing linuxkpi bits and hope to > > > > > actually be testing in the next week or so. > > > > > > > > > > > > As of this moment there is nothing available for general > > > > > consumption. I very much hope to have this phase done before code > > > > > freeze. I will update the list as soon as there is anything to test. > > > > > Until then, hold your horses. > > > > > > > > > > > > The next phase will be more interesting to anyone who isn't simply > > > > > waiting on bug fixes for Haswell support. My plan is to update DRM > > > > > to 4.6 and import amdgpu and amdkfd support. I would like to be able > > > > > to do GPGPU work using HIP/HSA on my AMD cards. An ETA on 4.6/amdgpu > > > > > support is difficult to come up with. But certainly it will _not_ be > > > > > any earlier than end of May. > > > > > > > > > > > > -M > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > freebsd-x11@freebsd.org <mailto:freebsd-x11@freebsd.org> mailing list > > > > > > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-x11 > > > > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > > > > "freebsd-x11-unsubscribe@freebsd.org > > > > > <mailto:freebsd-x11-unsubscribe@freebsd.org>" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-x11@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-x11 > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-x11-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Anthony Jenkins
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