Article 6QR6W AMD GPU Linux Driver Becoming "Really Really Big" That It's Starting To Cause Problems

AMD GPU Linux Driver Becoming "Really Really Big" That It's Starting To Cause Problems

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Michael Larabel
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The modern AMD kernel graphics driver "AMDGPU" is the biggest driver within the mainline Linux kernel and is approaching six million lines of code albeit a large chunk of that is made up of auto-generated header files for each supported GPU. But this AMDGPU kernel driver is becoming "really really big" that it's beginning to cause issues for Plymouth that commonly provides the initial boot splash screen experience on modern Linux desktops...
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