Article XSYV AMD's 2016 Linux driver plans (AnandTech)

AMD's 2016 Linux driver plans (AnandTech)

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AnandTech reportson AMD's plans for Linux graphics driver support. In short: more opencode, but some proprietary components will remain. "The significantchange here is that by having the RTG closed source driver based around theopen source driver, the company is now only maintaining a single code base,is pushing as much as possible into open source, and that the open sourcedriver is receiving these features far sooner than it was previously. Thisgreatly improves the quality of life for open source driver users, but it'salso reciprocal for RTG: it's a lot easier to keep up to date with Linuxkernel changes with an open source kernel mode driver than a closed sourcedriver, and quickly integrate improvements submitted by otherdevelopers."
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