On 2017-03-30 17:19, Peter Mc Donough wrote:
> [...]
> Just for getting the feel of it I run Xubuntu 16.04 LTS in virtualbox,
> with an eye on installing it on a real machine.
> There was a regular update on my virtual Xbuntu, kernel 4.4 to kernel
> 4.8. So they are updating it.
> 
> The following relates to Ubuntu, but if you have an answer;-)
> Quesions would be:
> Does the ampgpu-pro work with this kernel on a "real" Xubuntu machine. I
> wouldn't bother if openCL were not available there.

'amdgpu', combined with a few files extracted from 'amdgpu-pro' package
to enable OpenCL, does work with Linux 4.8. Your AMD chip needs to be
among those supported by amdgpu and amdgpu-pro, of course.

-- 
Šarūnas Burdulis
math.dartmouth.edu/~sarunas

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