On Fri, 27 Jan 2017 20:55:52 -0800 Matt Turner <matts...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 7:36 PM, Duncan <1i5t5.dun...@cox.net> wrote: > > Matt Turner posted on Thu, 26 Jan 2017 18:16:12 -0800 as excerpted: > > > >> # Matt Turner <matts...@gentoo.org> (26 Jan 2017) > >> # Dead and replaced by media-libs/mesa[video_cards_radeonsi] > >> # (or the proprietary amdgpu-pro, which is not in tree). > >> # Masked for removal in 30 days. > >> # Bug #582406 > >> x11-drivers/ati-drivers > >> x11-libs/amd-adl-sdk > >> x11-libs/xvba-video > > > > What about folks running pre-si radeons? Radeon southern-island > > generation isn't that old, you know. > > I highly recommend using the Mesa drivers. Agreed. I have an RX 480 now but I had a 4670 before that. The proprietary drivers brought me nothing but pain while Mesa was very capable. The main problem with the proprietary drivers is they're tied to older kernels and xorg-server versions and this can't always be patched around. -- James Le Cuirot (chewi) Gentoo Linux Developer
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