On 06/02/2017 23:39, jdm wrote: > Hi, > > Just followed the amdgpu wiki guide to get my new graphics card up and > running. Excellent wiki guide and had no issues. Now running with > shiny graphics and throwing all that Steam has to offer at it. > > Many Thanks to the wiki authors. > > Will we always have to include binary blobs into the kernel for AMD > cards? This feels kind of odd for me so wondering if this will be > included as a package or a kernel driver at some point or what the > future direction is for AMD graphics with Linux. > > It may not be alien but not done this before so curious.
As far as I know the blob is firmware, not driver so the answer is yes, you will always need the firmware. The firmware does not have to be built into the kernel if you use modules, it can be loaded from userspace. -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
