Slashdot: AMD Overhauls Open-Source Linux Driver

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Quote from: ReCat on June 28, 2013, 08:47:27 PM

If openCL is so open, why can't it be included in the open source drivers?

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Sucks for mining, but good for those of us that run htpc's though... that bloody catalyst is a monster!

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Quote from: -ck on June 26, 2013, 05:40:17 PM

...the open source one does not support OpenCL, so no mining...

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If openCL is so open, why can't it be included in the open source drivers?

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-ck

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Ruu \o/

...the open source one does not support OpenCL, so no mining...

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Quote from: esenminer on June 26, 2013, 02:23:26 PM

This the open-source version of the drivers - most of us are probably using the Catalyst version. I've never tried hashing with the open source version - maybe there is a good reason...

Now with the new open source version you can under/over volt. That right there makes it worth looking at.

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This the open-source version of the drivers - most of us are probably using the Catalyst version. I've never tried hashing with the open source version - maybe there is a good reason...

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Thanks for the info!

So if I have radeon 5970, is it good or bad for me to upgrade to the latest drivers?

I'm on unbunt 12.04

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http://linux.slashdot.org/story/13/06/26/1746224/amd-overhauls-open-source-linux-driver

Besides numerous patches you can now control card voltage in Linux.

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