Amd Graphics Workstations - HP Z Series Maintenance And Service Manual

AMD graphics workstations

Some workstation configurations include AMD graphics hardware. All of the supported Linux
distributions should have an "in-box" driver that supports the hardware well enough for the X server
to run.
Xorg drivers that might be loaded as the server starts are as follows:
● The Radeon in-box X driver will associate with some older GPUs.
The fbdev or vesa X driver might activate for certain other cards.
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The newer amdgpu driver might be present in some distributions but it does not support all AMD
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GPUs.
There is also a generic modesetting driver in some distributions.
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You might see a kernel DRM module activated for AMD graphics. The Radeon kernel module is loaded
in many distributions. The older proprietary module name is fglrx and is only present after installing the
AMD vendor driver. The newer module is amdgpu and might be present in newer kernels even without the
vendor driver because it is an open-source modesetting module.
To achieve the best hardware acceleration for OpenGL and other APIs, the AMD advanced vendor driver
(usually named amdgpu-pro) is recommended. AMD packages this driver for specific Linux releases and
posts them on their website. For enterprise Linux distributions that require subscriptions, the installation
process requires that either you have the installation media on hand or have registered to access online
repositories. The access to repositories allows the installer to satisfy dependencies, including the basic
build environment (compilers and linkers) needed to build the amdgpu-pro version of the kernel driver.
HP might at some time post a particular tested version of the amdgpu-pro driver on support pages at
hp.com.
The amdgpu-pro driver lacks a settings application similar to the Catalyst Control Center that was
associated with the fglrx driver.
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