ATI FAQ
This article contains Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) to help users avoid some common installation and configuration issues related to DRI and X11 for AMD/ATI boards.
Hardware support
Are AMD/ATI boards supported?
Many AMD/ATI boards (but not all) are supported by Xorg, including 2D/3D accelerated features. For newer GPUs since GCN (Graphics Core Next) Generation 1.1 (Southern Islands and newer) drivers are provided as open source AMDGPU and closed source AMDGPU-PRO. Both have excellent 2D and 3D accelerated performance.
The Radeon Feature Matrix at X.org lists the open source driver support level for each part of the graphics card hardware.
| GPU | Common Name | Mesa driver | Kernel module | Xorg driver |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rage128 | Rage128 | rage128 | rage128 | |
| R100 | Radeon 7xxx, Radeon 64 | radeon | radeon | radeon |
| R200, R250, R280 | Radeon 8500, Radeon 9000, Radeon 9200 | r200 | radeon | radeon |
| R300, R400 | Radeon 9500-X850 | r300 | radeon | radeon |
| R500 | Radeon X1300-X1950 | r300 | radeon | radeon |
| R600 | Radeon HD2000 series | r600 | radeon | radeon |
| RV670 | Radeon HD3000 series | r600 | radeon | radeon |
| RV770 (R700) | Radeon HD4000 series | r600 | radeon | radeon |
| Evergreen | Radeon HD5000 series | r600 | radeon | radeon |
| Northern Islands | Radeon HD6000 series | r600 | radeon | radeon |
| Southern Islands | Radeon HD7000 series (except HD7790), early Radeon R7/R9 series | radeonsi | radeon, AMDGPU1 | radeon, amdgpu1 |
| Sea Islands | Radeon HD7790, Radeon R7/R9 series | radeonsi | radeon, AMDGPU, AMDGPU-PRO | radeon, amdgpu |
| Volcanic Islands | late Radeon R9 series, Radeon R9 Fury, R9 Nano, R9 Fury X, Pro Duo | radeonsi | radeon, AMDGPU, AMDGPU-PRO | amdgpu |
| Arctic Islands | Radeon RX 400/500 series | radeonsi | AMDGPU, AMDGPU-PRO | amdgpu |
| Vega | Radeon RX Vega | radeonsi | AMDGPU, AMDGPU-PRO | amdgpu |
| Navi | Radeon RX 5500/5600/5700 (XT) | radeonsi | AMDGPU, AMDGPU-PRO | amdgpu |
| Raven Ridge | all AMD Ryzen APUs "with Radeon Graphics" | radeonsi | AMDGPU, AMDGPU-PRO | amdgpu |
- 1 Experimental, optional support since kernel 4.9-rc1
I have an All-In-Wonder/Vivo board. Are the multimedia features supported?
Nothing special is necessary for the board's multimedia features; x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati should work.
I'm not using an x86-based architecture. What are my options?
Xorg support on the ppc or alpha platforms is quite similar to amd64 and x86. The open source Xorg drivers should work well on all architectures.
Are ATI Mobility models supported?
They should be, but there may be a configuration issue due to the OEM PCI ID on certain chips. In such cases the configuration file may need to be manually written.
See also
- Xorg/Hardware 3D acceleration guide — a guide to getting 3D acceleration working using the DRM with Xorg in Gentoo.
External resources
- Unofficial AMD Linux Driver Wiki
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