Ubuntu, AMD propose ses drivers Radeon GPU-Pro avec le support de Vulkan

AMD vient de mettre en ligne de nouveaux pilotes graphiques pour l’environnement GNU/Linux. Nommés Radeon GPU-PRO, ils proposent la prise en charge de l’API Vulkan.

Ces Radeon GPU-PRO sont en version bêta. Ils prennent en charge plusieurs cartes graphiques à l’architecture GCN dont certaines Radeon R9 series (Radeon R9 380x, Radeon R9 380, Radeon R9 285, Radeon R9 M395X, AMD Radeon R9 Fury X, Radeon R9 Fury ou encore Radeon R9 Nano). Il s’agit de la première version bêta public ce qui explique le ciblage de la distribution Linux Ubuntu seulement. Le paquet contient un script d’installation et le nécessaire en .deb pour une installation sous Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS alias Trusty Tahr.

AMD souligne

« Ce pilote est conçu comme apporter le support en version bêta des applications Vulkan »

Nous retrouvons ainsi une prise en charge les API

Vulkan 1.0,
VDPAU,
OpenGL 4.5,
GLX 1.4,
OpenCL 1.2

A cela s’ajoute des fonctions de réglages d’affichage, de gestion de l’alimentation et le soutien de technologies ADF et du KMS.

Pour le téléchargement, tout se déroule sur la page officielle d’AMD. Vous la trouverez ici : Radeon GPU-Pro Bêta 16.15.1013 pour Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS. Il n’est pas conseillé pour une utilisation quotidienne d’exploiter cette nouveauté en raison des limitation et problèmes connus. Voici le changelog.

Radeon GPU-PRO Beta Driver – Vulkan pour Linux - Release Notes

AMD Product Compatibility

The AMD Radeon Software AMD GPU-PRO Beta Driver – Linux for Vulkan™ is compatible with the following AMD products.

AMD Product Family Compatibility

Radeon R9 Fury X Graphics AMD Radeon™ R9 380X Graphics
Radeon R9 Fury Graphics AMD Radeon™ R9 380 Graphics
Radeon R9 Nano Graphics AMD Radeon™ R9 285 Graphics
Radeon R9 M395X Graphics

Compatible Operating Systems

The AMD Radeon Software AMD GPU-PRO Beta Driver – Linux for Vulkan is designed to support the following operating system:

Ubuntu 14.04.4 (64-bit version)

Highlights

Supported APIs:

OpenGL 4.5 and GLX 1.4
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.0
VDPAU
Basic display features
Basic power management features
KMS (Kernel Mode Setting) and ADF (Atomic Display Framework) support
GPL compliant kernel module
Install script and Debian packages for Ubuntu 14.04.4

Important Notes

This product is based on a published Khronos Vulkan specification and this beta driver is expected to pass the Khronos Conformance Test Process. Current conformance status can be found at https://www.khronos.org/conformance/

This driver is intended as beta level support for use solely with Vulkan applications and as such some driver functionality has been removed. This is including, but not limited to, support for other Graphics APIs, Radeon Settings and other Radeon Software driver features.

What is Vulkan?

As a complement to OpenGL, descended from AMD’s Mantle, and forged by the industry, Vulkan™ is a powerful low-overhead graphics API that gives software developers deep control over the performance, efficiency, and capabilities of Radeon™ GPUs and multi-core CPUs. More information on Vulkan™ can be found here. More information on the latest Vulkan™-related news for AMD products can be found here.

Known Limitations

Current driver is only validated for the products listed on the AMD Product Compatibility table.
Multi-GPU features are not supported
Only basic display and power features are enabled and validated
RandR 1.4 features are not validated
OpenCL features are not fully validated
Workstation features are not supported
Suspend to disk (S4) is not supported
Certain driver functionality has been removed

Known Issues