Re: AMD Pro A10/A12 Radeon R7 Support

2018-01-22 Thread Bryan Vyhmeister
On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 02:51:37PM +1100, Jonathan Gray wrote:
> The GCN parts like the 7750 (Cape VERDE) 7870 (PITCAIRN) will use
> the radeon xorg driver but will not have acceleration until the userland
> parts are sorted out which involves changing how LLVM is built, adding
> additional dependencies like libelf to base or xenocara and changing
> how Mesa is built.
> 
> I am looking into a radeondrm update that would add modesetting support
> for second generation GCN/sea islands parts and some more first
> generation southern islands parts.
> 
> ie, OLAND/HAINAN/BONAIRE/KABINI/MULLINS/KAVERI/HAWAII.

Thanks for the clarification. I will stick with Intel integrated
graphics for now until that gets sorted out somewhere down the line.
Thank you!

Bryan



Re: AMD Pro A10/A12 Radeon R7 Support

2018-01-22 Thread Jonathan Gray
On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 07:06:32PM -0800, Bryan Vyhmeister wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 11:57:35AM +1100, Jonathan Gray wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 10:43:03AM -0800, Bryan Vyhmeister wrote:
> > > I have been looking at the new Lenovo ThinkPad A275 which is much like
> > > the X260/X270 but with AMD Pro A10 or A12 chip and graphics. I am
> > > interested in looking at something other than Intel for the first time
> > > in more than a decade. I am interested in radeondrm(4) support for any
> > > of the options available which are the AMD Pro A10-8730B, AMD Pro
> > > A10-9700B, or AMD Pro A12-9800B. I am personally most interested in
> > > ordering the AMD Pro A12-9800B. Any possilibity that radeondrm(4) might
> > > work for these chips in some fashion?
> > 
> > CARRIZO parts like that would require a new amdgpu drm driver.
> 
> Understood. I will not get an A275 then. As far as radeondrm(4) support
> goes, is my understanding from previous discussions correct that Radeon
> HD 7750 or 7870 cards have kernel support but would have to be used
> through the modesetting(4) driver in Xorg? I am still looking at those
> cards for 4k monitor support for multiple monitors on a system that does
> not have integrated graphics (Xeon E5 for example). In particular the
> four mDP or six mDP cards are interesting to me. Thanks again.

The GCN parts like the 7750 (Cape VERDE) 7870 (PITCAIRN) will use
the radeon xorg driver but will not have acceleration until the userland
parts are sorted out which involves changing how LLVM is built, adding
additional dependencies like libelf to base or xenocara and changing
how Mesa is built.

I am looking into a radeondrm update that would add modesetting support
for second generation GCN/sea islands parts and some more first
generation southern islands parts.

ie, OLAND/HAINAN/BONAIRE/KABINI/MULLINS/KAVERI/HAWAII.



Re: AMD Pro A10/A12 Radeon R7 Support

2018-01-22 Thread Bryan Vyhmeister
On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 11:57:35AM +1100, Jonathan Gray wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 10:43:03AM -0800, Bryan Vyhmeister wrote:
> > I have been looking at the new Lenovo ThinkPad A275 which is much like
> > the X260/X270 but with AMD Pro A10 or A12 chip and graphics. I am
> > interested in looking at something other than Intel for the first time
> > in more than a decade. I am interested in radeondrm(4) support for any
> > of the options available which are the AMD Pro A10-8730B, AMD Pro
> > A10-9700B, or AMD Pro A12-9800B. I am personally most interested in
> > ordering the AMD Pro A12-9800B. Any possilibity that radeondrm(4) might
> > work for these chips in some fashion?
> 
> CARRIZO parts like that would require a new amdgpu drm driver.

Understood. I will not get an A275 then. As far as radeondrm(4) support
goes, is my understanding from previous discussions correct that Radeon
HD 7750 or 7870 cards have kernel support but would have to be used
through the modesetting(4) driver in Xorg? I am still looking at those
cards for 4k monitor support for multiple monitors on a system that does
not have integrated graphics (Xeon E5 for example). In particular the
four mDP or six mDP cards are interesting to me. Thanks again.

Bryan



Re: AMD Pro A10/A12 Radeon R7 Support

2018-01-22 Thread joekiser
Maybe wsfb(4) can hold you over.

I am waiting to see what the A285 will bring. 

Regards,

Joe Kiser



On Mon, Jan 22, 2018, at 13:43, Bryan Vyhmeister wrote:
> I have been looking at the new Lenovo ThinkPad A275 which is much like> the 
> X260/X270 but with AMD Pro A10 or A12 chip and graphics. I am
> interested in looking at something other than Intel for the first time> in 
> more than a decade. I am interested in radeondrm(4) support for any> of the 
> options available which are the AMD Pro A10-8730B, AMD Pro
> A10-9700B, or AMD Pro A12-9800B. I am personally most interested in
> ordering the AMD Pro A12-9800B. Any possilibity that
> radeondrm(4) might> work for these chips in some fashion?
>
> Bryan
>



Re: AMD Pro A10/A12 Radeon R7 Support

2018-01-22 Thread Jonathan Gray
On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 10:43:03AM -0800, Bryan Vyhmeister wrote:
> I have been looking at the new Lenovo ThinkPad A275 which is much like
> the X260/X270 but with AMD Pro A10 or A12 chip and graphics. I am
> interested in looking at something other than Intel for the first time
> in more than a decade. I am interested in radeondrm(4) support for any
> of the options available which are the AMD Pro A10-8730B, AMD Pro
> A10-9700B, or AMD Pro A12-9800B. I am personally most interested in
> ordering the AMD Pro A12-9800B. Any possilibity that radeondrm(4) might
> work for these chips in some fashion?
> 
> Bryan
> 

CARRIZO parts like that would require a new amdgpu drm driver.



AMD Pro A10/A12 Radeon R7 Support

2018-01-22 Thread Bryan Vyhmeister
I have been looking at the new Lenovo ThinkPad A275 which is much like
the X260/X270 but with AMD Pro A10 or A12 chip and graphics. I am
interested in looking at something other than Intel for the first time
in more than a decade. I am interested in radeondrm(4) support for any
of the options available which are the AMD Pro A10-8730B, AMD Pro
A10-9700B, or AMD Pro A12-9800B. I am personally most interested in
ordering the AMD Pro A12-9800B. Any possilibity that radeondrm(4) might
work for these chips in some fashion?

Bryan