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The following instructions are for modern AMD GPU chipsets covered by the <code>radeon</code> and <code>andgpu</code> drivers.
The following instructions are for modern AMD GPU chipsets covered by the <code>radeon</code> and <code>amdgpu</code> drivers.


== Firmware ==
== Firmware ==

Revision as of 00:01, 7 January 2023

The following instructions are for modern AMD GPU chipsets covered by the radeon and amdgpu drivers.

Firmware

For RDNA and later, the linux-firmware-amdgpu package is required. Otherwise, the linux-firmware-radeon should be used.

Kernel Modesetting (KMS)

To enable KMS at boot:

  1. Add the radeon or amdgpu and fbcon modules to /etc/modules:

    $ echo radeon >> /etc/modules
    $ echo fbcon >> /etc/modules

    or

    $ echo amdgpu >> /etc/modules
    $ echo fbcon >> /etc/modules

  2. Install mkinitfs:

    apk add mkinitfs

  3. Enable the kms feature in the mkinitfs configuration by adding it to the features variable, e.g.,

    Contents of /etc/mkinitfs/mkinitfs.conf

    features="keymap cryptsetup kms ata base ide scsi usb virtio ext4"
  4. Run mkinitfs.
  5. Reboot to test the configuration.

Wayland

Install the following packages as needed:

  • mesa-dri-gallium: necessary Mesa drivers.
  • mesa-va-gallium: VA-API drivers, for hardware accelerated video encoding and decoding

If driver auto-selection does not work, e.g. no mouse cursor under Sway, manual driver selection might be needed:

  • export MESA_LOADER_DRIVER_OVERRIDE=r300: for AMD's Radeon R300, R400, and R500 GPUs.
  • export MESA_LOADER_DRIVER_OVERRIDE=r600: for AMD's Radeon R600 GPUs up to Northern Islands. Officially supported by AMD.
  • export MESA_LOADER_DRIVER_OVERRIDE=radeonsi: for AMD's Southern Island GPUs and later. Officially supported by AMD.

For VA-API:

  • export LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME=r600
  • export LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME=radeonsi

Xorg

Install either the Free Software driver xf86-video-ati or the proprietary amdgpu firmware linux-firmware-amdgpu.

modprobe fbcon might be needed to avoid black screen when leaving Xorg.