ATI FAQ
Hardware support[edit | edit source]
Are AMD/ATI boards supported?[edit | edit source]
Many AMD/ATI boards (but not all) are supported by xorg-x11, at least for the 2D accelerated features. The 3D support is provided either by xorg-x11, or by AMD's closed source drivers. AMD's closed source driver was available since the R200 GPUs, but support for current versions of X11 is limited. The last version of the Catalyst drivers fglrx had support only for R600 (since HD5000) and newer GPUs and X.org server 1.17. Older GPUs will use the mature open source xorg-x11 driver. 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.
| GPU | Common Name | Driver | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MESA | Kernel | XFree86/X.org X11 | ||
| Rage128 | Rage128 | – | rage128 | rage128 |
| R100 | Radeon 7xxx, Radeon 64 | radeon | radeon | radeon |
| R200, R250, R280 | Radeon 8500, Radeon 9000, Radeon 9200 | r200 | radeon, fglrx (deprecated) | radeon, (deprecated: fglrx) |
| R300, R400 | Radeon 9500-X850 | r300 | radeon, fglrx (deprecated) | radeon, (deprecated: fglrx) |
| R500 | Radeon X1300-X1950 | r300 | radeon, fglrx (deprecated) | radeon, (deprecated: fglrx, radeonhd) |
| R600 | Radeon HD2000 series | r600 | radeon, fglrx (deprecated) | radeon, (deprecated: fglrx, radeonhd) |
| RV670 | Radeon HD3000 series | r600 | radeon, fglrx (deprecated) | radeon, (deprecated: fglrx, radeonhd) |
| RV770 (R700) | Radeon HD4000 series | r600 | radeon, fglrx (deprecated) | radeon, (deprecated: fglrx, radeonhd) |
| Evergreen | Radeon HD5000 series | r600 | radeon, fglrx | radeon, fglrx |
| Northern Islands | Radeon HD6000 series | r600 | radeon, fglrx | radeon, fglrx |
| Southern Islands | Radeon HD7000 series (except HD7790), early Radeon R7/R9 series | radeonsi | radeon, fglrx | radeon, fglrx |
| Sea Islands | Radeon HD7790, Radeon R7/R9 series | radeonsi | radeon, fglrx, AMDGPU, AMDGPU-PRO | radeon, amdgpu, fglrx |
| Volcanic Islands | late Radeon R9 series, Radeon R9 Fury, R9 Nano, R9 Fury X, Pro Duo | radeonsi | radeon, fglrx, AMDGPU, AMDGPU-PRO | amdgpu, fglrx |
| Arctic Islands | Radeon RX 400/500 series | radeonsi | AMDGPU, AMDGPU-PRO | amdgpu |
| Vega, Raven Ridge | Radeon RX Vega | radeonsi | AMDGPU, AMDGPU-PRO | amdgpu |
| Navi | Radeon RX 5500/5600/5700 (XT) | radeonsi | AMDGPU, AMDGPU-PRO | amdgpu |
The Radeon Feature Matrix at X.org lists the open source driver support level for each part of the graphics card hardware.
I have an All-In-Wonder/Vivo board. Are the multimedia features supported?[edit | edit source]
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?[edit | edit source]
X11 support on the PPC or alpha platforms is quite similar to x86\amd64 X11 support. However, AMD/ATI's closed source Catalyst drivers are not supported on the PPC or Alpha, the open source drivers are the only option on these platforms. The Catalyst drivers are only available for x86 and AMD64. The open source xorg-x11 drivers should work well on all architectures.
To enable agpgart support for certain old AMD64 chipsets, support for K8 IOMMU must be disabled.
Are ATI Mobility models supported?[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
- Xorg/Hardware_3D_acceleration_guide — a guide to getting 3D acceleration working using the DRM with Xorg in Gentoo.
External resources[edit | edit source]
This page is based on a document formerly found on our main website gentoo.org.
The following people contributed to the original document: Luca Barbato, Jorge Paulo, Tiemo Kieft, Joshua Saddler
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