Amdgpu and carrizo R6

[Stuart Norman]

Here is a quote from an AMD tech support person from 9/29/16: 

The A10 8700P uses R6 graphics and currently APU graphics are not supported by 
the AMDGPU-PRO driver. At this time we cannot comment on when or if support 
will be added. I would recommend reverting to Xorg 1.17 and to use Crimson 
15.12 Linux driver for fglrx support with the R6 graphics. 

Has the Xorg version of amdgpu been updated since then? I tried the latest 
version 1.1.2. Or is there a significant difference between the Xorg amdgpu and 
the AMD pro version? 

On Tuesday, January 03, 2017 01:43:03 PM Alex Deucher wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 1:28 PM, Stuart Norman <cyrwyn at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I use pclinuxos. When X 1.18 was released the catalyst driver was removed 
and
> > replaced by amdgpu which does not work with my chipset. AMD isn't 
supporting
> > catalyst past X 1.17. The chipset is an integrated APU/GPU A10 8700p which 
is
> > R6 Volcanic Islands Carrizo.  I can only make it work by using nomodeset 
in
> > the kernel command line and without an Xorg.conf file. It's pretty lousy
> > resolution of 800x600. The AMD site doesn't show any Linux support for 
Carrizo
> > R6 graphics except for Windows. I saw a chart on X.org for amdgpu that 
shows
> > support for carrizo. Will amdgpu soon support this chip?
> >
> > I assume the ati driver won't work. Should I try the vesa driver or is 
there
> > another way to make fb offer a higher resolution?  Should vga=788 be 
removed
> > from the kernel command line?
> 
> All carrizo chips are supported with the amdgpu driver stack and have
> been for a while.  If you are having an issue please file a bug
> (https://bugs.freedesktop.org) and attach your xorg log and dmesg
> output.
> 
> Alex

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