State of AMD drivers in 16.04 [closed]
I am really confused about the state of AMD drivers on 16.04
My question is six-fold.
- What is the difference between
- The
amdgpu
driver, - The
radeon
driver, and - The
amdgpu-pro
driver?
- The
When would each of those drivers be used?
Are they all open-source?
Can you switch between them?
Which GPUs are supported?
Is AMD working on an
fglrx
replacement for 16.04?
As I do not have an AMD card, I am unable to experiment.
I understand this is a broad question, but I want this to be a canonical question :)
Here's what I've been able to find so far:
A: The
amdgpu
driver, pre-installed in 16.04, is used for AMD's newest graphics cards. 3B: The
radeon
driver, also pre-installed in 16.041, is a replacement for thefglrx
driver1, and is used for older AMD cards thatamdgpu
doesn't support.C:
amdgpu-pro
is not its own driver, but rather an overlay on top ofamdgpu
2. It is optimized for gaming2.
I think Ubuntu decides automatically. Although the
amdgpu-pro
driver has to be downloaded manually.- The
amdgpu
driver is completely open-source - The
radeon
driver is completely open-source - The
amdgpu-pro
driver is partially open-source
- The
I have no idea. Probably not.
Still have to do more research....
amdgpu-pro
is the replacement forfglrx
.