On Mon, 15 Jan 2018 10:46:12 -0600 "Chris Caudle" <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >On Fri, January 12, 2018 7:48 am, Will Godfrey wrote: >> So, I'm now on kernel 14.4.7 :) > >I think that was a typo, I assume it is 4.14.7. Indeed _ I'm sure somebody moves things around on this keyboard when I'm not looking! >I am currently running 4.14.12 modified with the RT patches installed (the >kernel provided for Fedora 27 by the CCRMA repository), and it is running >quite fine with an Asus HD5450 card. >That series of cards uses the older radeon driver and was previously >broken for a few releases around the 4.11.x time frame, at least in the >Fedora 26 kernels. I do not think Fedora modifies the graphics drivers, >so I suspect that a regression with the older cards crept into the >mainline at some point and was corrected in later kernels after it was >noticed. > >I pulled the HD5450 card from a machine retired recently, I have been >running a newer RX 460 card which uses the amdgpu driver (which replaced >the radeon driver for AMD GPU for the latest generation devices). The >newer card was prompted primarily by my kids who wanted better graphics >for Minecraft, but with the working driver I do not see any noticeable >difference in desktop use with a browser, playing youtube videos, etc. >The HD5450 is single width vs. dual width, passive heat sink vs. fan heat >sink, and lower power. I can recommend it for anything not involving 3D >graphics, I used it for several years with no problems until the driver >regression in the 4.11.x series of kernels, which as far as I can tell is >completely corrected with the 4.14 kernel I am currently running. > OK, that's good news indeed. Thanks for the info, that's one more unknown scratched off the list :) -- Will J Godfrey http://www.musically.me.uk Say you have a poem and I have a tune. Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
