Third Party Hardware > GPU Compute / Accelerators
the microcode question
pocock:
Raptor's workstations come with the AMD WX7100 GPU by default
While AMD is officially engaged in the production of the free/open source amdgpu driver, the AMD cards still require some microcode / blobs.
From the perspective of Talos II buyers/users, can anybody make suggestions about the best links/documents for helping decide upon the graphics and GPU strategy?
To put that another way: given that Talos II has VGA and the Blackbird's built-in HDMI can only do Full HD (1080p), if somebody wants to have one or more 4K displays and they don't need 3D, what are the recommended options without any microcode?
MauryG5:
I currently have a 4K display and can use that resolution on my Power system. Also if I run the command to check 3D acceleration enabled, it tells me that it is enabled on my board. I use an AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT to get all of this.
ClassicHasClass:
Maury, that doesn't help him because that still requires an AMD blob.
I'm not aware of a fully free 4K framebuffer ... yet. I'm told some people were putting RISC-V to such a task but I haven't heard much further and it might just be wishful thinking.
MPC7500:
What comes to mind is libreSOC. At first I was a bit skeptical, but now it looks promising.
MauryG5:
I didn't quite understand your question at the time. Sorry... :-)
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