Radeon Pro Software Enterprise Edition 18.Q1 for Linux Release Notes

Last Updated: February 14, 2018

This article provides information on the latest version of the Radeon™ Pro Software Enterprise Edition 18.Q1 for Linux®

Radeon Pro Software Enterprise Edition 18.Q1 for Linux can be downloaded from the following links*:

• RHEL 7.4 / CentOS 7.4
• RHEL 6.9 / CentOS 6.9
• Ubuntu 16.04.3

Installing the Radeon Pro Software Enterprise Edition 18.Q1 for Linux Driver

For detailed instructions on how to install or uninstall Radeon™ Pro Software Enterprise Edition 18.Q1 for Linux®, please refer to the following KB article: http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/Installation-Instructions-for-amdgpu-Graphics-Stacks.aspx

To use the Vulkan driver in this stack, Vulkan SDK version v1.0.65.0 needs to be installed. The SDK can be downloaded from: https://vulkan.lunarg.com/sdk/home

Radeon Pro Software Enterprise Edition 18.Q1 for Linux Highlights

• Delivers amdgpu-pro and amdgpu-all-open stacks using the same packaging infrastructure.
• Provides support for RHEL 7.4 and CentOS 7.4.
• Large Page Support is enabled by default.

Known Issues

• Corruption is observed while resizing terminal window in Ubuntu® 16.04.3 – this is a kernel issue and is expected to be fixed with Ubuntu® 16.04.4.
• Application errors may occur while performing StoryboardGraphics on ANSYS® Workbench™ 18.1. 
• Minor corruption may be seen in viewport when resizing in Autodesk® Mudbox™. 
• Minor corruption may be seen in viewport upon mouse hovering in Dassault Systèmes® Abaqus™. 
• Minor corruption may be seen while moving cursor over sample MSC SimXpert on RHEL 6.9 operating system. 
   

Product Compatibility

Radeon Pro Software Enterprise Edition 18.Q1 for Linux is compatible with the following AMD graphics products

Packaged Driver Contents

• AMDGPU All-Open and AMDGPU-Pro Driver (base driver 17.50)
• ROCm Platform 1.6 in supported distributions

Compatible Operating Systems

• Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 7.4 (64-bit version)
• Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 6.9 (64-bit version)
• CentOS 7.4 (64-bit version)
• CentOS 6.9 (64-bit version)
• Ubuntu® 16.04.3 (64-bit version)

Base Feature Support

• Supported APIs:
  • VDPAU/VAAPI
  • Vulkan™ 1.0
  • OpenCL™1.2
  • OpenGL 4.5 and GLX 1.4
• Basic display features
• Basic power management features
  • Note: AMD does not perform QA validation for S4 (hibernation) function as it is highly platform dependent.
• KMS (Kernel Mode Setting) and ADF (Atomic Display Framework) support
• GPL compliant kernel module
• AMD FirePro™ Features (EDID Management and 30-bit color)
• AMD FreeSync™ support (Please refer to this FAQ for more information)
• DirectGMA for OpenGL
• Install script and native packages for all supported operating systems
   

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