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AMD’s Linux graphics driver is getting too big for older machines (www.tomshardware.com)
submitted 2 months ago by neme@lemm.ee to c/linux@programming.dev
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[–] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They should split it in two drivers, one legacy and one all other.

[–] bufalo1973@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

At least two. Or make it with modules and only load the necessary one.

[–] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Right; any solution they come up with presumably needs to be more scalable than "new drivers" and "old drivers". Eventually there will be too large a set of "old drivers" and we'll end up in the same situation with a small "new drivers" driver and a large "old drivers" blob.

[–] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

A different driver set for each chip architecture maybe?

[–] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 4 points 2 months ago

Maybe; it does sound like reducing the size of the driver is potentially possible as well https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMDGPU-Headers-Repo-Idea