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06-26-2013, 12:59
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AMD Has Massive Radeon Patch Set - Power Management!
Posted by Michael Larabel on June 26, 2013
For AMD Radeon customers using the open-source Linux graphics driver, the Linux 3.11 kernel is going to be mega exciting! Alex Deucher of AMD posted a set of 165 kernel patches today. Most notably, there's finally Dynamic Power Management (DPM) support for R600 GPUs up through Southern Islands hardware! Yes, there's finally dynamic power management in the open-source driver. Additionally, there's initial support for AMD "Sea Islands" hardware and there's also ASPM (Active State Power Management) support.
Link:http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTM5NjE
Good stuff that also includes performance tweaks...
AMD Has Massive Radeon Patch Set - Power Management!
Posted by Michael Larabel on June 26, 2013
For AMD Radeon customers using the open-source Linux graphics driver, the Linux 3.11 kernel is going to be mega exciting! Alex Deucher of AMD posted a set of 165 kernel patches today. Most notably, there's finally Dynamic Power Management (DPM) support for R600 GPUs up through Southern Islands hardware! Yes, there's finally dynamic power management in the open-source driver. Additionally, there's initial support for AMD "Sea Islands" hardware and there's also ASPM (Active State Power Management) support.
Link:http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTM5NjE
Good stuff that also includes performance tweaks...