AMDGPU-PRO Driver for Linux® – Release Notes

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This article provides information on the AMDGPU-Pro Driver

The content of this document is organized into the following sections:

• Package Contents
• Driver Download Link
• Installation Instructions
• AMD Product Compatibility
• Compatible Operating Systems
• Highlights
• Known Limitations

Package Contents

• AMDGPU-Pro Driver

The AMDGPU-Pro Driver can be downloaded from the following link:

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• AMDGPU-Pro Driver Version 16.40 for RHEL 7.2
• AMDGPU-Pro Driver Version 16.40 for RHEL 6.8
• AMDGPU-Pro Driver Version 16.40 for Ubuntu 16.04

Installing the AMDGPU-Pro Driver 
For detailed instructions on how to correctly uninstall or install please refer to the following KB article: 

• How-To Install/uninstall AMDGPU-PRO driver on a RHEL 7.2 Based System
• How-To Install/uninstall AMDGPU-PRO driver on a RHEL 6.8 Based System
• How-To Install/uninstall AMDGPU-PRO driver on a Ubuntu 16.04 Based System

To use AMD Vulkan driver in this driver stack, the LunarG Vulkan loader needs to be installed, please refer to the following support KB article for instructions:

• How to Install LunarG Vulkan SDK for Ubuntu

AMD Product Compatibility
The AMDGPU-Pro Driver is compatible with the following AMD pr​​oducts.

Compatible Operating Systems

• RedHat Enterprise Linux 7.2 (64-bit version)
• RedHat Enterprise Linux 6.8 (64-bit version)
• Ubuntu 16.04 (64-bit version)

New in This Version

• Provides support for
• AMD Radeon™ R9 M485X
• AMD Radeon™ R7 M465
• AMD Radeon™ R7 M460
• AMD Radeon™ R7 M445
• AMD Radeon™ R7 M440
• Install scripts for RedHat Enterprise Linux 7.2 and 6.8
• FirePro Features (EDID Management and 30-bit color)

Base Feature Support

• Supported APIs:
• OpenGL 4.5 and GLX 1.4
• OpenCL 1.2
• Vulkan 1.0
• VDPAU
• Vulkan support for DOTA2
• Basic display features
• Basic power management features
• KMS (Kernel Mode Setting) and ADF (Atomic Display Framework) support
• GPL compliant kernel module
• Install script and Debian packages for Ubuntu 16.04

Known Limitations

• Unable to log in to the system after driver installation on certain platforms.
• Company of Heroes 2 occasionally hangs.
• In platforms with AMD and non-AMD graphics, X servers running on non-AMD primary graphics may fail to start.