From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Parker Subject: Support for latest AMD GPU? Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 22:42:35 -0700 Message-ID: <3EB6AAD7-D18A-45A2-90E3-66637430851C@firemail.cc> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:58337) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hd6tI-0002oY-GB for help-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Jun 2019 01:42:45 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hd6tH-0007GN-F1 for help-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Jun 2019 01:42:44 -0400 Received: from mx1.cock.li ([185.10.68.5]:40311 helo=cock.li) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hd6tG-0007ET-JT for help-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Jun 2019 01:42:43 -0400 List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" To: help-guix@gnu.org I understand this is a "free as in speech" distro so there's no proprietary= blobs on here=2E I also have the latest AMD Vega 56 GPU=2E On Debian, I ha= d to install proprietary blobs to get it to work, but it's also my understa= nding that AMD has free software drivers=2E But then again, they could be t= hrowing the =E2=80=9Copen source=E2=80=9D label on the drivers and just rel= ease some of the source but require blobs to compile=2E After all of that, I ask if Guix has good support for modern GPUs like min= e? Are there free drivers for my graphics card on here? Or will I have to c= ompile my own from the proprietary blobs? I'd prefer not to, but I'll do i= t if I must=2E=20 Parker --=20 Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail=2E Please excuse my brevity=2E