From a930f43803c1c7111cd53445b552437da5e8866d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rehno Lindeque Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2022 15:36:38 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] apple/macbook-pro/11-5: document amdgpu driver choice --- apple/macbook-pro/11-5/README.md | 10 +++++++++- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/apple/macbook-pro/11-5/README.md b/apple/macbook-pro/11-5/README.md index 17e5ef1..782c720 100644 --- a/apple/macbook-pro/11-5/README.md +++ b/apple/macbook-pro/11-5/README.md @@ -22,11 +22,19 @@ This configuration will **not** work with MacBook Pro 11,2 or 11,3 models. ## Graphics -The [MacBookPro11,4 and MacBookPro11,5](https://support.apple.com/kb/SP719) models ship with a discrete ATI graphics card (whereas MacBookPro11,2 and MacBookPro11,3 ship with NVidia cards). This is alongside the usual integrated Intel GPU. +The [MacBookPro11,4 and MacBookPro11,5](https://support.apple.com/kb/SP719) models ship with a discrete ATI/AMD graphics card (whereas MacBookPro11,2 and MacBookPro11,3 ship with NVidia cards). This is alongside the usual integrated Intel GPU. You may wish to look into dynamic switching between integrated and discrete graphics, but this config doesn't attempt it. +Currently this uses the experimental `si_support` to disable the older radeon driver and enable the more modern `amdgpu` driver. + ## Additional resources * Arch linux wiki: [MacBookPro11,x](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/MacBookPro11,x) * Kernel patches: [MacBookPro11,x](https://bugzilla.kernel.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=macbookpro11) + +For more context about experimental `amdgpu` support, see: + +* [Enabling AMDGPU by default for SI & CIK (November 2021)](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/amd/-/issues/1776) +* [Enabling AMDGPU by default for SI & CIK (August 2020))](https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/amd-gfx/2020-August/052243.html) +* [Feature support matrix](https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/AMDGPU#Feature_support)