Re:Open source Mali GPU drivers merged
by SXX on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @10:16AM
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> I suspect at some point in the future AMD will abandon their 'pro' proprietary stack entirely after realizing they should stick to being a hardware business.
John Bridgman of AMD confirmed it's their plan like 5+ years ago. The only reason they ever maintained proprietary stack on Linux is workstation users who need certified OpenGL implementation for various proprietary software.
By now the only proprietary parts of "pro" stack are OpenGL implementation and shader compiler for Vulkan / OpenCL. Everything else in "pro" package is open source already. There is still legacy OpenCL implementation, but I guess ROCm will be used for everything soon.
John Bridgman of AMD confirmed it's their plan like 5+ years ago. The only reason they ever maintained proprietary stack on Linux is workstation users who need certified OpenGL implementation for various proprietary software.
By now the only proprietary parts of "pro" stack are OpenGL implementation and shader compiler for Vulkan / OpenCL. Everything else in "pro" package is open source already. There is still legacy OpenCL implementation, but I guess ROCm will be used for everything soon.