Re:PyTorch 1.8, with AMD ROCm support
by h0l0gr4ph1c on Saturday March 06, 2021 @01:29AM
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As someone who bought a RX580 for playing with Deep learning with ROCm (It was supported at the time). After posting to one or two bug threads, I had the same experience as the gp -- our issues were ignored. The issues have recently closed as the RX580 is no longer supported.
As for long term success, good luck, but once bitten twice shy.
I empathize. There have been plenty of mistakes. Trust is difficult to earn, and clearly we have not acted in a manner deserving of yours.
When I first encountered ROCm, my impressions were mixed. The idea thrilled me, but the execution did not. I planned to ignore ROCm until it was clear that it would meet my needs. Obviously, my plans changed, but I haven't forgotten the perspective I had as a potential user.
There are still rough edges and I know that nobody gets third chances, so it's good that you're cautious. We are steadily improving and I believe we will do better in supporting our users going forward, but to earn that trust back, we will have to prove it through our actions.
If the problems you encountered are related to a particular ROCm software library, I would encourage you to open an issue on the library's GitHub page. You will get the best results if you can get your problem directly in front of the people responsible for fixing it. Radeon VII is one of the core supported platforms and bugs encountered with it should be taken seriously. In fact, if you want to point me at the bug reports, I will personally follow up on them.
ROCm has improved tremendously over the past 6 months, and I expect it to continue to improve. There have been growing pains, but I believe in the long-term success of this project.