<s>
AMDgpu	B-Application
is	O
an	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
device	B-Application
driver	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
AMD	O
to	O
support	O
its	O
Radeon	B-Device
lineup	O
of	O
graphics	B-Device
cards	I-Device
(	O
GPUs	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
announced	O
in	O
2014	O
as	O
the	O
successor	O
to	O
the	O
previous	O
radeon	B-Device
device	B-Application
driver	I-Application
as	O
part	O
of	O
AMD	O
's	O
new	O
"	O
unified	O
"	O
driver	O
strategy	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
April	O
20	O
,	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
takes	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
an	O
kernel	B-Application
module	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2022	O
,	O
AMD	O
Kernel	B-Operating_System
Fusion	O
Driver	O
(	O
KFD	O
)	O
is	O
now	O
integrated	O
in	O
this	O
one	O
kernel	B-Application
module	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
AMDgpu	B-Application
has	O
been	O
fully	O
upstreamed	O
and	O
new	O
developments	O
continue	O
to	O
do	O
so	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
AMDgpu	B-Application
is	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
monolithic	B-Operating_System
Linux	B-Operating_System
kernel	I-Operating_System
,	O
it	O
is	O
shipped	O
by	O
most	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
directly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
package	O
suite	O
/	O
install	O
script	O
amdgpu-pro	O
,	O
distributed	O
by	O
AMD	O
directly	O
from	O
AMD	B-Application
Radeon	I-Application
Software	I-Application
,	O
ships	O
an	O
AMDgpu	B-Application
kernel	B-Application
module	I-Application
somewhat	O
reliably	O
more	O
up-to-date	O
compared	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
kernels	B-Operating_System
shipped	O
in	O
regular	O
operating	O
system	O
distributions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
kernel	B-Application
module	I-Application
happens	O
between	O
AMD	O
and	O
the	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
maintainers	O
,	O
discussions	O
happen	O
on	O
the	O
freedesktop.org	B-Application
mailing	O
lists	O
-	O
freedesktop	B-Application
being	O
home	O
to	O
major	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
graphics	O
projects	O
such	O
as	O
Mesa	B-Application
,	O
libdrm	B-Application
,	O
Xorg	B-Operating_System
,	O
Wayland	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
AMDgpu	B-Application
officially	O
supports	O
cards	O
built	O
upon	O
GCN	B-Architecture
1.2	I-Architecture
or	O
higher	O
,	O
including	O
new	O
instruction	O
sets	O
such	O
as	O
RDNA1&2	O
,	O
CDNA	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
support	O
for	O
GCN	O
1.0/1.1	O
is	O
incomplete	O
,	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
enabled	O
by	O
a	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
parameter	O
and	O
some	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
enabled	O
it	O
by	O
default	O
.	O
</s>
