Enable AMDGPU for CIK by default

[Michel Dänzer]

On 07/11/16 04:24 PM, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> On 07/11/16 03:56 AM, Sandeep wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I was wondering when DRM_AMDGPU_CIK would be turned on by default in the
>> upstream kernel (or is this upto individual distros?)
>>
>> Is there any work left to be done/bugs to be fixed before it can be
>> enabled by default?
> 
> There are still some functional regressions, notably amdgpu doesn't
> support HDMI/DP audio yet.
> 
> Also, simply enabling DRM_AMDGPU_CIK by default isn't a good solution,
> since the radeon driver also still supports the CIK devices, and there's
> no good mechanism to choose which driver gets to drive a particular GPU
> at runtime.

Moreover, amdgpu doesn't work with my Kaveri laptops in my attempts so
far — the panel doesn't even light up. Haven't had a chance to dig into
what's happening there.


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