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          <th>Bug ID</th>
          <td><a class="bz_bug_link 
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   title="NEW - R9 290 low performance in Linux 4.7"
   href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=97260">97260</a>
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          <th>Summary</th>
          <td>R9 290 low performance in Linux 4.7
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          <th>Product</th>
          <td>DRI
          </td>
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          <th>Version</th>
          <td>unspecified
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          <th>Hardware</th>
          <td>x86-64 (AMD64)
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          <th>OS</th>
          <td>Linux (All)
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          <th>Status</th>
          <td>NEW
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          <th>Keywords</th>
          <td>regression
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          <th>Severity</th>
          <td>major
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          <th>Priority</th>
          <td>high
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          <th>Component</th>
          <td>DRM/Radeon
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          <th>Assignee</th>
          <td>dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org
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          <th>Reporter</th>
          <td>magolobel@yahoo.com.br
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        <pre>Starting with Linux Kernel 4.7, the Radeon R9 290 started showing very low
performance, about 20/30% of what is available up to kernel 4.6. As can be seen
in this article, the performance regression started even before the launch of
kernel 4.7 RC1, using Alex Deucher's drm-next-4.7 branch:

<a href="http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=radeon-drm-next-47&num=1">http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=radeon-drm-next-47&num=1</a>

Some time later it was speculated that the problem may be with DPM:

<a href="http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-4.7-R9-290-Regression">http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-4.7-R9-290-Regression</a>

To replicate the bug, install Ubuntu 16.04 64bits and install kernel 4.7 from
here (preferably above rc5):

<a href="http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/">http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/</a> 

The performance regression will show right away. Rebooting the system and
choosing a kernel version up to 4.6 will fix the bug.</pre>
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