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AMD Publishes Open-Source Driver for GPU Virtualization, Radeon "In the Roadmap"

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Re: AMD Publishes Open-Source Driver for GPU Virtualization, Radeon "In the Roadmap"

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But why do you even have to do this fucking bullshit that you randomly stumble upon, while googling error message after error message, ending up in random github repos and issues? And no, just because the three random cards you have work doesn't mean "everything works". Just tried an MI300A a few months ago... I just wanted to test ollama as this is one of the hottest applications for GPU acceleration now, it will su…

> But why do you even have to do this fucking bullshit Because it's like 2-4 times cheaper than to go nvidia?.. > the three random cards you have It's more than 3 random cards. I run 6900 XT, 7900 XTX, W7900 Pro, VII, VII Pro, Vega 56, Vega 64, 6800 XT, 5700 XT plus I've experimented with a 9950 iGPU, a 5xxx series iGPU and the only thing which didn't work was 3400g iGPU. > Apparently only fp16 models work fp8 works…

> Because it's like 2-4 times cheaper than to go nvidia?..

That still makes nvidia way cheaper compared to the time wasted getting that shit to run plus debug an unknown amount of issues down the road. I told my boss "look I wasted two days on this and it's barely working, I could've done actual work here". Two other colleagues poked at it some more without success. going Nvidia was a no-brainer then.

Re: AMD Publishes Open-Source Driver for GPU Virtualization, Radeon "In the Roadmap"

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I’m using Nix and setting HSA_OVERRIDE_GFX_VERSION. It’s not working on my GPU (Radeon RX7600)

This https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/radeon-rx-7600.c4153 says that's a gfx1102. I'd expect that to work out of the box. Linux kernel version vaguely near one of the nominally supported ones?

I mean, so would I expect it to work out of the box, which is part of why I find this situation frustrating

Re: AMD Publishes Open-Source Driver for GPU Virtualization, Radeon "In the Roadmap"

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> But why do you even have to do this fucking bullshit Because it's like 2-4 times cheaper than to go nvidia?.. > the three random cards you have It's more than 3 random cards. I run 6900 XT, 7900 XTX, W7900 Pro, VII, VII Pro, Vega 56, Vega 64, 6800 XT, 5700 XT plus I've experimented with a 9950 iGPU, a 5xxx series iGPU and the only thing which didn't work was 3400g iGPU. > Apparently only fp16 models work fp8 works…

> Because it's like 2-4 times cheaper than to go nvidia?.. That still makes nvidia way cheaper compared to the time wasted getting that shit to run plus debug an unknown amount of issues down the road. I told my boss "look I wasted two days on this and it's barely working, I could've done actual work here". Two other colleagues poked at it some more without success. going Nvidia was a no-brainer then.

Yes, if you can fork out 5-12K for an nvidia card, it's a no-brainer. Otherwise an equivalent 1-3K radeon could do some good job for you.

If you decide to dispose of that MI300A of yours, send it to me, I'll pay for shipping and even buy you a pizza.

Re: AMD Publishes Open-Source Driver for GPU Virtualization, Radeon "In the Roadmap"

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Did you do any writeup/post on your experience with setting it up? I think it would have some audience ( apart from me that is ).

It never occurred to me because it was such an easy process kn Arch. https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Ollama 3 commands to install and run an LLM.

Hmm. Thank you. I clearly was doing something wrong ( non arch distro though ). Will try again today:D

Re: AMD Publishes Open-Source Driver for GPU Virtualization, Radeon "In the Roadmap"

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AMD has never understood that software is important. It's not culturally baked into them.

You aren't wrong, but the important question is: "If they decided to change, could they actually do it?"

I'm happy to be the next AMD CEO to try out!
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