14 DAY TRIAL // On September 15, 2016, Michel Dänzer had the great pleasure of announcing the release of the xf86-video-amdgpu 1.1.1 update to the open source AMDGPU graphics driver for AMD Radeon GPUs on GNU/Linux platforms.
According to the release notes, xf86-video-amdgpu 1.1.1 is the latest stable version of the driver, and the biggest new feature is that it's now capable of detecting all the AMD Radeon graphics cards that are supported upstream in the AMDGPU kernel driver. Additionally, it now offers support for X.Org Server version 1.9 to 1.18.
"I'm pleased to announce the 1.1.1 release of xf86-video-amdgpu, the X.Org driver for AMD Radeon GPUs supported by the AMDGPU kernel driver. This release supports X.Org Server versions 1.9-1.18," says Michel Dänzer in the release announcement. "This is a stable point release containing only fixes and other minor changes."
It also looks like over 20 issues reported by users since the previous maintenance release were addressed in xf86-video-amdgpu 1.1.1, and for that we recommend you take a look at the full changelog attached at the end of the article if you're curious to know what exactly has been changed.
In related news, Michel Dänzer also announced the release of the xf86-video-ati 7.7.1 X.Org video driver for ATI/AMD Radeon graphics cards that are supported by the radeon Linux kernel driver. There are eighteen changes implemented in this new stable version, which now offers support for X.Org Server versions 1.9 to 1.18.