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31.Dd June 18, 2022
32.Dt AMDGPU 4
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm amdgpu
36.Nd Driver for newer AMD graphics chipsets
37.Sh DESCRIPTION
38The
39.Nm
40driver provides support for the newer AMD graphics chips,
41beginning with the Arctic Islands/Polaris family (Radeon RX 400 series).
42Please refer to the
43.Sx Loader Tunables
44section in
45.Xr syscons 4
46for more information about how to make the console work with
47.Nm .
48.Pp
49In order to use the driver one needs to install the
50.Pa sysutils/devfw-amdgpu
51package available in
52.Xr dports 7 .
53.Sh EXAMPLES
54.Bd -literal
55Section "Device"
56        Identifier "Screen0"
57        Driver "modesetting"
58        Option "kmsdev" "/dev/dri/card0"
59        Option "AccelMethod" "None"
60EndSection
61.Ed
62.Sh SEE ALSO
63.Xr drm 4 ,
64.Xr syscons 4
65.Sh HISTORY
66The
67.Nm
68driver was first available for Linux.
69.Sh CAVEATS
70Currently, only the modesetting driver is supported for
71.Xr Xorg 1 .
72