Re: State of amdgpu driver

[Robert Swindells <rjs%fdy2.co.uk@localhost>]

Lorenzo Torres <lorenzotorres%outlook.it@localhost> wrote:
> I've recently started using NetBSD on one of my computers and I'm 
> enjoying it so far. I wanted to install it also on my main desktop which 
> is currently running OpenBSD just fine. After doing so everything worked 
> except for the amdgpu(4) driver (first I enabled by loading from the 
> bootloader, then I also tried compiling it in the kernel directly). 
> modstat(8) shows it as loaded but for some reason in the `/dev/dri` 
> directory there is no `card*` file and when I start X it falls back to 
> vesa(4). Having support for my gpu is crucial and I can't really use 
> NetBSD without it.

You could try:

# cd /dev
# sh MAKEDEV all

to recreate the nodes in /dev/dri.

> This is the PCI device getting recognized by OpenBSD: `VGA compatible 
> controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Navi 22 [Radeon RX 
> 6700/6700 XT/6750 XT / 6800M/6850M XT] (rev df)`

Is this an integrated GPU or one on a separate PCIe card?