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.Dd June 18, 2022
.Dt AMDGPU 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm amdgpu
.Nd Driver for newer AMD graphics chipsets
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
driver provides support for the newer AMD graphics chips,
beginning with the Arctic Islands/Polaris family (Radeon RX 400 series).
Please refer to the
.Sx Loader Tunables
section in
.Xr syscons 4
for more information about how to make the console work with
.Nm .
.Pp
In order to use the driver one needs to install the
.Pa sysutils/devfw-amdgpu
package available in
.Xr dports 7 .
.Sh EXAMPLES
.Bd -literal
Section "Device"
        Identifier "Screen0"
        Driver "modesetting"
        Option "kmsdev" "/dev/dri/card0"
        Option "AccelMethod" "None"
EndSection
.Ed
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr drm 4 ,
.Xr syscons 4
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
driver was first available for Linux.
.Sh CAVEATS
Currently, only the modesetting driver is supported for
.Xr Xorg 1 .