How To: Install AMD Radeon RX560 (Polaris 11/Baffin) GPU support on LMDE2 Betsy (Debian 8 Jessie)

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How To: Install AMD Radeon RX560 (Polaris 11/Baffin) GPU support on LMDE2 Betsy (Debian 8 Jessie)

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My AMD Radeon RX560 card appears to be working well so far on LMDE2 with all open-source drivers. Here's a high-level look into what I did:

1. Installed & fully updated LMDE2 while connected to integrated graphics;
2. Added jessie-backports repository;
3. Installed AMD firmware, Mesa (3D) & X.org-amdgpu (2D) driver from jessie-backports, and other dependencies;
4. Manually updated AMD firmware to latest;
5. Compiled & installed Kernel 4.17 from source with RX560 support;
6. Installed other Mesa 13 components from jessie-backports;
7. Compiled & installed xserver-xorg-video-amdgpu 1.3 from source;
8. Added hardware video acceleration support packages.

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Details:

1. Installed LMDE2 & installed all updates while connected with integrated graphics; rough test of current frame rate:
vblank_mode=0 glxgears

2. Added "jessie-backports main contrib non-free" repository;

3. Installed the following as sudo/su/root for the kernel rebuild process & installed latest available video firmware, Mesa, & X.org drivers from jessie-backports:
apt install bison/oldstable
apt install flex/oldstable
apt install libssl-dev/oldstable
apt install libncurses5-dev/oldstable
apt install kernel-package/oldstable
apt install gcc-4.9-plugin-dev/oldstable
apt install git/oldstable
apt install libelf-dev/oldstable
apt install firmware-amd-graphics/jessie-backports
apt install mesa-vulkan-drivers/jessie-backports
apt install xserver-xorg-video-amdgpu/jessie-backports

4. Manually pulled the latest AMD firmware binaries from git & installed over the old 20161130 version:
git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git
cp -v -u linux-firmware/amdgpu/* /lib/firmware/amdgpu
cp -v -u linux-firmware/radeon/* /lib/firmware/radeon

5. Pulled the latest stable kernel & signature, verify signature:
wget https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel ... .17.tar.xz
wget https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel ... 7.tar.sign
unxz linux-4.17.tar.xz
gpg --verify linux-4.17.tar.sign
gpg --keyserver hkp://keys.gnupg.net --recv-keys <RSA key ID>
gpg --verify linux-4.17.tar.sign
tar xvf linux-4.17.tar
cd linux-4.17

6. Copy current kernel's configuration as defaults:
cp -v /boot/config-$(uname -r) .config

7. Configured kernel options per: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/AMDGPU & https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AMDGPU:
make menuconfig

Options chosen:
Processor type and features > MTRR (Memory Type Range Register) support = Y
Processor type and features > AMD Secure Memory Encryption (SME) support = N
Device Drivers > Graphics support > Direct Rendering Manager = M
Device Drivers > Graphics support > Direct Rendering Manager > Enable legacy fbdev support for your modesetting driver = Y
Device Drivers > Graphics support > ATI Radeon = N
Device Drivers > Graphics support > AMD GPU = M
Device Drivers > Graphics support > AMD GPU > Enable amdgpu support for SI parts = N
Device Drivers > Graphics support > AMD GPU > Enable amdgpu support for CIK parts = N
Device Drivers > Graphics support > AMD GPU > ACP (Audio CoProcessor) Configuration > Enable AMD Audio CoProcessor IP support = Y
Device Drivers > Graphics support > AMD GPU > Display Engine Configuration > AMD DC = Y
Device Drivers > Graphics support > AMD GPU > Display Engine Configuration > DC support for Polaris ... = Y
Device Drivers > Graphics support > AMD GPU > Display Engine Configuration > AMD FBC ... = Y
Device Drivers > Graphics support > AMD GPU > Display Engine Configuration > DCN 1.0 Raven Family = N
Device Drivers > Graphics support > HSA kernel driver for AMD GPU devices = M
Device Drivers > Sound card support = M
Device Drivers > Sound card support > Advanced Linux Sound Architecture = M
Device Drivers > Sound card support > Advanced Linux Sound Architecture > PCI sound devices = Y
Device Drivers > Sound card support > Advanced Linux Sound Architecture > PCI sound devices > HD-Audio > HD Audio PCI = M
Device Drivers > Sound card support > Advanced Linux Sound Architecture > PCI sound devices > Support initilization patch loading for HD audio = Y
Device Drivers > Sound card support > Advanced Linux Sound Architecture > PCI sound devices > (audio codecs) = Y
Device Drivers > Sound card support > Advanced Linux Sound Architecture > PCI sound devices > Build HDMI/Displayport HD-audio codec support = M
Device Drivers > Sound card support > Advanced Linux Sound Architecture > Pre-allocated buffer size for HD-audio driver = 2048
Device Drivers > Generic Driver Options > Userspace firmware loading support = Y
Device Drivers > Generic Driver Options > Include in-kernel firmware blobs in kernel binary
String = amdgpu/polaris11_ce.bin amdgpu/polaris11_k_smc.bin amdgpu/polaris11_mc.bin amdgpu/polaris11_me.bin amdgpu/polaris11_mec2.bin amdgpu/polaris11_mec.bin amdgpu/polaris11_pfp.bin amdgpu/polaris11_rlc.bin amdgpu/polaris11_sdma1.bin amdgpu/polaris11_sdma.bin amdgpu/polaris11_smc.bin amdgpu/polaris11_smc_sk.bin amdgpu/polaris11_uvd.bin amdgpu/polaris11_vce.bin
Device Drivers > Generic Driver Options > (/lib/firmware) Firmware blobs root directory

8. Clean the source tree & reset kernel package
make clean

9. Disable debug info
scripts/config --disable DEBUG_INFO

10. Compile kernel (-j value = #cores), e.g. for quad-core processor:
make -j4 deb-pkg

11. Install:
cd ..
dpkg -i linux-headers-4.17.0_4.17.0-1_amd64.deb
dpkg -i linux-libc-dev_4.17.0-1_amd64.deb
dpkg -i linux-image-4.17.0_4.17.0-1_amd64.deb

12. Install Mesa 13 from jessie-backports & reboot:
apt install libwayland-egl1-mesa/jessie-backports
apt-get -t jessie-backports install libglapi-mesa
apt install libgl1-mesa-dri/jessie-backports

13. Move video cable from integrated graphics to the RX560 card & boot. Test kernel driver, Mesa, and amdgpu version:
lshw -c video | grep driver
(should show "driver=amdgpu")

glxinfo | grep Open
(should show Mesa 13.0.6)

cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep -A 2 amdgpu_drv.so
(should show version 1.2)

14. Rough test of 3D framerate:
vblank_mode=0 glxgears

15. Upgrade xserver-xorg-video-amdgpu to 1.3. Download amdgpu 1.3 source & extract:
wget https://www.x.org/releases/individual/d ... .0.tar.bz2
tar jxf xf86-video-amdgpu-1.3.0.tar.bz2

16. Install dependencies; compile from source & create amdgpu 1.3 .deb package & install:
apt install libdrm-dev/jessie-backports
apt install libgbm-dev/jessie-backports
apt install x11proto-core-dev/oldstable
apt install x11proto-fonts-dev/oldstable
apt install x11proto-xf86dri-dev/oldstable
apt install xserver-xorg-dev/oldstable
apt install libgl1-mesa-dev/jessie-backports
cd xf86-video-amdgpu-1.3.0
./configure
make -j4
make install

17. Backup original (1.2) amdgpu_drv.so file & install version 1.3 that was just built & reboot:
mv /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/amdgpu_drv.so /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/amdgpu_drv.so.bak.12
cp /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/amdgpu_drv.so /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers

18. Install hardware (VA-API & VDPAU) video acceleration packages (see https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ha ... celeration):
apt install vainfo/jessie-backports
apt install mesa-va-drivers/jessie-backports
apt install mesa-vdpau-drivers/jessie-backports
apt-get install vdpauinfo

19. Added the following to both /etc/X11/xorg.conf & /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-amdgpu.conf:

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Section "Device"
	Identifier "AMDgpu"
	Driver "amdgpu"
	Option "AccelMethod" "glamor"
	Option "DRI" "3"
EndSection

Section "OutputClass"
	Identifier "AMDgpu"
	MatchDriver "amdgpu"
	Driver "amdgpu"
EndSection
20. Add the following to the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT= line in /etc/default/grub & reboot:

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amdgpu.modeset=1 amdgpu.dc=1
shutdown -r now

21. Verify amdgpu version:
cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep -A 2 amdgpu_drv.so
(should show version 1.3.0)

22. Verify VA-API:
vainfo

23. Verify VDPAU:
vdpauinfo

24. Verify Direct Rendering is enabled:
glxinfo | grep rendering

25. Rough test of 3D framerate:
vblank_mode=0 glxgears

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Afterwards:
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