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Re: Linux Driver for [Suspicious link removed]pute 17.30.1029
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heavyarms1912
on 08/12/2017, 22:31:39 UTC
Does this work if you only have a Celeron CPU? I went to the ROCm site and under system requirements it mentioned a more powerful CPU. Has anyone got this working with a Celeron?

Also, if I install the ROCm kernel and make the mentioned GRUB change... can I still select Ubuntu 16 and have it work like before if this ROCm kernel does not work for me?

Thanks


Yes, it works with Celeron.  
Yes, you can revert back to older kernel.  In fact you can choose to boot with specific kernel in linux.

Are you sure on this?  I tried this out since currently my cards are running around ~25 Mh/z, and haven't really seen the expected increase.  Boot is also unpredictable/takes a long time to display after installation.  After going to the full installation documentation I saw that Pentiums aren't supported...oops.  Since I'm using a Biostar TB250-BTC 6x with a Intel Pentium G4400 Skylake it looks like that's the issue.  Would switching to a Celeron be a viable fix, since I don't see it explicitly supported on the installation guide: http://rocm-documentation.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Installation_Guide/Installation-Guide.html?  

I missed the only part there.  If you check my response I meant it also works on Celeron.  In fact I run on G3900 with 9 gpus and linux 16.04.03 LTS.  i don't think there should be an issue with Skylake cpus.