On Tue, 4 Apr 2017 14:45:44 -0700 Daniel Frey wrote: > On 04/04/2017 10:37 PM, Alan Grimes wrote: > > I installed my Ryzen system today, using a mATX b350 mobo. > > > > My existing kernel mostly works, > > > > > > > > .000000] Linux version 4.6.7 (root@tortoise) (gcc version 5.4.0 (Gentoo > > 5.4.0-r3 p1.3, pie-0.6.5) ) #6 SMP Tue Apr 4 22:34:38 EDT 2017 > > From what I've been reading, Ryzen support wasn't added until 4.10, with > partial support in 4.9. So you probably won't get everything out of your > new hardware. > > I am using 4.9.16 on my laptop with binary nvidia drivers, I haven't had > issues yet. Although, it is one of those dual-gpu models, intel and > nvidia - but the nvidia kernel module loads with no erroneous messages. > > If you have bleeding edge hardware you really need to use a newer kernel > for proper support. I didn't even try my new laptop with an old kernel > (most of my other machines are on 4.1 LTS still.)
Ditto. With a bleeding edge hardware one needs a bleeding edge software, at least kernel, drivers/firmware and @system. Best regards, Andrew Savchenko
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