AMD Is Currently Hiring More Linux Engineers (phoronix.com) 24
According to Phoronix, AMD currently has several interesting job openings on the Linux front. From the report: While AMD has been delivering reliable Linux support with their recent launches, there is room for improvement in areas like more timely compiler support for new processors, better alignment of their new hardware enablement for getting the code not only upstreamed but into distributions for launch-day, and similar areas. Based on recent job postings, it looks like AMD is working to make such strides.
Here is a look at some of the new and currently active Linux-related job openings at AMD: [Manager Linux Kernel Development, Linux Technical Lead, Linux Engineer, and Linux Systems Architect, among other traditional software/hardware engineering roles].
Several of these new job descriptions do begin with, "step up into a new organization built to engage more strategically and deeply with the technical teams of our commercial customers." Interestingly, I only see that opening line on their current Linux job postings. When asking AMD if there is a "new (Linux) organization" at AMD, the comment was there is no organization to announce but this is part of the overall expansion at AMD. So for now it's back to dreaming about a new unit akin to the defunct AMD Operating System Research Center that previously drove their Linux support or Intel's former Open-Source Technology Center.
Here is a look at some of the new and currently active Linux-related job openings at AMD: [Manager Linux Kernel Development, Linux Technical Lead, Linux Engineer, and Linux Systems Architect, among other traditional software/hardware engineering roles].
Several of these new job descriptions do begin with, "step up into a new organization built to engage more strategically and deeply with the technical teams of our commercial customers." Interestingly, I only see that opening line on their current Linux job postings. When asking AMD if there is a "new (Linux) organization" at AMD, the comment was there is no organization to announce but this is part of the overall expansion at AMD. So for now it's back to dreaming about a new unit akin to the defunct AMD Operating System Research Center that previously drove their Linux support or Intel's former Open-Source Technology Center.
One more reason to like AMD. (Score:4, Insightful)
Re: One more reason to like AMD. (Score:1)
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Linux support on AMD has always been pretty good, but this could make it even better. Also, way to know your market. People who think about their hardware enough to not simply buy Intel, are largely the same sort of people who think enough about their OS to not simply buy Microsoft.
As a person who has been running a NO INTEL policy for 20 years, I would love to agree with you. Unfortunately I can't
AMD Shipped Ryzen without any f*cking Linux support. In fact it is still shipping broken as in "will keel over randomly". No, this is not a flamebait - read carefully this: https://github.com/jfredrickso... [github.com]
As of today, Linux even in the 5.10 kernel still does not have support for any power states on Ryzen beyond C1 (compare that to Intel which has committed code for the full set of power
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Ryzens in the house, all 6 core/12 core desktops will crash at least once within a week without this "fix" (quotes needed).
My 12 core one's been stable. Maybe the motherboard on mine blocks unstable things?
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It is notable that where AMD has historically had poor linux support has always been power management. Even just getting fan control working on AMD-chipset systems under linux has often been an agonizing chore, whereas for intel it's lick and stick.
I hope that these hiring moves signal an end to that, because it's been seriously annoying.
Re: One more reason to like AMD. (Score:2)
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Re:One more reason to like AMD. (Score:4, Insightful)
This can also be twisted to say that AMD is trying to get Linux Development Strictly focused for their Platforms creating features for Linux that will only work (Well) with AMD chips and products. Allowing AMD Designers to go further away from the x86 compatibility over time. Having GNU/Linux become AMD/Linux.
Yes AMD is the smaller company compared to Intel, we do like to root for the little guy. But about 20 years ago, we were rooting for Apple, with its fancy Unix Based OS X operating system. Now today Apple is just as disliked as Microsoft or Intel.
I have learned a long time ago, to keep your emotions in check around companies. I may like the AMD Chips, or a Tesla, or Samsung currently. That doesn't mean I should emotionally invest into the company just because I happen to buy their products.
I know, it feels like a sin to perhaps not buy the best deal, and you feel the need to justify it to others, who may have gotten something either cheaper or better than what you got. Also especially for larger purchases you may feel you want to brag about the product that you had put time and research into, but the thing is. If you are happy with it great. Others may be happy with something else.
The Cloud (Score:3)
If you have ambitions to take more of the Cloud away from Intel you have to stop making excuses and get your Linux shit figured out 100%. No more "oh, monitoring core temps only werks on windoez" and such. No more KVM version x.y.z has a problem, so run version a.b.c, except that that version has some other pathetic flaw on AMD CPUs that has been plaguing everyone for the last 4 years too!
Long, long overdue.
Maybe, years from now, after they've managed to iron out their problems with Linux, they can transfer the folks that pull it off over to their GPU driver group and deal with that hot mess.
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Yes, if you're a Neo-n@zi seditionist, you may have a hard time finding a place to store your data. Kind of sucks when all you want to do is keep the white man on top, teach them liberals and colored folks their place, and plot out the murder of any pesky Vice Presidents or Speakers of the House that might get in your way.
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You realize, of course, that IBM (the historical version of Big Tech) enthusiastically helped the N@zis in their efforts to solve "The Jewish Problem". You knew that, right?
If you believe today's Big Tech, with its assorted proprietary clouds and walled gardens and malware-adjacent operating systems, will be any less willing to service the next world class fascist dictatorship to crawl up out of the slime, you're a fucking idiot.
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Nice attempted troll. You should find something more productive to do with your time.
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Monitoring CPU temperature works fine in linux with AMD, maybe shave your neckbeard and learn how to computer.
You're intentionally misstating your complaint so that it sounds larger than it is, instead of explaining what your complaint actually is. You try to split hairs, but you just spew nonsense because you're too stupid to split it.
Radeon VII (Score:2)
May be they will fix Radeon VII linux driver.
One can still hope that it will work eventually :)
They should bring some of those... (Score:2)
To work on the Windows drivers, specially Open GL.
The linux drivers absolutely destroy the windows ones.
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What even uses OpenGL for windows and don't Nvidia and AMD each have their own implementation?
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I could give the professional answer of 3D modelling tools etc.. but many emulators still rely on OpenGL.
Also yes, OpenGL is a very vendor specific API, but the AMD one is quite bad if compared to mesa
Re: They should bring some of those... (Score:1)
Advantages of decent competition? (Score:5, Interesting)
Hopefully this is a side effect of AMD managing to put decent competition in the market again. With the Ryzen having enough "raw poke" to pretty much level with Intel on the core for core side, along with stealing a march on them in the core scaling, AMD haven't had to put their silicon in the "bargain rack" prices. This would mean that they're able to perform more prospective work, rather than the pure core work that's done when an organisation is cash strapped.
A lot of this stems from the long term risk of spinning out the fabs to another organisation, but it seems like it's paying off, and now, they get to build on that by creating (or re-creating) areas of code improvement that advance the effectiveness of their hardware out in industry. It certainly does seem as though they're taking the "long term" view, rather than a short termist race that Intel took, and for now that's paying off. Long may it do so, and hopefully competition is here to stay.
Re: Advantages of decent competition? (Score:2)