PKGBUILDs to build stable AMDVLK-releases from source (https://github.com/GPUOpen-Drivers/AMDVLK)
The AMD Open Source Driver for Vulkan® is an open-source Vulkan driver for AMD RadeonTM graphics adapters on Linux®.
The AMD Open Source Driver for Vulkan is designed to support a wide range of AMD GPUs:
- RadeonTM HD 7000 Series
- RadeonTM HD 8000M Series
- RadeonTM R5/R7/R9 200/300 Series
- RadeonTM RX 400/500 Series
- RadeonTM M200/M300/M400 Series
- RadeonTM RX Vega Series
- RadeonTM RX 5700 Series
- AMD FireProTM Workstation Wx000/Wx100/Wx300 Series
- RadeonTM Pro WX x100 Series
- RadeonTM Pro 400/500 Series
To use AMDVLK as default vulkan Driver you have to
export VK_ICD_FILENAMES="/usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/amd_icd64.json"
To use lib32-AMDVLK as default vulkan Driver you have to
export VK_ICD_FILENAMES="/usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/amd_icd32.json"
The driver exposes many settings that can customize the driver's behavior and facilitate debugging. You can add/edit settings in amdPalSettings.cfg file under one of below paths, formatted with one name,value pair per line:
- /etc/amd
- $XDG_CONFIG_HOME
- $HOME/.config
This amdPalSettings.cfg got all functions from AMDVLK github page, but only activates "cache to disk" what is recommended for gaming.