TL;DR
Wei Zhao says the RADV Vulkan driver will enable VK_EXT_host_image_copy by default for RDNA1 GPUs in Mesa 27.0.
The open-source Radeon RADV Vulkan driver will enable the VK_EXT_host_image_copy extension by default for RDNA1 GPUs. This change is part of the upcoming Mesa 27.0 release. Wei Zhao authored the update to move RDNA1 from experimental status to default enablement, following previous Navi 1x regressions that have since been addressed.
This extension permits direct data transfers between host memory and images, which reduces overhead and benefits integrated graphics. While RDNA2 (GFX10.3) and newer hardware had this enabled by default earlier this year, RDNA1 now joins them. Wei Zhao also added experimental support for older GFX9 era GPUs, which requires using an existing environment variable.
Earlier coverage
Quick read
ORICO is entering the laptop market with the Obook 15 AI Laptop, priced from $689.99. The device uses an AMD Ryzen 7 6800H processor and includes 11 AI assistants via XiaoAo AI Super Agent.
Quick read
Linux 7.4 is expected to enable HDMI 2.1 by default for AMDGPU and add initial Apple M4 and A18 Pro support that is not yet usable for end-users.
Quick read
SCSKiller 1.3.0 adds DirectX 11 support for AMD GPUs and experimental Intel Arc support. The tool aims to reduce shader compilation stutter by precompiling shaders into the driver cache.
Quick read
The DLSS-NR mod creator says version 0.8.0 now supports DLSS Super Resolution, Ray Reconstruction, Frame Generation, and Neural Rendering on RDNA 4 and RDNA 3 AMD cards.