AMD has released Radeon Software for Linux 22.40 with support the Radeon RX 7900 series and RHEL 8.7/9.1.

AMD Radeon Software for Linux 22.40

This pre-release 22.40 Linux driver is fully qualified to support AMD Radeon RX 7900 Series Graphics.  The legacy ASICs are supported but pending full qualification.

Radeon Software for Linux 22.40 Highlights

• Introducing support for AMD Radeon RX 7900 Series Graphics
• Introducing support for RHEL 8.7 and RHEL 9.1

Installing Radeon Software for Linux

For detailed instructions on how to install or uninstall Radeon Software for Linux, please refer to  Radeon Software for Linux installation instructions.

AMD Vulkan Driver Notes

To use AMD Vulkan driver in this stack, please make sure RADV driver is disabled and the Vulkan SDK 1.3.224.1 or later version is installed. The SDK can be downloaded from:   https://vulkan.lunarg.com/sdk/home.

AMD Radeon Product Family Compatibility

Radeon Software for Linux is compatible with the following AMD products.

AMD Product Family Compatibility

AMD Radeon RX 7900 Series Graphics	AMD Radeon Pro WX-Series
AMD Radeon RX 6900/6800/6700/6600/6500/6400/6300 Series Graphics	AMD Radeon Pro WX 9100
AMD Radeon RX 5700/5600/5500/5300 Series Graphics	AMD Radeon Pro WX 8200
AMD Radeon VII Series Graphics​	AMD FirePro W9100
AMD Radeon RX Vega Series Graphics	AMD FirePro W8100
AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition	AMD FirePro W7100
AMD Radeon RX 550/560/570/580/590 Series Graphics	AMD FirePro W5100
AMD Radeon RX 460/470/480 Graphics	AMD FirePro W4300
AMD Radeon Pro Duo
AMD Radeon R9 Fury/Fury X/Nano Graphics
AMD Radeon R9 380/380X/390/390X Graphics​
AMD Radeon R9 285/290/290X Graphics
AMD Radeon R9 360 Graphics

Compatible 64-bit Operating Systems

• Ubuntu 20.04.5 HWE
• Ubuntu 22.04.1
• RHEL 7.9
• RHEL 8.7
• RHEL 9.1
• SLED/SLES 15 SP 4

Known issues

• Reduced performance on playing games on the AMD Vulkan driver, this will be resolved in the next hot fix

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