AMD Ryzen + AMD Hawaii + Old kernel = Bad experience

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop SLED Hardware
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Hello experts,

I’m using MSi X370 Krait mobo with AMD ryzen 1700x, AMD 390x and have just purchased 3YRs support for SLED 12 SP2.

I installed the OS on that system and realised that SLED 12 still use very old kernel 3.19 and doesn’t support AMD ryzen cpu as well as AMD 390x.

I cannot ultilize full capability of my CPU and the driver for AMD GPU is very bad.

Is there any repo for the latest kernel 4.12? I accept that I have to use opensource driver for my GPU, at least the latest version funtions normally.

Please help to assist.

Thanks.

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Hi and welcome to the forum :slight_smile:
Install SLED 12 SP2, current kernel is 4.4.59?

It’s not just the kernel but also the X stack… SP3 which is still in testing has 4.4.75 and the later xf86-video-amdgpu driver, but imagine the proprietary one should work since SLED 12 Sp2 is supported by AMD pro driver…

You can install the 4.12 kernel by adding the OBS kernel:stable repo, but not officially supported…

http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Kernel:/stable/standard/

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Thanks malcolmlewis for your quick response :slight_smile:
I read the released notes of SP2, it comes with 4.4.59 kernel but when I install it just only provide 3.19. I don’t know why.

Btw, thanks for the repo; I will give it a try.

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Hi
Sounds like you downloaded/installed an older release. Which if so
would impact you setup for sure.

Check with either;

cat /etc/SuSE-release
cat /etc/os-release

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[QUOTE=malcolmlewis;38750]Hi
Sounds like you downloaded/installed an older release. Which if so
would impact you setup for sure.

Check with either;

cat /etc/SuSE-release
cat /etc/os-release

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After upgrading kernel I’ve been given a black screen :D, may be Xorg’s broken, I will download the new ISO and try it later.

Thanks Malcolm