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Kernel Driver

Starting from ROCm 4.5, AMD moves to use amdgpu-dkms instead of rock-dkms as the kernel driver for GPU.

  • rock-dkms - Open-source kernel driver module made spcifically for ROCm.
  • amdgpu-dkms - Open-source kernel driver module for general use which may have a newer version compared to the same driver module in mainline.
  • amdgpu-pro - Proprietary kernel driver overlay on top of amdgpu-dkms which provides additional features.
amdgpu version ROCm version
21.40.x 4.5.x
21.50.x 5.0.x
22.10.x 5.1.x
22.20.x 5.2.x

https://repo.radeon.com/amdgpu/