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MP 1,1-5,1 MP3,1 never dies - Netkas patched AMD METAL drivers to work with MP3,1!

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Maybe MP3,1 got a new lease in life. @netkas made a patch to make AMD Polaris cards to work with MP3,1 Xeon, emulating a SSE4.2 instruction needed by the AMD METAL driver for Polaris cards.

Read more here: http://forum.netkas.org/index.php/topic,13890.0.html

Thx @Nick [D]vB for the tip.

AMD GCN processor:Cores:TMUs:ROPs - CUs:Card:
Polaris 102304:144:32 - 36 CUsAMD Radeon Instinct MI6, AMD Radeon Pro 580, AMD Radeon Pro Duo (Polaris), AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100, AMD Radeon Pro 575, AMD Radeon Pro 570, AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100, AMD Radeon RX 470D, AMD Radeon RX 570 8GB (V) 2048 Cores, AMD Radeon RX 580 4GB (V) 2304 Cores, AMD Radeon RX 580 XTR (V) 2304 Cores
Polaris 111024:64:16 - 16 CUsAMD Radeon RX 460, AMD Radeon RX 560D, AMD Radeon Pro WX 4100, AMD Radeon Pro 460, AMD Radeon Pro 560, AMD Radeon RX 460 (1024SP), AMD Radeon RX 560 (Mobile), AMD Radeon R9 M480, AMD Radeon RX 460M, AMD Radeon Pro 455, AMD Radeon Pro 555, AMD Radeon RX 475M, AMD Radeon Pro 450
Polaris 202304:144:32 - 36 CUsAMD Radeon RX 580, AMD Radeon RX 580 (OEM), AMD Radeon RX 580G, AMD Radeon RX 580X, AMD Radeon RX 570, AMD Radeon RX 570X, AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP,
Polaris 211024:64:16 - 16 CUsAMD Radeon RX 560X, AMD Radeon RX 560, AMD Radeon RX 560X, AMD Radeon RX 560X (Mobile)
Polaris 302304:144:32 - 36 CUsAMD Radeon RX 590
 
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Alaska_guy

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The link won't load for me for some reason. What are Polaris cards, mind giving a few examples? Does this mean they can support Mojave now?
 
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Alaska_guy said:
The link won't load for me for some reason. What are Polaris cards, mind giving a few examples? Does this mean they can support Mojave now?
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AMD GCN processor:Cores:TMUs:ROPs - CUs:Card:
Polaris 102304:144:32 - 36 CUsAMD Radeon Instinct MI6, AMD Radeon Pro 580, AMD Radeon Pro Duo (Polaris), AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100, AMD Radeon Pro 575, AMD Radeon Pro 570, AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100, AMD Radeon RX 470D, AMD Radeon RX 570 8GB (V) 2048 Cores, AMD Radeon RX 580 4GB (V) 2304 Cores, AMD Radeon RX 580 XTR (V) 2304 Cores
Polaris 111024:64:16 - 16 CUsAMD Radeon RX 460, AMD Radeon RX 560D, AMD Radeon Pro WX 4100, AMD Radeon Pro 460, AMD Radeon Pro 560, AMD Radeon RX 460 (1024SP), AMD Radeon RX 560 (Mobile), AMD Radeon R9 M480, AMD Radeon RX 460M, AMD Radeon Pro 455, AMD Radeon Pro 555, AMD Radeon RX 475M, AMD Radeon Pro 450
Polaris 202304:144:32 - 36 CUsAMD Radeon RX 580, AMD Radeon RX 580 (OEM), AMD Radeon RX 580G, AMD Radeon RX 580X, AMD Radeon RX 570, AMD Radeon RX 570X, AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP,
Polaris 211024:64:16 - 16 CUsAMD Radeon RX 560X, AMD Radeon RX 560, AMD Radeon RX 560X, AMD Radeon RX 560X (Mobile)
Polaris 302304:144:32 - 36 CUsAMD Radeon RX 590
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crjackson2134 said:
I can’t load the Netkas page right now. May I assume this a patch designed for Mojave?
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It's a patch for the AMD Polaris drivers on 10.14.5, to emulate a SSE4.2 instruction needed by the driver. With this instruction emulated, Polaris GPUs work with MP3,1 Xeons.
 
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netkas

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Sorry guys issues with hosting, but you can find the patch in dosdude's util for Mojave
keep in mind: it's 10.14.5's driver.
sometimes agdp patch is needed (e.g. for my rx560 on mp3,1)
in theory it should work with all amd cards supported by mojave.
But every card may have own quirks to get outputs working
 
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@netkas any chance this could break iTunes?
I’ve not checked crash log as it didn’t dawn on me until now that the reason iTunes was crashing was that it could be related to metal.

It’s an instant crash to the point where you barely even see the app show in the dock.
 
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Ludacrisvp said:
@netkas any chance this could break iTunes?
I’ve not checked crash log as it didn’t dawn on me until now that the reason iTunes was crashing was that it could be related to metal.

It’s an instant crash to the point where you barely even see the app show in the dock.
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As usual, find crashlog
 
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netkas said:
As usual, find crashlog
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Full crash log attached, tried running the iTunes binary from CLI to see the crash reason.

Code: 
$ /Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunes
dyld: Library not loaded: @executable_path/../Frameworks/libgnsdk_dsp.3.06.1.dylib
  Referenced from: /Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunes
  Reason: unsafe use of @executable_path in /Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunes with restricted binary
Abort trap: 6

That dylib does exist and has the same md5 as on a Mac with iTunes working
MD5 (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/Frameworks/libgnsdk_dsp.3.06.1.dylib) = 6cbab3dd62f22b3bedb87b6f8faf3313
 

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Ludacrisvp said:
Full crash log attached, tried running the iTunes binary from CLI to see the crash reason.

Code: 
$ /Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunes
dyld: Library not loaded: @executable_path/../Frameworks/libgnsdk_dsp.3.06.1.dylib
  Referenced from: /Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunes
  Reason: unsafe use of @executable_path in /Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunes with restricted binary
Abort trap: 6

That dylib does exist and has the same md5 as on a Mac with iTunes working
MD5 (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/Frameworks/libgnsdk_dsp.3.06.1.dylib) = 6cbab3dd62f22b3bedb87b6f8faf3313
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Might be a side effect of disablelibval.kexr
 
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netkas said:
Sorry guys issues with hosting, but you can find the patch in dosdude's util for Mojave
keep in mind: it's 10.14.5's driver.
sometimes agdp patch is needed (e.g. for my rx560 on mp3,1)
in theory it should work with all amd cards supported by mojave.
But every card may have own quirks to get outputs working
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Hope to see your site when you get through the hosting issues.

I need my daily dose of broken brain :)
 
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gh05twr1t3r said:
did you have to flash the card first?
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The card has not been flashed. It’s stock.

A special version of refind allows it to have a boot screen (only works for 3,1). The modified driver from netkas makes it so that you can use it in 10.14.5 only.
 
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Ludacrisvp said:
The card has not been flashed. It’s stock.

A special version of refind allows it to have a boot screen (only works for 3,1). The modified driver from netkas makes it so that you can use it in 10.14.5 only.
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[doublepost=1562467931][/doublepost]Wow, that means my rx 580, will be able to boot of this....this is awesome x_x. That + an nvme in raid, will make the 3,1 a beast. Thanks netkas!! btw anyone selling a highpoint for cheap ?!?!
 
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donluca

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Do this apply to the 7xxx and 8xxx and R9 2xx series as well?

I’d love to get a no-fuss AMD card with metal support running on a cMP3,1. It looks like that besides the GTX 680, all the other nvidia cards need the web drivers to properly work…
 
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donluca said:
Do this apply to the 7xxx and 8xxx and R9 2xx series as well?

I’d love to get a no-fuss AMD card with metal support running on a cMP3,1. It looks like that besides the GTX 680, all the other nvidia cards need the web drivers to properly work…
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K4000 works great. I have one running in there now.
 
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Yikes. 100€+ for a K4000, might get a GTX680 at that point for half the price.

I was hoping for a cheaper alternative.
 
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