Catalyst 15.7

AMD Catalyst Linux 15.7 driver

Revision Number: 15.7

Release Date: 7/8/2015

Description: Automated installer and Display Drivers for X.Org 7.4 and above

System requirements

 * XOrg 7.4 or above (up to 1.17)
 * Linux kernel 2.6 or above (up to 3.19)
 * glibc version 2.2 or 2.3
 * POSIX Shared Memory (/dev/shm) support is required for 3D applications

The following packages must be installed in order for the AMD Catalyst driver for Linux to install and work optimally:
 * gimp-help-en
 * gimp-help-common
 * XFree86-Mesa-libGL
 * libstdc++
 * libgcc
 * XFree86-libs
 * fontconfig
 * freetype
 * zlib
 * gcc

New Features

 * AMD PowerXpress support for laptops equipped with Intel 6th generation (Skylake) CPUs
 * Linux Platform Atomics & SVM Fine Grain Buffer support for Carrizo APUs
 * Multi-Device support for OpenCL 2.0

Resolved Issues

 * [421317] Segmentation fault observed while launching some OpenGL games in RHEL7.1
 * [419365] Error message observed during installation through rpm package in RHEL 6.5, 7.0
 * [419162] System hangs while running Dying Light
 * [421858] clinfo could not recognize up to four GPU devices

Known Issues

 * [419960]: Vari-Bright on some configurations is not decreasing brightness as expected