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AMD Kernel Graphics Driver Exceeds 5.9 Million Lines In Linux 6.16
The modern AMD Kernel graphics driver consisting of AMDGPU, the AMDKFD compute code, and associated infrastructure continues to easily be the largest mainline open-source driver
Though as long noted, the AMDGPU driver is particularly heavy due to having so many auto-generated header files for each GPU generation/target... Of the 5+ million lines of code, around 4.4 million lines are detected as C header files by cloc. About The AuthorMichael Larabel is the principal author of Phoronix.com and founded the site in 2004 with a focus on enriching the Linux hardware experience. Michael is also the lead developer of the Phoronix Test Suite, Phoromatic, and OpenBenchmarking.org automated benchmarking software.
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