AMD Streaming SDK Updated With Linux Support - But Recommending X.Org Over Wayland
AMD's GPUOpen group today released the AMD Interactive Streaming SDK 1.1 release that now delivers Linux support alongside the existing Microsoft Windows support. The AMD Interactive Streaming SDK is designed to provide pieces for developers to build-out low-latency streaming solutions for cloud gaming, virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), and embedded applications. This MIT-licensed streaming SDK was originally launched by AMD back in March as Windows-only while now is thankfully also native to Linux.
The headline feature of the AMD Interactive Streaming SDK 1.1 update is Linux support. Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS are officially supported along with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8/9 and SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP7.
With this initial release, however, on the server-side AMD Radeon Pro Software for Linux driver is required and not the fully upstream AMDGPU + Mesa graphics driver components. For the client-side use, either the AMD Radeon Software packaged driver or the Mesa RADV driver will work out fine.
Besides that driver support caveat, for now at least AMD is recommending the AMD Streaming SDK be used on the X.Org Server rather than Wayland-based desktops. Today's release announcement notes:
The release notes did not outline the current limitations of Wayland for this streaming solution.
It's also worth pointing out.. Earlier this year AMD announced the AMDGPU Composition Stack as a reference Wayland compositor derived from Weston where AMD plans to experiment with "additional advanced features". This seems like a great area for AMD to sort out what protocol changes they would propose added/changed to meet their Streaming SDK needs. But as of writing the AMDGPU Composition Stack repositories haven't seen any new commits in six months.
Downloads and more details on the AMD Interactive Streaming SDK 1.1 release with Linux support via GPUOpen.com. The MIT-licensed open-source code is available on GitHub.
The headline feature of the AMD Interactive Streaming SDK 1.1 update is Linux support. Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS are officially supported along with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8/9 and SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP7.
With this initial release, however, on the server-side AMD Radeon Pro Software for Linux driver is required and not the fully upstream AMDGPU + Mesa graphics driver components. For the client-side use, either the AMD Radeon Software packaged driver or the Mesa RADV driver will work out fine.
Besides that driver support caveat, for now at least AMD is recommending the AMD Streaming SDK be used on the X.Org Server rather than Wayland-based desktops. Today's release announcement notes:
"X.org is recommended over Wayland (required for server and recommended for client) due to some limitations imposed by Wayland."
The release notes did not outline the current limitations of Wayland for this streaming solution.
It's also worth pointing out.. Earlier this year AMD announced the AMDGPU Composition Stack as a reference Wayland compositor derived from Weston where AMD plans to experiment with "additional advanced features". This seems like a great area for AMD to sort out what protocol changes they would propose added/changed to meet their Streaming SDK needs. But as of writing the AMDGPU Composition Stack repositories haven't seen any new commits in six months.
Downloads and more details on the AMD Interactive Streaming SDK 1.1 release with Linux support via GPUOpen.com. The MIT-licensed open-source code is available on GitHub.