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Explore the current state and future direction of RADV, Mesa's Vulkan driver for AMD GPUs, in this comprehensive conference talk from XDC 2025. Learn about RADV's evolution from its experimental beginnings in 2016 supporting GCN 1 to its current status as the most widely used open source Vulkan driver for gaming on Linux desktop. Discover how RADV now supports the latest AMD GPUs with cutting-edge features including ray tracing, mesh shading, and Device-Generated Commands (DGC), while pioneering the custom ACO compiler backend. Gain insights into the latest developments in RADV over recent years, including code maintenance strategies, efforts to share code with RadeonSI, utilization of NIR to enhance the compiler stack, and the retirement of thousands of lines of legacy code from both drivers. Understand the current challenges and ongoing work areas as the developers assess whether RADV has reached its goals after years of intensive development.
