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AMD Radeon Pro v540 Research Thread

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I don't know 'da rules' in discussing crypto, so feel free to reprimand me if I'm out of place:
Graphics aside, what are the mining (RandomX) prospects looking like on the V540? (The BC-160 is basically half of a V540, after all).

My interests in this card started the same as my MI25: a unique and decently potent Daily Driver.
But, now I'm considering getting into mining again (on small scale and tightly managing/re-utilizing waste heat*).
A couple of V540s in an old build using my leftover 1200W +12VDC and picoATX PSUs would be 'quite do-able'.

*anyone know of any 'miners' that used their waste heat for a greenhouse in the winter? (Nightshades, etc. not Cannabis; mind you)
 
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mGPU works. But it looks like card is in some kind of debugging mode, because power rarely crosses 60W per core. I inspected the BIOS with MorePowerTools, and limit is set at 130W per core, with 105C temp target. And it's not a global power target, as single GPU also works at about 60W.

Screenshot_20230526_163957.png
Graphics aside, what are the mining (RandomX) prospects looking like on the V540? (The BC-160 is basically half of a V540, after all).
Check my last post, around 2kH for both @55W per core. For RandomX completely not worth it, in my opinion.

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[2023-05-24 20:17:27.849]  opencl   #0 0c:00.0  55W 53C    0RPM 1445/1000MHz
[2023-05-24 20:17:27.849]  opencl   #1 09:00.0  56W 51C    0RPM 1450/1000MHz
[2023-05-24 20:17:27.849]  miner    speed 10s/60s/15m 1956.5 n/a n/a H/s max 2198.7 H/s
 
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mGPU works. But it looks like card is in some kind of debugging mode, because power rarely crosses 60W per core. I inspected the BIOS with MorePowerTools, and limit is set at 130W per core, with 105C temp target. And it's not a global power target, as single GPU also works at about 60W.

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Check my last post, around 2kH for both @55W per core. For RandomX completely not worth it, in my opinion.

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[2023-05-24 20:17:27.849]  opencl   #0 0c:00.0  55W 53C    0RPM 1445/1000MHz
[2023-05-24 20:17:27.849]  opencl   #1 09:00.0  56W 51C    0RPM 1450/1000MHz
[2023-05-24 20:17:27.849]  miner    speed 10s/60s/15m 1956.5 n/a n/a H/s max 2198.7 H/s
Is the low hashrate related to the weird power limit, or just the expected performance under RandomX?

I'd like to get my greenhouse set up by this winter, and it will need heat. I'm interested in trying to get something of value back out of that need for heat.
EPIC has gotten my attention, and even 'unprofitably' mining it could be worth it, since the 'waste' is a resource for another 'system'.
 
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As you go higher in power and clock, efficiency will only go down.
Very Fair.
I suppose what's 'efficient' in my case, would vary on the thermal-wattage I'd need to keep a relatively uninsulated outdoor enclosure above 50F through 0-30f ambient temperatures.
All I want is a heater that gives me more than mere heat, lol.

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You will most likely get bigger bang with other algos.
I will look into this, thank you. At least 'guides' from 1-2 years ago mentioned other algos, but I know a lot has changed 'in the cryptospace' regarding GPUmining (even for obscure and alt. coins).

edit: Looks like every 'old guide' on the topic suggests using ProgPow. Also looks like there are active mining pools using ProgPow for EPIC too.
 
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Card is not cooperating at all.

This is on Ubuntu 18.04, 5.4 kernel, amdgpu-pro drivers from AWS, opencl headless install, as close as you can get on EC2 instance with V520.

snip from dmesg
Code:
[  +0,000217] [drm] Initialized amdgpu 3.36.0 20150101 for 0000:02:00.0 on minor 1

Great.

snip clinfo
Code:
Number of platforms                               1
  Platform Name                                   AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing
  Platform Vendor                                 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
  Platform Version                                OpenCL 2.1 AMD-APP (3110.6)
  Platform Profile                                FULL_PROFILE
  Platform Extensions                             cl_khr_icd cl_amd_event_callback cl_amd_offline_devices
  Platform Host timer resolution                  1ns
  Platform Extensions function suffix             AMD

  Platform Name                                   AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing
Number of devices                                 1
  Device Name                                     gfx1011
  Device Vendor                                   Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
  Device Vendor ID                                0x1002
  Device Version                                  OpenCL 2.0 AMD-APP (3110.6)
  Driver Version                                  3110.6 (PAL,LC)
  Device OpenCL C Version                         OpenCL C 2.0
  Device Type                                     GPU
  Device Board Name (AMD)                         AMD Radeon Pro V520
  Device Topology (AMD)                           PCI-E, 02:00.0
  Device Profile                                  FULL_PROFILE
  Device Available                                Yes
  Compiler Available                              Yes
  Linker Available                                Yes

Ok, let's try some workload - OpenCL mixbench:

Code:
May 24 19:38:58 m-ub18 kernel: [  155.182148] [drm:atom_op_jump [amdgpu]] *ERROR* atombios stuck in loop for more than 10secs aborting
May 24 19:38:58 m-ub18 kernel: [  155.182179] [drm:amdgpu_atom_execute_table_locked [amdgpu]] *ERROR* atombios stuck executing 4FCA (len 110, WS 12, PS 8) @ 0x502F
May 24 19:38:58 m-ub18 kernel: [  155.182208] [drm:amdgpu_atom_execute_table_locked [amdgpu]] *ERROR* atombios stuck executing 4F58 (len 37, WS 0, PS 8) @ 0x4F71
May 24 19:38:58 m-ub18 kernel: [  155.182237] [drm:amdgpu_device_resume [amdgpu]] *ERROR* amdgpu asic init failed
May 24 19:38:58 m-ub18 kernel: [  155.201813] [drm] PCIE GART of 512M enabled (table at 0x0000008000000000).
May 24 19:38:58 m-ub18 kernel: [  155.202098] [drm] PSP is resuming...
May 24 19:38:58 m-ub18 kernel: [  155.202125] amdgpu 0000:02:00.0: sos fw version = 0xffffffff.
May 24 19:38:58 m-ub18 kernel: [  155.202127] amdgpu 0000:02:00.0: sos fw version = 0xffffffff.
May 24 19:38:58 m-ub18 kernel: [  155.396470] [drm:psp_hw_start [amdgpu]] *ERROR* PSP create ring failed!
May 24 19:38:58 m-ub18 kernel: [  155.396504] [drm:psp_resume [amdgpu]] *ERROR* PSP resume failed
May 24 19:38:58 m-ub18 kernel: [  155.396533] [drm:amdgpu_device_fw_loading [amdgpu]] *ERROR* resume of IP block <psp> failed -62
May 24 19:38:58 m-ub18 kernel: [  155.396561] [drm:amdgpu_device_resume [amdgpu]] *ERROR* amdgpu_device_ip_resume failed (-62).
May 24 19:39:11 m-ub18 kernel: [  168.698350] [drm:amdgpu_job_timedout [amdgpu]] *ERROR* ring sdma0 timeout, signaled seq=84, emitted seq=86
May 24 19:39:11 m-ub18 kernel: [  168.698403] [drm:amdgpu_job_timedout [amdgpu]] *ERROR* ring sdma1 timeout, signaled seq=2, emitted seq=4
May 24 19:39:11 m-ub18 kernel: [  168.698447] [drm:amdgpu_job_timedout [amdgpu]] *ERROR* Process information: process  pid 0 thread  pid 0
May 24 19:39:11 m-ub18 kernel: [  168.698490] [drm:amdgpu_job_timedout [amdgpu]] *ERROR* Process information: process  pid 0 thread  pid 0
May 24 19:39:11 m-ub18 kernel: [  168.698491] amdgpu 0000:02:00.0: GPU reset begin!
May 24 19:39:11 m-ub18 kernel: [  168.698497] amdgpu 0000:02:00.0: GPU reset begin!
May 24 19:39:11 m-ub18 kernel: [  168.698499] [drm] Bailing on TDR for s_job:3f, as another already in progress
May 24 19:39:11 m-ub18 kernel: [  168.698502] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000038
May 24 19:39:11 m-ub18 kernel: [  168.698504] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
May 24 19:39:11 m-ub18 kernel: [  168.698506] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page

That did not go well.

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I take it back, managed to get OpenCL running, in xmrig of all things. However this is on bare metal, same software as before.

Code:
 * OPENCL       #0 AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing/OpenCL 2.1 AMD-APP (3110.6)
* OPENCL GPU   #0 0c:00.0 AMD Radeon Pro V520 (gfx1011) 1450 MHz cu:18 mem:6949/8176 MB
* OPENCL GPU   #1 09:00.0 AMD Radeon Pro V520 (gfx1011) 1450 MHz cu:18 mem:6949/8176 MB
* CUDA         disabled
[2023-05-24 20:16:24.840]  net      use pool randomxmonero.eu-north.nicehash.com:3380  34.149.22.228
[2023-05-24 20:16:24.840]  net      new job from randomxmonero.eu-north.nicehash.com:3380 diff 221675 algo rx/0 (4 tx)
[2023-05-24 20:16:24.840]  cpu      use argon2 implementation AVX2
[2023-05-24 20:16:24.842]  msr      register values for "ryzen_17h" preset have been set successfully (2 ms)
[2023-05-24 20:16:24.842]  randomx  init dataset algo rx/0 (12 threads) seed 742ae9bc7c8ac350...
[2023-05-24 20:16:25.032]  randomx  allocated 2336 MB (2080+256) huge pages 100% 1168/1168 +JIT (190 ms)
[2023-05-24 20:16:27.761]  randomx  dataset ready (2729 ms)
[2023-05-24 20:16:27.761]  opencl   use profile  rx  (4 threads) scratchpad 2048 KB
|  # | GPU |  BUS ID | INTENSITY | WSIZE | MEMORY | NAME
|  0 |   0 | 0c:00.0 |      1152 |     8 |   2304 | AMD Radeon Pro V520 (gfx1011)
|  1 |   0 | 0c:00.0 |      1152 |     8 |   2304 | AMD Radeon Pro V520 (gfx1011)
|  2 |   1 | 09:00.0 |      1152 |     8 |   2304 | AMD Radeon Pro V520 (gfx1011)
|  3 |   1 | 09:00.0 |      1152 |     8 |   2304 | AMD Radeon Pro V520 (gfx1011)
[2023-05-24 20:16:28.245]  opencl   READY threads 4/4 (484 ms)
[2023-05-24 20:16:49.579]  net      new job from randomxmonero.eu-north.nicehash.com:3380 diff 221675 algo rx/0 (1 tx)
[2023-05-24 20:17:21.467]  opencl   accepted (1/0) diff 221675 (122 ms)
[2023-05-24 20:17:24.687]  opencl   accepted (2/0) diff 221675 (39 ms)
[2023-05-24 20:17:27.849]  opencl   #0 0c:00.0  55W 53C    0RPM 1445/1000MHz
[2023-05-24 20:17:27.849]  opencl   #1 09:00.0  56W 51C    0RPM 1450/1000MHz
[2023-05-24 20:17:27.849]  miner    speed 10s/60s/15m 1956.5 n/a n/a H/s max 2198.7 H/s
[2023-05-24 20:18:27.944]  opencl   #0 0c:00.0  56W 59C    0RPM 1445/1000MHz
[2023-05-24 20:18:27.944]  opencl   #1 09:00.0  57W 54C    0RPM 1450/1000MHz
[2023-05-24 20:18:27.944]  miner    speed 10s/60s/15m 2076.8 2011.1 n/a H/s max 2198.7 H/s
[2023-05-24 20:18:35.811]  signal   Ctrl+C received, exiting
[2023-05-24 20:18:37.497]  opencl   stopped (1686 ms)

Hopefully, it will be possible now to squeeze some graphics.

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Heh, it is.

View attachment 297445View attachment 297446
Would you mind doing a walkthrough step by step for this? or is it literally just run xmrig and the host now sees the GPU?
 
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Sure, I hope I recall the steps correctly. Its important to note that we have to use linux aws drivers amdgpu-pro-20.20-1184451-ubuntu-18.04 . I could not manage to get any other package to work so far.

For OS we need Ubuntu Server 18.04.5, boot and install HWE kernel. We should be on 5.4. Once system is up:
Code:
sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo apt-get update -y && sudo apt upgrade -y

Installing drivers
Code:
sudo -i
tar xf amdgpu-pro-20.20-1184451-ubuntu-18.04.tar.xz
cd amdgpu-pro-20.20-1184451-ubuntu-18.04
./amdgpu-pro-install --opencl=pal --headless

Reboot after installing driver.

Some additional software
Code:
sudo apt install build-essential cmake opencl-headers ocl-icd-opencl-dev clinfo

Verify that OpenCL platform works
Code:
clinfo
Two platforms should be available

Get binary build of xmrig
Code:
wget https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/releases/download/v6.19.2/xmrig-6.19.2-linux-x64.tar.gz
tar -xf xmrig-6.19.2-linux-x64.tar.gz
cd xmrig-6.19.2-linux-x64
./xmrig --opencl --no-cpu

Again, Im doing this from memory, and don't have OpenCL installed on my current test bench. Let us know how it works.
 
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Sure, I hope I recall the steps correctly. Its important to note that we have to use linux aws drivers amdgpu-pro-20.20-1184451-ubuntu-18.04 . I could not manage to get any other package to work so far.

For OS we need Ubuntu Server 18.04.5, boot and install HWE kernel. We should be on 5.4. Once system is up:
Code:
sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo apt-get update -y && sudo apt upgrade -y

Installing drivers
Code:
sudo -i
tar xf amdgpu-pro-20.20-1184451-ubuntu-18.04.tar.xz
cd amdgpu-pro-20.20-1184451-ubuntu-18.04
./amdgpu-pro-install --opencl=pal --headless

Reboot after installing driver.

Some additional software
Code:
sudo apt install build-essential cmake opencl-headers ocl-icd-opencl-dev clinfo

Verify that OpenCL platform works
Code:
clinfo
Two platforms should be available

Get binary build of xmrig
Code:
wget https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/releases/download/v6.19.2/xmrig-6.19.2-linux-x64.tar.gz
tar -xf xmrig-6.19.2-linux-x64.tar.gz
cd xmrig-6.19.2-linux-x64
./xmrig --opencl --no-cpu

Again, Im doing this from memory, and don't have OpenCL installed on my current test bench. Let us know how it works.
awesome thanks! need to look into how to get the aws drivers.. but hopefully can get something working this weekend
 
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Super interesting! 95W sounds pretty close to a single 60W core + switch + soc being powered. Is there a hard 95W limit somewhere? We haven't seen any indicators of such in the firmware, maybe it needs a shunt mod or something.

Id also like to know what's generating all that heat, I doubt a 60W core is hitting 100°C+ under even decent airflow. That said, I don't think we actually have a photo of the heatsink under the shroud

Edit: it could also be early PWM controller firmware not providing full power. Idk what controllers each core use, but we should have an SPI interface to work with. If someone has an EVC2 laying around they'd be able to check more thoroughly.
There's two JTAG interfaces on the very far left of the PCB. Maybe we could take a look at those
 
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So got FreeBSD installed and installed the amdgpu driver and then installed clover for openCL, and it seems that clinfo shows the V540 but then whole system haults and reboots :confused: gunna see if i can get some logs and see what it says
 
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More progress, this time running on Ubuntu 20.04.6, still with 5.4 kernel. Desktop is a bit mangled because I'm using global DRI_PRIME for this test, which KDE does not like, it seems.
Screenshot_20230527_172613.pngScreenshot_20230527_172628.png
Card seemed to stretch its legs a bit more, I have seen peak power at 78W.
Next stop: Headless Sunshine server.
 
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No success with v520mx gpu driver.
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I still think that is something with the card bios. It should work with the v520 driver because it is the same gpu and ram configuration.
 
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I'm half tempted to rent G4ad instance with Windows AMI and see how it is put together.
 
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Just with the 22.10.01.12 and on windows 11.
If you get the time, see if anything works with the others. I also linked the drivers for the PCI Memory Controller mczkrt mentoned in the OP, perhaps that may help too?
I have not had time to play with mine as of yet, so I haven't been much help
 

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It might be worth cataloging the various vbios versions for the card too. There are 4 bios chips - 2 topside and 2 underside.

From those 4 chips I got 2 different vbios versions. Notably 2 dumps had vbios + EFI GOP, and 2 just had the vbios with no GOP.
 
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It might be worth cataloging the various vbios versions for the card too. There are 4 bios chips - 2 topside and 2 underside.

From those 4 chips I got 2 different vbios versions. Notably 2 dumps had vbios + EFI GOP, and 2 just had the vbios with no GOP.
Intresting. My Dell Workstation loads the non uefi version of the bios (but i disabled the legacy option).
Maybe there is a bios switch/jumper somewere on the card for the uefi/nonuefi bios to load?
I think it is possible that the two-two bios is different working modes, like on tesla cards can switch TCC to WDDM mode, maybe this card has two modes and that is why we dont get any acceleration under windows. (like AI/VM mode to WDDM mode switch)
Does anyone know what is the two blue connector for ?
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After some more research, card also works on 6.2 kernel with mesa drivers. However, only first GPU (lower bus id) is available in this setup. Using mGPU or trying to render on second results in segfault - not fatal, only app crashes.

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Intresting. My Dell Workstation loads the non uefi version of the bios (but i disabled the legacy option).
Maybe there is a bios switch/jumper somewere on the card for the uefi/nonuefi bios to load?
I think it is possible that the two-two bios is different working modes, like on tesla cards can switch TCC to WDDM mode, maybe this card has two modes and that is why we dont get any acceleration under windows. (like AI/VM mode to WDDM mode switch)
Does anyone know what is the two blue connector for ?
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Blue connectors are HDT+. They can be I2C, JTAG, serial, or whatever AMD decides to pump to HDT.
 
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