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AMD GPU Debugger

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276 points ibobev | 10 comments | 08 Dec 25 16:06 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source | bottom
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snarfy ◴[08 Dec 25 17:28 UTC] No.46195053[source]▶
Is there not an official tool from AMD?
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1. almostgotcaught ◴[08 Dec 25 17:42 UTC] No.46195264[source]▶
> After searching for solutions, I came across rocgdb, a debugger for AMD’s ROCm environment.

It's like the 3rd sentence in the blog post.......

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2. djmips ◴[08 Dec 25 17:57 UTC] No.46195451[source]▶
to be fair it wasn't clear that was an official AMD debugger and besides that's only for debugging ROCm applications.
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3. ◴[08 Dec 25 18:23 UTC] No.46195764[source]▶
4. almostgotcaught ◴[08 Dec 25 19:23 UTC] No.46196474[source]▶
this sentence doesn't make any sense a) ROCm is an AMD product b) ROCm "applications" are GPU "applications".
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5. ◴[08 Dec 25 19:45 UTC] No.46196704{3}[source]▶
6. fc417fc802 ◴[08 Dec 25 19:47 UTC] No.46196725{3}[source]▶
But not all GPU applications are ROCm applications (I would think).

I can certainly understand OP's confusion. Navigating parts of the GPU ecosystem that are new to you can be incredibly confusing.

7. thegeeko ◴[08 Dec 25 19:50 UTC] No.46196746{3}[source]▶
there's 2 AMD KMD(kernel mode drivers) in linux: amdkfd and amdgpu .. the graphics applications use the amdgpu which is not supported by amdgdb .. amdgdb also has the limitation of requiring dwarf and and mesa/amd UMDs doesn't generate that ..
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8. dman ◴[09 Dec 25 10:06 UTC] No.46203244{4}[source]▶
Do you know which one rocm uses?
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9. thegeeko ◴[09 Dec 25 11:06 UTC] No.46203567{5}[source]▶
amdkfd
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10. dman ◴[10 Dec 25 15:49 UTC] No.46219123{6}[source]▶
Thank you!