llama.cpp uses CPU llvmpipe, not AMD GPU, on the operating system
After the operating system Mesa and kernel updates, llama.cpp sees only the llvmpipe CPU Vulkan device and not the AMD GPU.
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8 public reports · first reported 9 October 2026 · last reported 9 October 2026
What's going wrong
After recent kernel and Mesa updates, llama.cpp stops using an AMD graphics card and falls back to llvmpipe, a software Vulkan device that runs on the CPU.
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