Workaround gfx900 SDMA bugs

Implement support for GPU env var workarounds, and leverage
this for the Vega RX 56 which needs
HSA_ENABLE_SDMA=0 set to work properly

gpu/amd_linux.go

@@ -332,6 +332,11 @@ func AMDGetGPUInfo() []RocmGPUInfo {
 			slog.Info("skipping rocm gfx compatibility check", "HSA_OVERRIDE_GFX_VERSION", gfxOverride)
 		}
 
+		// Check for env var workarounds
+		if name == "1002:687f" { // Vega RX 56
+			gpuInfo.EnvWorkarounds = append(gpuInfo.EnvWorkarounds, [2]string{"HSA_ENABLE_SDMA", "0"})
+		}
+
 		// The GPU has passed all the verification steps and is supported
 		resp = append(resp, gpuInfo)
 	}

gpu/types.go

@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ type GpuInfo struct {
 	// Any extra PATH/LD_LIBRARY_PATH dependencies required for the Library to operate properly
 	DependencyPath string `json:"lib_path,omitempty"`
 
+	// Extra environment variables specific to the GPU as list of [key,value]
+	EnvWorkarounds [][2]string `json:"envs,omitempty"`
+
 	// GPU information
 	ID      string `json:"gpu_id"`  // string to use for selection of this specific GPU
 	Name    string `json:"name"`    // user friendly name if available

llm/server.go

@@ -320,6 +320,10 @@ func NewLlamaServer(gpus gpu.GpuInfoList, model string, ggml *GGML, adapters, pr
 		s.cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
 		s.cmd.Stderr = s.status
 
+		envWorkarounds := [][2]string{}
+		for _, gpu := range gpus {
+			envWorkarounds = append(envWorkarounds, gpu.EnvWorkarounds...)
+		}
 		visibleDevicesEnv, visibleDevicesEnvVal := gpus.GetVisibleDevicesEnv()
 		pathEnvVal := strings.Join(libraryPaths, string(filepath.ListSeparator))
 
@@ -334,6 +338,12 @@ func NewLlamaServer(gpus gpu.GpuInfoList, model string, ggml *GGML, adapters, pr
 			} else if devicesNeeded && strings.EqualFold(cmp[0], visibleDevicesEnv) {
 				s.cmd.Env[i] = visibleDevicesEnv + "=" + visibleDevicesEnvVal
 				devicesNeeded = false
+			} else if len(envWorkarounds) != 0 {
+				for _, kv := range envWorkarounds {
+					if strings.EqualFold(cmp[0], kv[0]) {
+						s.cmd.Env[i] = kv[0] + "=" + kv[1]
+					}
+				}
 			}
 		}
 		if pathNeeded {