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Current ATI driver can't handle kernels newer than, perhaps, 3.16x

What's the best way to prevent kernel upgrades from removing proprietary ATI driver?

Open driver is not an option, that kills 1/3 of GPU performance.

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  • What ATI driver and card do you mean?
    – Pilot6
    May 15, 2015 at 18:38
  • AMD A10-7800 APU The official AMD/ATI graphics driver won't install, at all, on 15.04, not sure about earlier versions of the 'buntus. May 15, 2015 at 18:47
  • I think it is still supported, and later there will be drivers for newer kernels. But now it is OK to use them with Ubuntu 14.04.
    – Pilot6
    May 15, 2015 at 18:53
  • The open source driver will not only limit your GPU performance. AMD A-series are APU's, meaning they can change their clock speed on demand. This, however, requires the fglrx driver, else the CPU speed will stay at minimum.
    – s3lph
    May 15, 2015 at 18:56

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Kernels will not upgrade to another major version through routine update & upgrade process. So you need not do anything for that. If you have installed 3.16.0-X-X version, you will get only security updates and bug fixes, which will affect only (X-X).

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