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From: JamesTurland <james@turland.uk>
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2025 09:14:46 +0100
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+# AMD Strix Halo Toolboxes — Setup Notes
+
+Tested on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.
+
+## System update
+Run as root or prefix with sudo:
+```bash
+sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
+sudo reboot
+```
+
+## Install AMD GPU packages (example: amdgpu/ROCm)
+Download the installer (example version used here: 7.0.2):
+```bash
+wget https://repo.radeon.com/amdgpu-install/7.0.2/ubuntu/noble/amdgpu-install_7.0.2.70002-1_all.deb
+sudo apt install ./amdgpu-install_7.0.2.70002-1_all.deb
+sudo apt update
+sudo apt install python3-setuptools python3-wheel
+```
+
+Add current user to render/video groups:
+```bash
+sudo usermod -a -G render,video $LOGNAME
+```
+
+Install ROCm:
+```bash
+sudo apt install rocm
+```
+
+Kernel extras and DKMS:
+```bash
+sudo apt install "linux-headers-$(uname -r)" "linux-modules-extra-$(uname -r)"
+sudo apt install amdgpu-dkms
+sudo reboot
+```
+
+## Library path and ldconfig
+Add ROCm libs to the loader path and refresh:
+```bash
+sudo tee /etc/ld.so.conf.d/rocm.conf <<'EOF'
+/opt/rocm/lib
+/opt/rocm/lib64
+EOF
+sudo ldconfig
+```
+
+You can also set LD_LIBRARY_PATH for the current session (or add to your shell profile):
+```bash
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/rocm-7.0.2/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+```
+
+Verify installation:
+```bash
+apt list --installed | grep -E 'rocm|amdgpu'
+rocminfo | grep -i 'Marketing Name:'
+```
+
+## Kernel / AMD TTM tuning
+Edit GRUB:
+```bash
+sudo nano /etc/default/grub
+# add or update GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT with required options, for example:
+GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet amdttm.pages_limit=33554432 amdgpu.gttsize=131072 amd_iommu=off"
+sudo update-grub
+sudo reboot
+# verify:
+sudo dmesg | grep -i 'amdgpu.*memory'
+```
+
+## Toolbox / Container workflow
+Install Podman Toolbox if desired:
+```bash
+sudo apt-get install podman-toolbox
+```
+
+Clone the repo:
+```bash
+git clone https://github.com/kyuz0/amd-strix-halo-toolboxes.git
+cd amd-strix-halo-toolboxes/toolboxes/
+```
+
+Create a toolbox container (example):
+```bash
+sudo toolbox create llama-rocm-7rc-rocwmma \
+  --image docker.io/kyuz0/amd-strix-halo-toolboxes:rocm-7rc-rocwmma \
+  -- --device /dev/dri --device /dev/kfd \
+     --group-add video --group-add render --group-add sudo \
+     --security-opt seccomp=unconfined
+```
+
+Enter the toolbox:
+```bash
+toolbox enter llama-rocm-7rc-rocwmma
+```
+
+Inside the container you can list devices:
+```bash
+llama-cli --list-devices
+```
+
+Run a server example (adjust model name and flags as needed):
+```bash
+llama-server --no-mmap -ngl 999 -fa on --host 0.0.0.0 -hf unsloth/Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507-GGUF:Q3_K_XL
+```
+
+## Notes
+- Always check official AMD docs and AMD-Strix-Halo Repo for changes
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