The parameters must be added to the kernel but the parameters depend on what cart you have installed in the case the card is Southern Islands **or** Sea Islands.
For Southern Islands parameters are: radeon.si_support=0 amdgpu.si_support=1
For Sea Islands parameters are: radeon.cik_support=0 amdgpu.cik_support=1
but not both, or you will end with a frozen display during the boot as in my case.