Given the discussion from our news here: http://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/forum_thread.php?id=1500
It seems that this works: <coproc> <type>ATI</type> <count>1</count> </coproc> and this doesn't work: <coproc> <type>ATI</type> <count>0.5</count> </coproc> Would this be a problem with our scheduler code, or something else? --Travis On Jan 18, 2010, at 12:35 PM, Richard Haselgrove wrote: > In setting up my AQUA app_info today, I also found that I had to allow the > appropriate application in project preferences. This was unexpected new > behaviour for someone brought up on the SETI way of doing things, but I think > it's a good idea. > > As to needing to allow CPU work for a GPU app - some wires are crossed there. > Either the options have been set the wrong way round - and I've seen that > before, on another "young" project: perhaps the documentation isn't as > unambiguous as it should be - or there's a problem with the server code. > > Since Travis started this thread, perhaps he could double-check the > preference settings. > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Raistmer" <[email protected]> > To: "Travis Desell" <[email protected]>; "David Anderson" > <[email protected]> > Cc: "BOINC Dev Mailing List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 5:18 PM > Subject: Re: [boinc_dev] anonymous ATI applications not getting work > > >> After some break I re-installed ATI GPU in same host as before. Before it >> recived work from MW just fine. >> Now it gets No work message too. I had to go on preferencies page and enable >> CPU work (it was disabled before). >> My app_info: >> >> <app_info> >> <app> >> <name>milkyway</name> >> </app> >> <file_info> >> <name>astronomy_0.20_ATI_SSE2.exe</name> >> <executable/> >> </file_info> >> <file_info> >> <name>brook32.dll</name> >> <executable/> >> </file_info> >> >> >> <app_version> >> <app_name>milkyway</app_name> >> <version_num>20</version_num> >> <flops>1.0e11</flops> >> <avg_ncpus>0.05</avg_ncpus> >> <max_ncpus>1</max_ncpus> >> <coproc> >> <type>ATI</type> >> <count>0.48</count> >> </coproc> >> <cmdline></cmdline> >> <file_ref> >> <file_name>astronomy_0.20_ATI_SSE2.exe</file_name> >> <main_program/> >> </file_ref> >> <file_ref> >> <file_name>brook32.dll</file_name> >> </file_ref> >> </app_version> >> </app_info> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Travis Desell" <[email protected]> >> To: "David Anderson" <[email protected]> >> Cc: "Raistmer" <[email protected]>; "BOINC Dev Mailing List" >> <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 9:11 AM >> Subject: Re: [boinc_dev] anonymous ATI applications not getting work >> >> >> I made a news post and here's a sample app_info.xml from someone who is >> getting the error: >> >> <app_info> >> <app> >> <name>milkyway</name> >> </app> >> <file_info> >> <name>astronomy_0.20b_ATI_x64_ati.exe</name> >> <executable/> >> </file_info> >> <file_info> >> <name>brook64.dll</name> >> <executable/> >> </file_info> >> >> <app_version> >> <app_name>milkyway</app_name> >> <version_num>21</version_num> >> <plan_class>ati13ati</plan_class> >> <flops>1.0e11</flops> >> <avg_ncpus>0.05</avg_ncpus> >> <max_ncpus>1</max_ncpus> >> <coproc> >> <type>ATI</type> >> <count>0.90</count> >> </coproc> >> <cmdline>b-1</cmdline> >> <file_ref> >> <file_name>astronomy_0.20b_ATI_x64_ati.exe</file_name> >> <main_program/> >> </file_ref> >> <file_ref> >> <file_name>brook64.dll</file_name> >> </file_ref> >> </app_version> >> >> </app_info> >> >> http://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/forum_thread.php?id=1500#35777 >> >> --Travis >> >> On Jan 17, 2010, at 11:28 PM, David Anderson wrote: >> >>> I can't reproduce this. >>> Please send the app_info.xml. >>> -- David >>> >>> Raistmer wrote: >>>> It's weird indeed cause app_info clearly states that app used for ATI >>>> GPU: >>>> <coproc> >>>> <type>ATI</type> >>>> ... >>>> </coproc> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Travis Desell" <[email protected]> >>>> To: "Paul D. Buck" <[email protected]> >>>> Cc: "BOINC Dev Mailing List" <[email protected]> >>>> Sent: Sunday, January 17, 2010 12:14 PM >>>> Subject: Re: [boinc_dev] anonymous ATI applications not getting work >>>>> Seems... kind of counterintuitive. Is this because there's no way to >>>>> tell if the anonymous application is for GPUs or not? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Jan 17, 2010, at 4:07 AM, Paul D. Buck wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> For the Anon platform they have to set CPU to yes ... the others to no >>>>>> ... >>>>>> >>>>>> On Jan 17, 2010, at 12:21 AM, Travis Desell wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> We're having a problem where people using an ATI application on an >>>>>>> anonymous platform aren't able to get any work. Specifically, if >>>>>>> they've selected: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Use CPU >>>>>>> (enforced by 6.10+ clients) no >>>>>>> Use NVIDIA GPU if present >>>>>>> (enforced by 6.10+ clients) no >>>>>>> Use ATI GPU if present >>>>>>> (enforced by 6.10+ clients) yes >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Then they won't get any work. Is this something wrong with our >>>>>>> scheduler settings, or have any other projects come across this >>>>>>> problem? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>> Travis Desell >>>>>>> <deselt @ cs.rpi.edu> >>>>>>> 1-518-867-1054 >>>>>>> Worldwide Computing Laboratory ( http://wcl.cs.rpi.edu/ ) >>>>>>> milky...@home ( http://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/ ) >>>>>>> Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 8th Street, Troy NY 12180, USA >>>>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> boinc_dev mailing list >>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>> http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev >>>>>>> To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and >>>>>>> (near bottom of page) enter your email address. >>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> Travis Desell >>>>> <deselt @ cs.rpi.edu> >>>>> 1-518-867-1054 >>>>> Worldwide Computing Laboratory ( http://wcl.cs.rpi.edu/ ) >>>>> milky...@home ( http://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/ ) >>>>> Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 8th Street, Troy NY 12180, USA >>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> boinc_dev mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev >>>>> To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and >>>>> (near bottom of page) enter your email address. >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> boinc_dev mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev >>>> To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and >>>> (near bottom of page) enter your email address. >>> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Travis Desell >> <deselt @ cs.rpi.edu> >> 1-518-867-1054 >> Worldwide Computing Laboratory ( http://wcl.cs.rpi.edu/ ) >> milky...@home ( http://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/ ) >> Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 8th Street, Troy NY 12180, USA >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> boinc_dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev >> To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and >> (near bottom of page) enter your email address. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Travis Desell <deselt @ cs.rpi.edu> 1-518-867-1054 Worldwide Computing Laboratory ( http://wcl.cs.rpi.edu/ ) milky...@home ( http://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/ ) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 8th Street, Troy NY 12180, USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ boinc_dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address.
