On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 7:45 PM, Rebecca N. Palmer <rebecca_pal...@zoho.com> wrote: > Warning on the kernel upgrade: it froze my system, see #768483. > >> Ah, that's tricky, at the packaging level. What I think is: >> >> * all GPU-related ICDs should be installed, whenever the corresponding >> video driver is; >> * at least one CPU-capable ICD should also be installed; > > Linking it to the video driver doesn't help because those currently default > to installing them all (which is where I got the idea of doing the same for > ICDs): you still need to properly handle the "ICD installed (platform) but > no hardware (device)" case, which as noted in this bug and in > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-opencl-devel/Week-of-Mon-20140421/000122.html > , many things currently don't.
Ah, good point. I had missed the detailed comment about that on my first quick read. I'll think about it. >> Should I subscribe to the pkg-opencl-devel ML? > > If you want to participate in more general OpenCL-in-Debian discussions, > yes; anyone can do so. It does receive some spam, but typically only every > few days. I've subscribed, and sent a comment about the clinfo. I'll also share my thoughts on the ICD thing as soon as I have an idea about it. -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
