Re: [boinc_dev] AMD's CAL

2017-08-22 Thread Teemu Mannermaa
Darrell Holz; boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu; Boinc Projects > Subject: Re: [boinc_dev] AMD's CAL > > If no projects have CAL apps, I don't see any reason to keep the CAL > device enumeration code. Anyone else? Moo! Wrapper Project still has CAL apps, even couple different versions due to

Re: [boinc_dev] AMD's CAL

2017-08-22 Thread Oliver Bock
On 22/08/17 3:07 , David Anderson wrote: > What GPU info does the CAL function provide that OpenCL doesn't? This is the most important question IMHO. The OpenCL API doesn't cover certain device details (like free device memory) that might be relevant for task scheduling and are currently still onl

Re: [boinc_dev] AMD's CAL

2017-08-22 Thread Jord van der Elst
(2442.8) >> 2442.8 >> >> >> >> Correct me if I am wrong, but the first section would be populated with >> values if the CAL detection code was working properly. Even when the ATI >> library was found, the values were not reported because Boinc I believe

Re: [boinc_dev] AMD's CAL

2017-08-21 Thread Darrell Holz
, 2017 10:28 pm Subject: Re: [boinc_dev] AMD's CAL If no projects have CAL apps, I don't see any reason to keep the CAL device enumeration code. Anyone else? -- D On 8/21/2017 7:01 PM, Darrell Holz wrote: From the client_stat

Re: [boinc_dev] AMD's CAL

2017-08-21 Thread Darrell Holz
. -Original Message- From: Jason Groothuis To: David Anderson ; boinc_dev Sent: Mon, Aug 21, 2017 9:38 pm Subject: Re: [boinc_dev] AMD's CAL TL:DR; CAL is low level, proprietary, and designed/preserved for forward compatibility. History helps: Like programming the nVidia Cuda d

Re: [boinc_dev] AMD's CAL

2017-08-21 Thread Jason Groothuis
: [boinc_dev] AMD's CAL If no projects have CAL apps, I don't see any reason to keep the CAL device enumeration code. Anyone else? -- D On 8/21/2017 7:01 PM, Darrell Holz wrote: > From the client_state xml file: > > >1 >Radeon (TM) RX 480 Graphics > 858

Re: [boinc_dev] AMD's CAL

2017-08-21 Thread David Anderson
riginal Message- From: David Anderson To: boinc_dev Sent: Mon, Aug 21, 2017 8:07 pm Subject: Re: [boinc_dev] AMD's CAL What GPU info does the CAL function provide that OpenCL doesn't? -- David On 8/21/2017 2:39 PM, Darrell Holz wrote: > I am moving this response over from th

Re: [boinc_dev] AMD's CAL

2017-08-21 Thread Darrell Holz
[boinc_dev] AMD's CAL What GPU info does the CAL function provide that OpenCL doesn't? -- David On 8/21/2017 2:39 PM, Darrell Holz wrote: > I am moving this response over from the Boinc Alpha list about the 7.8.1 > startup, because the discussion is more appropriate here. Yes AMD

Re: [boinc_dev] AMD's CAL

2017-08-21 Thread David Anderson
What GPU info does the CAL function provide that OpenCL doesn't? -- David On 8/21/2017 2:39 PM, Darrell Holz wrote: I am moving this response over from the Boinc Alpha list about the 7.8.1 startup, because the discussion is more appropriate here. Yes AMD has publically switched from CAL to Ope

[boinc_dev] AMD's CAL

2017-08-21 Thread Darrell Holz
I am moving this response over from the Boinc Alpha list about the 7.8.1 startup, because the discussion is more appropriate here. Yes AMD has publically switched from CAL to OpenCl a few years back, but the CAL files are still apart of the driver. Even the new RX Vega drivers still has the file