Re: OpenCL / handling of hardware-specific packages

2019-07-02 Thread Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
On 01.07.19 23:59, Rebecca N. Palmer wrote: Hi, >> So, installing an opencl-based package pulls in *all* cl driver stacks ? > > If we do the above, yes by default, but the user can prevent this by > explicitly installing any one. Ok, that's fine, as long as it doesn't cause the already

Re: OpenCL / handling of hardware-specific packages

2019-07-02 Thread Guillem Jover
On Tue, 2019-07-02 at 16:40:14 +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > [Guillem Jover] > > The closest thing I'm aware of is isenkram, but re-checking it now, it > > looks it's now tailored for hot-plugged hardware? Its README contains > > interesting information on alternatives and similar solutions.

Re: OpenCL / handling of hardware-specific packages

2019-07-02 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
Thank you for the heads up, I am not following debian-devel@ these days. Please keep me on Cc. [Guillem Jover] > The closest thing I'm aware of is isenkram, but re-checking it now, it > looks it's now tailored for hot-plugged hardware? Its README contains > interesting information on

Re: OpenCL / handling of hardware-specific packages

2019-07-02 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Tue, 2019-07-02 at 14:29 +0200, Guillem Jover wrote: [...] > The closest thing I'm aware of is isenkram, but re-checking it now, it > looks it's now tailored for hot-plugged hardware? Its README contains > interesting information on alternatives and similar solutions. CCed > Petter for further

Re: OpenCL / handling of hardware-specific packages

2019-07-02 Thread Guillem Jover
Hi! On Mon, 2019-07-01 at 22:59:51 +0100, Rebecca N. Palmer wrote: > On 01/07/2019 18:10, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult wrote: > > Please don't do that. This IMHO clearly belongs into the operator's > > hands > > Do you mean "not as long as it would cause the above bugs" or "not ever"? > If

Re: OpenCL / handling of hardware-specific packages

2019-07-01 Thread Rebecca N. Palmer
On 01/07/2019 18:10, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult wrote: On 19.06.19 09:09, Rebecca N. Palmer wrote: I proposed [0] fixing this by creating a metapackage for "all OpenCL drivers" (similar to the ones for graphics).  However, having unusable OpenCL drivers installed can trigger bugs: [1]