Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2015 23:01:45 +0100 From: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AMD A series support Message-ID: <20150827230145.6c6c107f@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <CAGwOe2ZwFeC38NiZfy1a%2B9p4sn6B9ubkO0RNuR27WewQ=k8=tg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAGwOe2Y8tn8UvO7ZRFRn%2Bh75fj1dpByG9f_Uh0ZsS8VUrMNW0w@mail.gmail.com> <6500ec392ffb900738af2a50cc28d06f@mail.d2ux.org> <CAGwOe2ZwFeC38NiZfy1a%2B9p4sn6B9ubkO0RNuR27WewQ=k8=tg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, 27 Aug 2015 17:38:47 +0200 Fernando Apesteguía wrote: > I Googled this question and found some information that suggest that > the OS needs to support this. This project is an example: > > https://github.com/HSAFoundation/HSA-Drivers-Linux-AMD That also needs support in the application. You can't just run ordinary pthreads or processes on a GPU. I doubt there's much that would use it, even if it had support in the kernel. > Other interesting links: > https://community.amd.com/message/1308713#1308713 > https://community.amd.com/message/1306778#1306778 These appear to be about support for the GPUs as ordinary graphics devices. This is what you should be concerned about.
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