Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2012 15:25:08 +0100 From: Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OpenCL backend for LLVM Message-ID: <jjd3s4$omg$1@dough.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <4F59EB20.3060500@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de> References: <4F59EB20.3060500@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On 09/03/2012 12:36, O. Hartmann wrote: > Sorry if you feel boring by those messages, but soem of us still get wet > eyes when it comes to OpenCL and LLVm (LLVM is supposed to become soon > the backend compiler in FreeBSD, as I understand). On PHORONIX I read > this message days ago: > > http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTA2NzM > > I think this is promising - in a way. Maybe some compiler specialists > will have merci (as well as nVidia and AMD) and present soemday in the > future OpenCL-based GPGPU capabilities for HPC on FreeBSD. AFAIK this would only work if the GPU vendors release GPGPU drivers which can be used with FreeBSD. The compiler part is only a minor one. [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.18 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk9aEsQACgkQldnAQVacBch2yACeOH0oZjGgFcO+cOpqY8cu3OBP d14AnjtaOzesxeaXPEl1v8aoi7UiDymS =Hkw0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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