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[bug#31436] [PATCH 0/6] gnu: Add opencl related packages.


From: Fis Trivial
Subject: [bug#31436] [PATCH 0/6] gnu: Add opencl related packages.
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2018 18:49:16 +0000

Ludovic Courtès writes:

> Fis Trivial <address@hidden> skribis:
>
>> For POCL. The problem is ld couldn't find the right path. Another one is
>> Guix currently doesn't have any modern GPU support due to firmware
>> blobs. So OpenCL here is not very attractive in general unless one
>> maintain his/her own kernel. Or maybe someone here toys with FPGA? :)
>>
>> Beignet is now deprecated in favor the new Neo project (both are from
>> Intel).
>
> Sure, I understand the limitations regarding GPU supports.  I think it
> might still be useful for people using the OpenCL API for testing
> purposes on CPUs, though.
>
> In that spirit, would it make sense to merge everything but Beignet and
> POCL?
>
> Ludo’.

Thanks for the review. I will resend the rest with some notes soon.

Jiaming

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