Changes between Version 18 and Version 19 of GPUApp

Timestamp:

Jul 19, 2010, 4:46:46 PM (14 years ago)

Author:

TuanLe

Comment:

add NVIDIA OpenCL and ATIStream OpenCL for Mac OS X

GPUApp

@@ -17 +17 @@
 Note that NVIDIA Cuda SDK 3.0 or older supports device emulation mode.
 If your machine doesn't have a CUDA-enabled GPU,
-then you should build the sample app in the device emulation mode.
+then you should build the sample application in the device emulation mode.
 Do so by setting "Build -> Configuration Manger -> Configuration" to either Emudebug or Emurelease.
 
@@ -68 +68 @@
 On my Linux machine, for example, it would be "$(ROOT)/home/tuanle/NVIDIA_GPU_Computing_SDK/".
 Since the absolute path is used in Makefile,
-you will probably need to edit file "common.mk" before compiling the sample app.
+you will probably need to edit file "common.mk" before compiling the sample application.
 Do so by looking for "/home/tuanle/NVIDIA_GPU_Computing_SDK" in file "common.mk"
 and replace this path with an appropriate path on your machine.
@@ -83 +83 @@
 As far as we know, NVIDIA Cuda SDK 3.1 no longer supports emulation mode.
 Thus, you will need to install an older Cuda SDK version, like version 3.0, on your machine.
-To make an executable file in emulation mode, simply type:
+To build the sample application in emulation mode, simply type:
 {{{
 make emu=1
 }}}
-
+The executable file is created in "/boinc/samples/nvcuda/linux/build_mode/" (build_mode could be release or emurelease).
 Also, note that you will need to define some environment variables before running the executable file.
 {{{
@@ -97 +97 @@
 ./example_app_nvcuda: error while loading shared libraries: libcudart.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
 }}}
-The executable file is created in "/boinc/samples/nvcuda/linux/build_mode/" (build_mode could be release or emurelease).
 
 === NVIDIA OpenCL ===
@@ -112 +111 @@
 On my Linux machine, for example, it would be "$(ROOT)/home/tuanle/NVIDIA_GPU_Computing_SDK/".
 Since the absolute path is used in Makefile, you will probably need to edit file "common_opencl.mk" before
-compiling the sample app. Do so by looking for "/home/tuanle/NVIDIA_GPU_Computing_SDK" in file
+compiling the sample application. Do so by looking for "/home/tuanle/NVIDIA_GPU_Computing_SDK" in file
 "common_opencl.mk" and replace this path with an appropriate path on your machine.
 
@@ -216 +215 @@
 As far as we know, NVIDIA Cuda SDK 3.1 no longer supports emulation mode.
 Thus, you will need to install an older Cuda SDK version, like version 3.0, on your machine.
-To make an executable file in emulation mode, simply type:
-{{{
-make -f Makefile_mac emu=1
-}}}
-
-Also, note that you will need to define some environment variables before running the executable file.
-{{{
-export PATH=/usr/local/cuda/bin:$PATH
-export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/cuda/lib:$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH
-}}}
 
 The makefile for Mac is made with the assumption that the NVIDIA Cuda SDK is installed at the default location:
 "$ROOT/Developer/GPU Computing/" on Mac. If it is installed at a different location on your machine,
 then you will need to edit file "common_mac.mk". Do so by looking for "ROOTDIR  ?= /Developer/GPU\ Computing"
-and replace this path with an appropriate path on your machine.
-
-The executable file is created in "/boinc/samples/nvcuda/darwin/build_mode/" (build_mode could be release or emurelease).
+in file "common_mac.mk" and replace this path with an appropriate path on your machine.
+
+To build the sample application in emulation mode, simply type:
+{{{
+make -f Makefile_mac emu=1
+}}}
+The executable file is created in "/boinc/samples/nvcuda/darwin/build_mode/" (build_mode could be release or emurelease). 
+Also, note that you will need to define some environment variables before running the executable file.
+{{{
+export PATH=/usr/local/cuda/bin:$PATH
+export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/cuda/lib:$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH
+}}}
 
 === NVIDIA OpenCL ===
@@ -243 +241 @@
 "$ROOT/Developer/GPU Computing/" on Mac. If it is installed at a different location on your machine,
 then you will need to edit file "common_opencl_mac.mk". Do so by looking for "ROOTDIR ?= /Developer/GPU\ Computing"
-and replace this path with an appropriate path on your machine.
-
-The executable is created in "/boinc/samples/nvopencl/darwin/release/".
+in file "common_opencl_mac.mk" and replace this path with an appropriate path on your machine.
+
+To build the sample application, simply type:
+{{{
+make -f Makefile_mac
+}}}
+The executable is then created in "/boinc/samples/nvopencl/darwin/release/".
+
+=== ATI Stream OpenCL ===
+
+ATI Stream does not have a separate OpenCL SDK for MacOS users to download. Thus, the only way to build OpenCL
+applications on your Mac is to have Mac OS X 10.6 version (which supports OpenCL) installed on your machine.
+
+To build the sample application, simply type:
+{{{
+make -f Makefile_mac
+}}}
+The executable file is then created in "/boinc/samples/atiopencl/".