[Pkg-opencl-devel] Bug#768185: Bug#768185: Bug#768185: beignet kills calling application on program build errors, logging errors to console

[Giuseppe Bilotta]

On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 7:45 PM, Rebecca N. Palmer
<rebecca_palmer at zoho.com> wrote:
> Warning on the kernel upgrade: it froze my system, see #768483.
>
>> Ah, that's tricky, at the packaging level. What I think is:
>>
>> * all GPU-related ICDs should be installed, whenever the corresponding
>> video driver is;
>> * at least one CPU-capable ICD should also be installed;
>
> Linking it to the video driver doesn't help because those currently default
> to installing them all (which is where I got the idea of doing the same for
> ICDs): you still need to properly handle the "ICD installed (platform) but
> no hardware (device)" case, which as noted in this bug and in
> http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-opencl-devel/Week-of-Mon-20140421/000122.html
> , many things currently don't.

Ah, good point. I had missed the detailed comment about that on my
first quick read. I'll think about it.

>> Should I subscribe to the pkg-opencl-devel ML?
>
> If you want to participate in more general OpenCL-in-Debian discussions,
> yes; anyone can do so.  It does receive some spam, but typically only every
> few days.

I've subscribed, and sent a comment about the clinfo. I'll also share
my thoughts on the ICD thing as soon as I have an idea about it.

-- 
Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta