I agree that the CAL code for a5_ilx and a5_ati should be updated to work with the most recent AMD GPUs, of course. Regarding legacy boards requiring legacy OS/drivers, that's fortunately not true though. I used an updated Ubuntu with the latest version (at the time) of the Catalyst drivers and AMD-APP-SDK with the Radeon HD 6990 board (*3) when I was working with Kraken before, and it worked perfectly fine.
This is an interesting project in case anyone wants to try porting the current CAL/IL code (500 lines of code in total) to GCN ISA code: http://realhet.wordpress.com/2012/11/14/hello-world/ Regards, Joel Eriksson www.clevcode.org On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 7:08 AM, Nikos Balkanas <nbalka...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 7:43 AM, Sascha Krissler <sas...@srlabs.de> wrote: > >> AMD GPUs based on the GCN architecture are not supported by kraken. >> TBH i already forgot the exact reason why that is, but AFAIR the >> CAL api is simply not supported anymore. >> GCN still supports AMD IL, but you need to use the opencl api and >> the IL code must be adapted. >> [...snip...] >> >> to be clear once more: GCN GPUs are not compatible with kraken. to the >> best >> of my knowledge that limits you to second hand hardware. >> > > All the more reason to update Kraken's ilx library. Not only it will be > easier > to find current boards, but they will be more powerful as well. > Furthermore, legacy boards require OS's well past their EOL for their > drivers, and > legacy hardware and PCs that these outdated OS can support. > Without updates kraken is doomed to a slow death of obsolescence :-( > >> > > > _______________________________________________ > A51 mailing list > A51@lists.srlabs.de > https://lists.srlabs.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/a51 > > -- Best Regards, Joel Eriksson
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