I implemented this.
It involves changes to both the scheduler and web code,
so it will take a while to appear on any project.
-- David

On 19-Feb-2013 1:04 PM, Stephen Maclagan wrote:
> Can we have the AMD APP OpenCL runtime driver version displayed on the
> Computer details page please,
> as well as the Cal driver version, (which has stayed the same over
> the last couple of Catalysts)
>
> as that can't be used to determine the APP OpenCL runtime version:
>
>
> http://www.hal6000.com/seti/boinc_ati_gpu_cheat_sheet.htm
>
>
> During Alpha testing at Lunatics and Beta testing at Seti Beta on the
> AMD OpenCL Multibeam app we came across an AMD APP runtime Bug,
> when the app is initially run it produces a kernel file, a fft
> wisdom file and some fft plan files,
>
> On Catalyst 12.8 the AMD OpenCL Multibeam apps produce strongly similar
> results,
>
> when initialy run on Cat 12.10 the apps produce inconclusive results
> finding the wrong pulses,
>
> on Catalyst 12.11 Beta and Cat 13.1 the apps when initialy run produce
> driver restarts,
>
> the kernel file being the culprit in each case, on Catalyst 13.2 Beta
> the compilations fail with an error,
>
> If a user does compilations under Cat 12.8, then upgrades drivers, the
> app will opperate correctly on Cat 12.10, 12.11 Beta, 13.1 and 13.2
> Beta, If he did compilations under Cat 12.10 he'll produce
> inconclusives,
>
> and continue to produce inconclusives on Cat 12.11 Beta, and Cat 13.1,
> Cat 13.2 Beta,
>
> and even Cat 12.8 (unless he deletes the kernel file for his GPU, or
> detaches and reattaches)
>
> (There are further complications getting the driver and APP runtime
> downgraded)
>
>
>
> Eric will likely want to limit the AMD OpenCL Multibeam app to hosts
> running the right AMD APP OpenCL runtime,
>
> and not a more recent Buggy runtime, so he'll need to restrict the app
> to an APP runtime of not later than 938.2,
>
> I'm not sure that is possible at the moment,
>
>
>
> Claggy
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