This seems good. I was trying to think of things to add, but couldn't find anything that's relevant or important enough to influence the initial design.
One issue is that the cache directory may be shared across multiple machines, and thus one needs to use locks or an equivalent mechanism when modifying it. However, that goes without saying. -erik On Oct 29, 2013, at 7:33 , Pekka Jääskeläinen <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I sketched some notes on how to improve the OpenCL C built-in > bitcode library situation: > > https://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/pocl/index.php?title=Bitcode_libraries > > Any comments welcome. You can also edit the wiki directly. > > On 10/18/2013 04:56 PM, Vincent Danjean wrote: >> Le 18/10/2013 15:27, Pekka Jääskeläinen a écrit : >>> One solution I proposed was to distribute and install the sources of >>> the kernel lib and build the optimized kernel bitcode libs on-demand. >>> Then these would be cached to the user's home dir, so only the first use >>> would get the performance hit (there could be a separate population >>> step in the installation of the binary that does it). >> >> Some remarks: >> 1) it seems globally ok from my point of view >> 2) do not forget to look at system path (ie read-only) for precompiled >> libs (as stated in your parenthesis, the lib compilation can be >> done at install time by dpkg/yum/rpm/...) >> 3) allow multiple versions installed in parallel (directory with >> version number ?) >> Else, upgrading a machine with programs using pocl will require to >> upgrade all programs (using pocl) at the same time >> 4) allow multiple target versions installed at the same time >> (directory with precise target ?, file header that list all "feature" >> of the libs (similar to *.h.gch gcc compiled headers) ?, ... ) >> HOME can be shared between different machines >> >> Regards, >> Vincent >> > > > -- > Pekka > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Android is increasing in popularity, but the open development platform that > developers love is also attractive to malware creators. Download this white > paper to learn more about secure code signing practices that can help keep > Android apps secure. > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=65839951&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > pocl-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pocl-devel -- Erik Schnetter <[email protected]> http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/personal/eschnetter/ My email is as private as my paper mail. I therefore support encrypting and signing email messages. Get my PGP key from http://pgp.mit.edu/.
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