Re: CUDA Support [DISCUSS]

+1 for testing CUDA8 and CUDA9 (i.e. at least one version backward). I personally had worked recently on functionalities in the linalg-namespace where I was not  aware that I introduced CUDA 8 only dependencies that break immediately every CUDA7.5 build. I only happened to know this as Jenkins

Re: CUDA Support [DISCUSS]

Good arguments, Marco, Naveen, Pracheer. +1 to the suggestion of testing CUDA8 in few nightly instances and using CUDA9 for most instances in CI. There is no support matrix documented for Apache MXNet and so there is no forceful upgrade. If a user wants to support a version, they can contribute

Re: CUDA Support [DISCUSS]

Very good points, pracheer. We have been thinking about running nightly integration tests which will test the master branch on a wide base of settings (including IoT devices). How about switching to Cuda 9 in terms of PR validation, and doing extensive checks on cuda8/9 and another variety of

Re: CUDA Support [DISCUSS]

I agree with Naveen that we shouldn’t be forcing production systems to forcefully update immediately as soon as the new version comes out. If we want to get MXNet more adopted, we should think about convenience of the customers and the pain we might be forcing on them. Having said that, as

Re: CUDA Support [DISCUSS]

I will have to disagree with abandoning a N-1 version of the dependent libraries as a general guideline for the project. there might be exceptions to this which should be discussed and agreed on and **well documented** on the Apache MXNet webpage. My reasoning is users who are running software in

Re: CUDA Support [DISCUSS]

I like that proposal Bhavin. I'm also interested to see what the other community members think. On Sat, Jan 6, 2018 at 6:27 PM, Bhavin Thaker wrote: > Hi Kellen, > > Here is my opinion and stand on this: > > I see no need to test on CUDA8 in Apache MXNet CI, especially

Re: CUDA Support [DISCUSS]

Hi Kellen, Here is my opinion and stand on this: I see no need to test on CUDA8 in Apache MXNet CI, especially when CUDA9 is backward compatible with earlier Nvidia hardware generations. There is time and resources cost to maintaining the various combinations in the CI and so I am NOT in favor

Re: CUDA Support [DISCUSS]

Thanks for the thoughts Bhavin, supporting the latest release would also be an option, and it would be easier from a support point of view. "2) I think your question probably is what should be tested by the Apache MXNet CI and NOT what is supported by Apache MXNet, correct?" I view these two

Re: CUDA Support [DISCUSS]

Hi Kellen, 1) Does Apache MXNet (Incubating) have a support matrix? I think the answer is no, because I don’t know of where it is documented. One of the mentors told me earlier that the community uses and modifies the open-source project as per their individual requirements or those of the