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I've been trying to download and get a new system up and running with opencl for CPU and GPU on ubuntu 16.04. I finally got some drivers running, or at least detected with clinfo, however the GPU required superuser privelages. Now I am trying to install the SDK, as I hope that is where useful CL CPP header files are.
except when I download the .gz file involved. It comes with a binary file that is not executable? WTF is this? When I look for installation instructions I get some sales pitch about all these great features but no usable recipe for installing the SDK!!!
As you may tell, I'm a little frustrated as this is a garbage experience. there was another company that provided similar experiences for their products, I think it was called Microsoft. I dont use them anymore.
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why does clinfo require superuser priveleges to display info about gpu devices.?
where is a relevant and working recipie for installing the SDK (or whatever provides the cl header files for c and cpp)?
why is it so hard for a company to communicate, clearly and succinctly, basic information for using their hardware.