[LLVMdev] [RFC] OpenMP offload infrastructure

Sergey Ostanevich sergos.gnu at gmail.com
Thu Aug 14 06:12:01 PDT 2014


On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 10:59 PM, John Leidel (jleidel)
<jleidel at micron.com> wrote:

>
> If my memory serves me, the original OMP 4.0 spec for target execution/data regions is based upon the notion of a host + 1 target, rather than a host + `N` different targets.  This was definitely the right decision as we have to crawl before we can walk.  You bring up an interesting point with respect to the priority of the devices discovered/dispatched.  I fear this is a rather complex issue (although an interesting one).
>

Not to blame your memory, John. :)

p.14 lines 19-21:
An implementation may support other target devices. If supported, one
or more devices are available to the host device for offloading code
and data.

Regards,
Sergos




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