[Openmp-dev] Fwd: Re: Building libomptarget/plugins for Fedora

[Georgios Rokos via Openmp-dev]

The CPU can also be used as an accelerator via the generic-elf-64 plugin.
This plugin threats the CPU as a target device.

George



From:	Tom Stellard via Openmp-dev <openmp-dev at lists.llvm.org>
To:	Joachim Protze <protze.joachim at gmail.com>, Openmp-dev
            <openmp-dev at lists.llvm.org>
Date:	28/03/2018 11:21
Subject:	Re: [Openmp-dev] Fwd: Re: Building libomptarget/plugins for
            Fedora
Sent by:	"Openmp-dev" <openmp-dev-bounces at lists.llvm.org>



On 03/28/2018 07:42 AM, Joachim Protze via Openmp-dev wrote:
> The mail was intended to go to the list.
>
> - Joachim
>
>
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
>
> Hi Tom,
>
> the plugins enable the actual offloading to accelerator devices. Without
the plugins, the OpenMP target pragmas should be ignored or you might get
runtime errors if the tool chain is broken. In any case, you cannot use the
accelerator with OpenMP without having the plugins.
>

Ok, thanks, and when you say accelerator does that mean a non-CPU device
or can the CPU be considered and accelerator too?

-Tom

> Best
> Joachim
>
> Tom Stellard via Openmp-dev <openmp-dev at lists.llvm.org <
mailto:openmp-dev at lists.llvm.org>> schrieb am Mi., 28. März 2018, 06:59:
>
>     Hi,
>
>     We currently aren't building the libomptarget plugins on Fedora, and
I'm
>     wondering if it would be beneficial for us to start building these
>     plugins.
>     Do these enable some functionality which wouldn't otherwise be
>     available?
>
>     Thanks,
>     Tom
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