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Message 6592 - Posted: 16 Jun 2015, 23:44:36 UTC
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On my older notebook I'm only using the Radeon HD 6370m for crunching. Having run both the ati14 & opencl_ati_101 apps. I found the ati14 to be better for the system. As the extra CPU usage of the OpenCL app causes it to run just enough warmer to get to hot. So I would prefer to only run the ati14 app.
Not seeing any project options for this I was thinking <exclude_gpu> in the cc_config.xml. However it seems both apps look the same to BOINC.
======== Application versions ========
1) -----------
   application: dnetc
   version: 1.04
   project: Moo! Wrapper
2) -----------
   application: dnetc
   version: 1.04
   project: Moo! Wrapper

Is the only solution an app_info.xml?

EDIT: The Average processing rate for the ati14 was higher until recently when it dropped suddenly & I started getting OpenCL tasks again.
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Message 6593 - Posted: 17 Jun 2015, 10:49:38 UTC - in response to Message 6592.  

On my older notebook I'm only using the Radeon HD 6370m for crunching. Having run both the ati14 & opencl_ati_101 apps. I found the ati14 to be better for the system. As the extra CPU usage of the OpenCL app causes it to run just enough warmer to get to hot. So I would prefer to only run the ati14 app.
Not seeing any project options for this I was thinking <exclude_gpu> in the cc_config.xml. However it seems both apps look the same to BOINC.
======== Application versions ========
1) -----------
   application: dnetc
   version: 1.04
   project: Moo! Wrapper
2) -----------
   application: dnetc
   version: 1.04
   project: Moo! Wrapper

Is the only solution an app_info.xml?

EDIT: The Average processing rate for the ati14 was higher until recently when it dropped suddenly & I started getting OpenCL tasks again.


<exclude_gpu> means to exclude it from a project, not an application, so yes an app_info.xml file is your only way.
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Message 6595 - Posted: 17 Jun 2015, 14:19:25 UTC - in response to Message 6593.  

On my older notebook I'm only using the Radeon HD 6370m for crunching. Having run both the ati14 & opencl_ati_101 apps. I found the ati14 to be better for the system. As the extra CPU usage of the OpenCL app causes it to run just enough warmer to get to hot. So I would prefer to only run the ati14 app.
Not seeing any project options for this I was thinking <exclude_gpu> in the cc_config.xml. However it seems both apps look the same to BOINC.
======== Application versions ========
1) -----------
   application: dnetc
   version: 1.04
   project: Moo! Wrapper
2) -----------
   application: dnetc
   version: 1.04
   project: Moo! Wrapper

Is the only solution an app_info.xml?

EDIT: The Average processing rate for the ati14 was higher until recently when it dropped suddenly & I started getting OpenCL tasks again.


<exclude_gpu> means to exclude it from a project, not an application, so yes an app_info.xml file is your only way.

<exclude_gpu> does have the function to exclude down to the app level
<exclude_gpu>
   <url>project_URL</url>
   [<device_num>N</device_num>]
   [<type>NVIDIA|ATI|intel_gpu</type>]
   [<app>appname</app>]
</exclude_gpu>

So if they app names were something like dnetc_ati14 & dnetc_opencl_ati it would work. However I expected app_info was going to be the way to go. I just wasn't sure if someone had figured out something that wasn't clear to me.
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Message 6597 - Posted: 18 Jun 2015, 9:43:16 UTC - in response to Message 6595.  


<exclude_gpu> means to exclude it from a project, not an application, so yes an app_info.xml file is your only way.


<exclude_gpu> does have the function to exclude down to the app level
<exclude_gpu>
   <url>project_URL</url>
   [<device_num>N</device_num>]
   [<type>NVIDIA|ATI|intel_gpu</type>]
   [<app>appname</app>]
</exclude_gpu>

So if they app names were something like dnetc_ati14 & dnetc_opencl_ati it would work. However I expected app_info was going to be the way to go. I just wasn't sure if someone had figured out something that wasn't clear to me.


I learned something new today, thanks!
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Message 6633 - Posted: 6 Jul 2015, 12:39:39 UTC - in response to Message 6592.  

Is the only solution an app_info.xml?


There's also app_config.xml support (please, read http://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/client_configuration#Application_configuration for more details) that does go into app version level but might or might not do what you need.

Otherwise, I need to take a look how to configure the BOINC Server feature that allows prefs to set what apps (maybe even versions) user wants to allow.

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