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Send message Joined: 14 Dec 11 Posts: 11 Credit: 20,567,012 RAC: 0 |
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. |
Send message Joined: 22 Jun 11 Posts: 2080 Credit: 1,844,407,912 RAC: 3,236 |
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. <exclude_gpu> means to exclude it from a project, not an application, so yes an app_info.xml file is your only way. |
Send message Joined: 14 Dec 11 Posts: 11 Credit: 20,567,012 RAC: 0 |
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. <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. |
Send message Joined: 22 Jun 11 Posts: 2080 Credit: 1,844,407,912 RAC: 3,236 |
I learned something new today, thanks! |
Send message Joined: 20 Apr 11 Posts: 388 Credit: 822,356,221 RAC: 0 |
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. -w |