PCIe3 atomics requirement for amdkfd

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On 12/23/2017 07:40 AM, Felix Kühling wrote:
> As I understand it, it would require changes in the ROCr Runtime and in
> the firmware (MEC microcode). It also changes the programming model, so
> it may affect certain applications or higher level language runtimes
> that rely on atomic operations.
> 

How does the MEC microcode know that it is running a ROCm workload as opposed
to a graphics workload that doesn't require PCIe3 atomics.  Is there a specific
configuration bit that is set to indicate the ROCm programming model is needed?

-Tom

> Regards,
>   Felix
> 
> 
> Am 19.12.2017 um 16:04 schrieb Tom Stellard:
>> Hi,
>>
>> How hard of a requirement is PCIe3 atomics for dGPUs with the amdkfd
>> kernel driver?  Is it possible to make modifications to the runtime/kernel
>> driver to drop this requirement?
>>
>> -Tom
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