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kbrafford
Adept II

Why does the GPU OpenCL context keep disappearing?

I was having trouble with the GPU context being there at first, then disappearing after awhile.  I couldn't figure out how to force it to vanish, it just would after some time.

So I uninstalled the AMD driver that the auto-detect application installed, and reinstalled the version that came with my card.  At first the GPU context was there, but now it's gone again!  What is going on?

--Keith Brafford

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What do you mean by context has disappeared?

Are you running some code, which is giving "no context" type error?

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clinfo shows only the CPU device.  As far as I know I don't do anything specific to cause it.  Is there a reason the GPU device wouldn't show up in the list of available devices?

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Are you logged in to the machine from X? (I assumed it is linux?) Are you running clinfo from console session within X? Is there only AMD GPUs in the machine?

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This is a 64-Bit Windows machine with only one HD7970 card in the system.

--Keith

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kbrafford
Adept II

I should be clearer.  It's not a context that vanishes.  It's the GPU device.  I still get the AMD Phenom II CPU device in the list, but no Tahiti.

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kbrafford
Adept II

Ok, I rebooted and...even from a fresh start I gets no GPU device. 

So I reinstalled driver version 12.3 from the previous versions link:

http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/previous/12/Pages/radeon.aspx?os=Windows%20Vista%20-%2...

And then the GPU showed back up.  I have no idea how many minutes or hours the GPU device will be available, before it disappears again:

C:\Users\Keith>clinfo
Number of platforms:                             1
  Platform Profile:                              FULL_PROFILE
  Platform Version:                              OpenCL 1.2 AMD-APP (923.1)
  Platform Name:                                 AMD Accelerated Parallel Proces
sing
  Platform Vendor:                               Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
  Platform Extensions:                           cl_khr_icd cl_amd_event_callbac
k cl_amd_offline_devices cl_khr_d3d10_sharing


  Platform Name:                                 AMD Accelerated Parallel Proces
sing
Number of devices:                               2
  Device Type:                                   CL_DEVICE_TYPE_GPU
  Device ID:                                     4098
  Board name:                                    AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series
  Max compute units:                             32
  Max work items dimensions:                     3
    Max work items[0]:                           256
    Max work items[1]:                           256
    Max work items[2]:                           256
  Max work group size:                           256
  Preferred vector width char:                   16
  Preferred vector width short:                  8
  Preferred vector width int:                    4
  Preferred vector width long:                   2
  Preferred vector width float:                  4
  Preferred vector width double:                 2
  Native vector width char:                      16
  Native vector width short:                     8
  Native vector width int:                       4
  Native vector width long:                      2
  Native vector width float:                     4
  Native vector width double:                    2
  Max clock frequency:                           925Mhz
  Address bits:                                  32
  Max memory allocation:                         536870912
  Image support:                                 Yes
  Max number of images read arguments:           128
  Max number of images write arguments:          8
  Max image 2D width:                            8192
  Max image 2D height:                           8192
  Max image 3D width:                            2048
  Max image 3D height:                           2048
  Max image 3D depth:                            2048
  Max samplers within kernel:                    16
  Max size of kernel argument:                   1024
  Alignment (bits) of base address:              2048
  Minimum alignment (bytes) for any datatype:    128
  Single precision floating point capability
    Denorms:                                     No
    Quiet NaNs:                                  Yes
    Round to nearest even:                       Yes
    Round to zero:                               Yes
    Round to +ve and infinity:                   Yes
    IEEE754-2008 fused multiply-add:             Yes
  Cache type:                                    Read/Write
  Cache line size:                               64
  Cache size:                                    16384
  Global memory size:                            2147483648
  Constant buffer size:                          65536
  Max number of constant args:                   8
  Local memory type:                             Scratchpad
  Local memory size:                             32768
  Kernel Preferred work group size multiple:     64
  Error correction support:                      0
  Unified memory for Host and Device:            0
  Profiling timer resolution:                    1
  Device endianess:                              Little
  Available:                                     Yes
  Compiler available:                            Yes
  Execution capabilities:
    Execute OpenCL kernels:                      Yes
    Execute native function:                     No
  Queue properties:
    Out-of-Order:                                No
    Profiling :                                  Yes
  Platform ID:                                   000007FED5202A08
  Name:                                          Tahiti
  Vendor:                                        Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
  Device OpenCL C version:                       OpenCL C 1.2
  Driver version:                                CAL 1.4.1703 (VM)
  Profile:                                       FULL_PROFILE
  Version:                                       OpenCL 1.2 AMD-APP (923.1)
  Extensions:                                    cl_khr_fp64 cl_amd_fp64 cl_khr_
global_int32_base_atomics cl_khr_global_int32_extended_atomics cl_khr_local_int3
2_base_atomics cl_khr_local_int32_extended_atomics cl_khr_3d_image_writes cl_khr
_byte_addressable_store cl_khr_gl_sharing cl_ext_atomic_counters_32 cl_amd_devic
e_attribute_query cl_amd_vec3 cl_amd_printf cl_amd_media_ops cl_amd_popcnt cl_kh
r_d3d10_sharing


  Device Type:                                   CL_DEVICE_TYPE_CPU
  Device ID:                                     4098
  Board name:
  Max compute units:                             4
  Max work items dimensions:                     3
    Max work items[0]:                           1024
    Max work items[1]:                           1024
    Max work items[2]:                           1024
  Max work group size:                           1024
  Preferred vector width char:                   16
  Preferred vector width short:                  8
  Preferred vector width int:                    4
  Preferred vector width long:                   2
  Preferred vector width float:                  4
  Preferred vector width double:                 0
  Native vector width char:                      16
  Native vector width short:                     8
  Native vector width int:                       4
  Native vector width long:                      2
  Native vector width float:                     4
  Native vector width double:                    0
  Max clock frequency:                           3010Mhz
  Address bits:                                  64
  Max memory allocation:                         2147483648
  Image support:                                 Yes
  Max number of images read arguments:           128
  Max number of images write arguments:          8
  Max image 2D width:                            8192
  Max image 2D height:                           8192
  Max image 3D width:                            2048
  Max image 3D height:                           2048
  Max image 3D depth:                            2048
  Max samplers within kernel:                    16
  Max size of kernel argument:                   4096
  Alignment (bits) of base address:              1024
  Minimum alignment (bytes) for any datatype:    128
  Single precision floating point capability
    Denorms:                                     Yes
    Quiet NaNs:                                  Yes
    Round to nearest even:                       Yes
    Round to zero:                               Yes
    Round to +ve and infinity:                   Yes
    IEEE754-2008 fused multiply-add:             Yes
  Cache type:                                    Read/Write
  Cache line size:                               64
  Cache size:                                    65536
  Global memory size:                            8581414912
  Constant buffer size:                          65536
  Max number of constant args:                   8
  Local memory type:                             Global
  Local memory size:                             32768
  Kernel Preferred work group size multiple:     1
  Error correction support:                      0
  Unified memory for Host and Device:            1
  Profiling timer resolution:                    340
  Device endianess:                              Little
  Available:                                     Yes
  Compiler available:                            Yes
  Execution capabilities:
    Execute OpenCL kernels:                      Yes
    Execute native function:                     Yes
  Queue properties:
    Out-of-Order:                                No
    Profiling :                                  Yes
  Platform ID:                                   000007FED5202A08
  Name:                                          AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 940 Proces
sor
  Vendor:                                        AuthenticAMD
  Device OpenCL C version:                       OpenCL C 1.2
  Driver version:                                2.0 (sse2)
  Profile:                                       FULL_PROFILE
  Version:                                       OpenCL 1.2 AMD-APP (923.1)
  Extensions:                                    cl_khr_fp64 cl_amd_fp64 cl_khr_
global_int32_base_atomics cl_khr_global_int32_extended_atomics cl_khr_local_int3
2_base_atomics cl_khr_local_int32_extended_atomics cl_khr_int64_base_atomics cl_
khr_int64_extended_atomics cl_khr_byte_addressable_store cl_khr_gl_sharing cl_ex
t_device_fission cl_amd_device_attribute_query cl_amd_vec3 cl_amd_printf cl_amd_
media_ops cl_amd_popcnt cl_khr_d3d10_sharing

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