[petsc-users] Is still GPU feature recommended on master branch only?

Karl Rupp rupp at iue.tuwien.ac.at
Tue Jun 27 09:51:43 CDT 2017


Hey,


>     as it is stated here
>     (https://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/features/gpus.html
>     <https://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/features/gpus.html>) since a long time:
> 
>     We recommend working withpetsc master (git branch)
>     <https://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/developers/index.html>if you wish to
>     work witht his feature.
> 
>     Does this recommendation remains true?
> 
> 
> Yes. GPU vendors are unable to arrive at stable software platforms.

Things have gotten better in recent years, though.
I hope to have GPU support in a better state in the future, so that GPU 
support is also available in the 'official' releases.

Best regards,
Karli


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