How to enable Opencl support on hikey960?

Products Support HiKey 960
#1

I want to use ARM Compute Library on hikey960, which uses mali GPU through OpenCL.

But it seems that OpenCL is not enable at present? How can i use it ?

Thanks.

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#2

Still waiting for OpenCL on my Mate 9 Pro.

#3

I have encountered the same problem…

hikey960:/data/opencl/hello_world_opencl # ./hello_world_opencl 
OpenCL error: Unknown error
Retrieving OpenCL platforms failed. common.cpp:233
Failed to create an OpenCL context. hello_world_opencl.cpp:39

It seems that the corresponding driver hasn’t been released…

#4

Hi

OpenCL isn’t supported on Android. Vulkan is.

There is an ongoing discussion wrt enabling OpenCL on Linux. We will give updates accordingly.

HTHs
Yang

OpenCl 2.0 in linux
#5

Tanks for reply.
Hope linux with opencl can be available soon,

#6

Hi @yang,

Is there any progress on supporting OpenCL on Linux? I really want to test ARM Compute Library with both NEON and GPU acceleration.

Thank you

#7

Yeah, come on, the first affordable G71-powered OpenCL 2.0 compliant embedded platform and no OpenCL drivers? Not even on Android?!

#8

Hi

OpenCL is being enabled as we speak. This is planned to be made available for review in next two weeks.

But this will start from Android first.

Thanks
Yang

#9

Thanks Yang. Please update this thread when a new OpenCL-enabled BSP is available.

#10

Hi @yang

Just wondering if there are any updates on OpenCL support? Our team is really excited to try this out when it’s ready.

Many thanks!

#11

Hi Tyler

Unfortunately this remains as an open item under discussion between multiple parties, in particular with HiSilicon and arm. At this point in time, I could not advise a time frame.

Sorry

#12

Thanks for the update Yang. I’ll check back periodically for news.

#13

Hi Yang, We are also looking to use OpenCL on Hikey 960. I understand that you may not have any updates as of today. Just wanted to let you know that more people are looking for OpenCL on HiKey 960 :slight_smile:

Thanks,
San

#14

BTW, based on ARM website the Mali G71 supports OpenCL 2.0. Does this mean that it is on Hisilicon?

#15

Hi

Eventually OpenCL support will come from arm instead of HiSilicon indeed. We are also waiting for delivery timeframe.

HTH
Yang

#16

Any updates on this front?

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#17

Hi

I believe you can already contact Arm directly to obtain an Arm Mali driver with support for OpenCL1.2 with SPIR-V on HiKey960.

We are still waiting for official drop from Arm though.

Yang

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#18

Hi @yang,

Any updates on OpenCL for the HiKey960? Who/what department do I contact at ARM for access to the OpenCL libmali?

Thanks,

Bas Vermeulen

#19

We are expecting to have OpenCL2.0 for Android/Linux in 3 weeks time.

Stay tuned

Yang

#20

Cool, looking forward to the release!

Bas Vermeulen