This solution requires user intervention. The question is how to avoid this 
server-side. User can be not aware that his host generates invalid result and 
project can't prevent it now.


Thu, 02 Oct 2014 17:06:05 +0200 от David Anderson <[email protected]>:
>Yes.
>You can also use <exclude_gpu> to be more specific
>about which GPU to use for which project.
>
>On 02-Oct-2014 4:59 PM, McLeod, John wrote:
>> Would that then prevent BOINC from running tasks on some of the GPS for any 
>> tasks?
>>
>> Sent from my Android phone using TouchDown ( www.nitrodesk.com )
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> *From:* David Anderson [[email protected]]
>> *Received:* Thursday, 02 Oct 2014, 10:58AM
>> *To:*  [email protected] [[email protected]]
>> *Subject:* Re: [boinc_dev] BOINCscheduling & plan class possible issue
>>
>> I assume these are cases where the user has set <use_all_gpus>.
>> If that flag is removed the problem should go away.
>> -- David
>>
>> On 02-Oct-2014 4:28 PM, Raistmer the Sorcerer wrote:
>>> It was discovered that OpenCL AstroPulse application in SETI can't properly 
>>> work
>>> under 340.52 nVidia driver on pre-FERMI hardware (single pulses missing, 
>>> issue
>>> reported and reproduced by NV already). To avoid wrong computations Eric 
>>> created
>>> 2 plan classes that should avoid work sending on pre-FERMI GPUs running 
>>> under
>>> that faulty driver.
>>>
>>> But it was discovered (look here:
>>> http://setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu/beta/forum_thread.php?id=2182&postid=52632 )
>>> that multi-GPU hosts containing both FERMI and pre-FERMI GPUs are able to 
>>> recive
>>> tasks under another common plan class for FERMI devices and execute those 
>>> recived
>>> tasks on pre-FERMI devices. That is, though server obey plan class and 
>>> ignore
>>> pre-FERMI devices on 340.52 driver, BOINC client doesn't obey plan class and
>>> schedule to run tasks for FERMI devices on pre-FERMI ones (when both 
>>> present in
>>> host).
>>>
>>> Could someone confirm this issue? And how one should act to exclude 
>>> pre-FERMI
>>> devices on 340.52 driver in such case of mixed NV devices in host?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> boinc_dev mailing list
>>  [email protected]
>>  http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev
>> To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and
>> (near bottom of page) enter your email address.
>_______________________________________________
>boinc_dev mailing list
>[email protected]
>http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev
>To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and
>(near bottom of page) enter your email address.

_______________________________________________
boinc_dev mailing list
[email protected]
http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev
To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and
(near bottom of page) enter your email address.

Reply via email to