From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 30 21:26:06 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBE70106566B for ; Tue, 30 Aug 2011 21:26:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kmacybsd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vw0-f54.google.com (mail-vw0-f54.google.com [209.85.212.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B1628FC0C for ; Tue, 30 Aug 2011 21:26:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vws18 with SMTP id 18so91704vws.13 for ; Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:26:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=4rfxYL08driGl8azEUCV6orhva6WkZZqZM+kDktoXjY=; b=Ghb5FFzcAln8dRvYZWGsxwGPokw71tx/uw36Ro2oryW4Biwkcgff8PNetk3cnCz+K/ rWVD04asGyhhABfsecjIipBS7nYkEBHCRkuXPsfay+4TW26cqJQRHkDhWwxbsLbDE5M9 XrptxXlgvbbgYBH38NccqFTpNXOayRB8OCaG8= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.52.90.37 with SMTP id bt5mr1830563vdb.364.1314739565613; Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:26:05 -0700 (PDT) Sender: kmacybsd@gmail.com Received: by 10.52.187.231 with HTTP; Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:26:05 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4E5D5489.4070408@zedat.fu-berlin.de> References: <1314733660.22981.YahooMailClassic@web113503.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <4E5D5489.4070408@zedat.fu-berlin.de> Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 23:26:05 +0200 X-Google-Sender-Auth: tVx76XN5TGfL0Vh27qmNrK7HXP0 Message-ID: From: "K. Macy" To: "Hartmann, O." Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: "freebsd-performance@freebsd.org" , giffunip@tutopia.com, "b. f." , freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PHORONIX: OpenCL, GLSL Back-End For LLVM May Soon Open Up X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 21:26:06 -0000 > But the lack of response and non-shown interests shows a undeobtly signal > that freeBSD seems to be > dead for the HPC community and this could be also an indication for the lack > of CUDA support > by nVidia, Why performing efforts if no one cares? A great chance seems to > have passed by ... I wouldn't read too much in to it. What was provided only fit a fairly narrow niche. Nvidia won't build their libraries on freebsd until we "prove the market" which is fairly hard to do when you have to jump through hoops just to get it to run and need to have a linux environment to build the apps. -Kip