cuda 9.2 testing

[Andreas Beckmann]

On 2018-07-21 14:13, Andreas Beckmann wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I just uploaded driver 396.45 to experimental, so cuda 9.2 can now be
> used. I havent tested it at all, would like to hear some reports.
> 
> please also test whether your packages build against 9.2 s.t. we can
> have a transition at some point

I did a compile test some time ago and everything (except *cutorch*,
which ftbfs in sid already) built fine ... but you may want to do
sourceful uploads anyway to bump the compiler used.

> I would also be interested in hearing about using nsight/visual profiler
> with openjdk-10 (currently hardcoded to obsolete openjdk-8)

Any ideas?
(Does the toolkit blob still come with a copy of the jdk?)

> And about using gcc-8 with cuda (docs report only support up to gcc-7)
> You need to hack the gcc/g++ wrapper script for that.

IIRC I tried and it exploded horribly.


FYI, cuda 9.2 is currently blocked by getting the 396.xx driver into sid
which is blocked by getting the legacy-390xx driver out of NEW ...


Andreas