[Pkg-opencl-devel] intel/compute-runtime (Neo)

[Jacek Danecki]

Hi,

I'm member of Intel compute-runtime team, responsible for Neo releases on github.com, external CI systems, community cooperation.
I've received information about Neo discussion from Rebecca. Let me comment.

> Potential issues noted so far:
> - They seem to be using a patched LLVM/Clang 4:

Changes in IGC to use original llvm 6 (without patches) are still in progress. Current plan is to have this done at the end of
October.

> - some of the patches are marked "internal only".

I think it was cleaned up already.

> It's also unclear whether Neo is intended to be the official name of the
> project; I intend to ask upstream whether they prefer neo-opencl-icd or
> intel-opencl-icd.

We'd prefer intel-opencl-icd name. Binary releases on github contain all libraries in one package, but we're working on
splitting it to separate packages. If you're interested in how we plan to package Neo components, you can look at:
- ppa: https://launchpad.net/~jdanecki/+archive/ubuntu/intel-opencl
- copr: https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/arturh
These are still experimental packages, as content will change when IGC starts to use system llvm without any patches.

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jacek