[Bf-committers] Buildbot MSVC 2013

[Jeffrey H]

Take as long as you need. My semester is getting difficult to manage, so
we'll see when I can fiddle with it.


On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 1:16 AM, Martijn Berger <martijn.berger at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi Jeffrey,
>
> In cuda 5.5 and 6.0 there is a regression with texture memory handling that
> costs us significant performance I think.
> Cuda 5.0 requires msvc 2008 or 2010 to run but since we only use nvcc to
> compile a kernel and do dynamic runtime loading of libucda you can just use
> the 2008 install you have to keep cuda 5.0 working.
>
> On my system I use the windows 7.0 sdk with updates and a few registry
> tweaks to convince the cuda installer I have msvc 2010 installed. This
> allows nvcc to use cl.exe from the sdk as a stage 1 compiler yielding a
> working toolchain. (
> http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/User:Juicyfruit/Cuda_windows)
>
> For Maxwell cards we will also need to use cuda 6.0 or higher so the total
> setup might be getting complicated moving forward and I think we should
> evaluate with brecht if / how we can move forward to newer cuda. As far as
> I know he is also in contact with nvidia about this problem.
>
> I have a very busy week ahead of me but during eastern I might get around
> to writing down + testing an exact set of steps to reproduce my
> environment.
>
> Martijn
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 9:04 AM, Jeffrey H <italic.rendezvous at gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > Martijn,
> >
> > That would be fantastic if you could document how you configured your
> > builders.
> >
> > Out of curiosity, what is the status of CUDA 5.5? I know we just updated
> to
> > 5.0 to support newer cards and kernels, but I haven't seen any discussion
> > on using 5.5 yet. I'm already using 5.0 as per Brecht's request.
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Apr 13, 2014 at 11:45 PM, Martijn Berger
> > <martijn.berger at gmail.com>wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I agree that is would be very welcome to have you continue to do the
> > builds
> > > if you want to do them.
> > > I need to write up some of the things we / you need in order to get
> Cuda
> > > 5.0 working in an environment without msvc 2008.
> > > So feel free to poke me on that.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 8:34 AM, Sergey Sharybin <sergey.vfx at gmail.com
> > > >wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > Earlier we do this is better. Would give more time to find all
> possible
> > > > issues and so.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 1:35 AM, Jeffrey H <
> > italic.rendezvous at gmail.com
> > > > >wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hello, developers.
> > > > >
> > > > > Seeing as Ton has designated MSVC 2013 to be used for the official
> > 2.71
> > > > > builds, when should we make the switch on buildbot? If/when we do
> > > switch,
> > > > > will I continue to offer my computer with the updated builder or
> hand
> > > it
> > > > > off to someone else? I'm more than willing to continue, but if it's
> > > > easier
> > > > > and more reliable to leave it to someone else, that's fine with me.
> > > > >
> > > > > Also a heads-up for the near future. I will be moving back (again)
> > for
> > > > > summer, so my system will be down for a couple days starting
> > midnight,
> > > > May
> > > > > 17 UTC. I plan to be back online when I walk in the door. As
> always,
> > if
> > > > you
> > > > > have any questions or concerns, please email me; I am also in IRC
> > > > > (#blender, #blendercoders).
> > > > >
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