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12 years ago

Multiple kernels and logic utilisation.

Hi all, I am currently working on port a C library to OpenCL with the target platform being the Altera OpenCL (using the Bittware S5HQ PCIe). Essentially, I would like to have a library of kern...
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12 years ago

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To reuse helper functions I recommend placing the those functions into a seperate file and include the file in the kernel files that require it. Only the functions used by a kernel will get pulled into the hardware so you don't have to worry about bloating up the hardware with extra helper functions that are not used.

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Thanks for the recommendation, thats good to know that only used functions get pulled in. So that is a reasonable solution (although I do have somewhat of a philosophical issue with puting function implementations in a header file, or including a .cl file but I guess it works so that will work fine)

Thanks,