On Fri, 6 Feb 2015 11:14:21 +0100 Hendrik Leppkes <h.lepp...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 11:09 AM, Gupta, Maneesh <maneesh.gu...@amd.com> wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > There are several issues with the way ffmpeg compilation works when OpenCL > > is enabled using --enable-opencl. Chief among them are: > > 1. One needs to also use --extra-cflags, --extra-ldflags & -extra-libs to > > specify the path to the OpenCL header and library files. Otherwise > > configure fails. > > 2. ffmpeg currently requires OpenCL 1.2, but the build system may have > > another version installed (such as the newer OpenCL 2.0 which has > > deprecated some 1.2 APIs). > > > > There are a couple of ways to address this. > > > > * One way is the x264 approach which is to bundle cl.h, cl_platform.h and a > > wrapper c file which relies on dynamically loading OpenCL rather than using > > static linking. This requires modifications to the entire OpenCL based code > > since we cannot use the OpenCL APIs directly. > > * Another approach taken by LibreOffice and Blender for example is to use > > clew (i.e. The OpenCL Extension Wrangler Library). This has the advantage > > of letting us use the OpenCL APIs directly yet at the same time relying on > > dynamically loading OpenCL. The clew project is hosted at > > https://github.com/OpenCLWrangler/clew. This is maintained by two people > > (Sergey and Martijn). > > Usage of clew in Libreoffice can be seen @ > > http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/tree/clew/source and in > > Blender @ > > https://git.blender.org/gitweb/gitweb.cgi/blender.git/tree/HEAD:/extern/clew. > > > > This patch is for adding clew to the ffmpeg tree. The subsequent patches > > switch the OpenCL code in ffmpeg from using cl.h to using clew. > > > > > Using such a library is fine, if its deemed the best solution > available, but flat-out importing its code into avutil is not. +1 Also look at all these awful "portability" hacks in the added code. It's not a good idea to agree to maintaining this terrible mess. _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-devel mailing list ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org http://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel
