On Mon, 2 Mar 2015 07:29:11 +0000
"Gupta, Maneesh" <maneesh.gu...@amd.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Similar to the way SDL is being autodetected, the attached patch proposes to 
> autodetect OpenCL.

SDL shouldn't be autodetected at all, since it's not a system lib, and
often causes all sorts of problems even if you don't use anything
SDL-specific.

> Rationale for the change:
> * OpenCL linking typically happens against the OpenCL ICD's import library. 
> Hence there is no hard-linking against the OpenCL ICD's DLL/shared library. 
> So ffmpeg should continue to run fine for non-OpenCL cases even when OpenCL 
> runtime is not available on the user's system.
> * Enabling OpenCL is relatively low-impact since it does not automatically 
> disable or override any existing functionality. The user still needs to 
> explicitly specify opencl=1 in the filter options when using ffmpeg to use 
> the OpenCL path.
> 
> Please review the patch and share your comments on the same.
> 
> Thanks and Regards,
> Maneesh

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