Deprecated List (Aparapi 1.2.0 API)

Enum and Description

com.aparapi.Kernel.EXECUTION_MODE

It is no longer recommended that EXECUTION_MODEs are used, as a more sophisticated Device preference mechanism is in place, see KernelManager. Though Kernel.setExecutionMode(EXECUTION_MODE) is still honored, the default EXECUTION_MODE is now Kernel.EXECUTION_MODE.AUTO, which indicates that the KernelManager will determine execution behaviours.

The execution mode ENUM enumerates the possible modes of executing a kernel. One can request a mode of execution using the values below, and query a kernel after it first executes to determine how it executed.

Aparapi supports 5 execution modes. Default is GPU.

Enum value	Execution
`GPU`	Execute using OpenCL on first available GPU device
`ACC`	Execute using OpenCL on first available Accelerator device
`CPU`	Execute using OpenCL on first available CPU device
`JTP`	Execute using a Java Thread Pool (one thread spawned per available core)
`SEQ`	Execute using a single loop. This is useful for debugging but will be less performant than the other modes

To request that a kernel is executed in a specific mode, call Kernel.setExecutionMode(EXECUTION_MODE) before the kernel first executes.

     int[] values = new int[1024];
     // fill values array
     SquareKernel kernel = new SquareKernel(values);
     kernel.setExecutionMode(Kernel.EXECUTION_MODE.JTP);
     kernel.execute(values.length);

<<<<<<< HEAD:src/main/java/com/aparapi/Kernel.java Alternatively, the property com.aparapi.executionMode can be set to one of JTP,GPU,ACC,CPU,SEQ when an application is launched.

    java -classpath ....;aparapi.jar -Dcom.aparapi.executionMode=GPU MyApplication
=======
 Alternatively, the property com.amd.aparapi.executionMode can be set to one of JTP,GPU,ACC,CPU,SEQ
 when an application is launched.
 
    java -classpath ....;aparapi.jar -Dcom.amd.aparapi.executionMode=GPU MyApplication
>>>>>>> b118aad... added method to set execution mode without any fallback:com.amd.aparapi/src/java/com/amd/aparapi/Kernel.java
 

 Generally setting the execution mode is not recommended (it is best to let Aparapi decide automatically) but the option
 provides a way to compare a kernel's performance under multiple execution modes.

Deprecated Methods
Method and Description
com.aparapi.Kernel.addExecutionModes(Kernel.EXECUTION_MODE...) See `Kernel.EXECUTION_MODE`. set possible fallback path for execution modes. for example setExecutionFallbackPath(GPU,CPU,JTP) will try to use the GPU if it fails it will fall back to OpenCL CPU and finally it will try JTP.
com.aparapi.device.Device.best() use `KernelManager.bestDevice()`
com.aparapi.device.Device.bestACC()
com.aparapi.internal.kernel.KernelManager.DeprecatedMethods.bestACC()
com.aparapi.device.Device.bestGPU()
com.aparapi.internal.kernel.KernelManager.DeprecatedMethods.bestGPU()
com.aparapi.device.Device.first(Device.TYPE)
com.aparapi.device.Device.firstCPU()
com.aparapi.internal.kernel.KernelManager.DeprecatedMethods.firstDevice(Device.TYPE)
com.aparapi.device.Device.firstGPU()
com.aparapi.Kernel.getExecutionMode() See `Kernel.EXECUTION_MODE` Return the current execution mode. Before a Kernel executes, this return value will be the execution mode as determined by the setting of the EXECUTION_MODE enumeration. By default, this setting is either GPU if OpenCL is available on the target system, or JTP otherwise. This default setting can be changed by calling setExecutionMode(). After a Kernel executes, the return value will be the mode in which the Kernel actually executed.
com.aparapi.Kernel.hasNextExecutionMode() See `Kernel.EXECUTION_MODE`.
com.aparapi.Kernel.setExecutionMode(Kernel.EXECUTION_MODE) See `Kernel.EXECUTION_MODE` Set the execution mode. This should be regarded as a request. The real mode will be determined at runtime based on the availability of OpenCL and the characteristics of the workload.
com.aparapi.Kernel.setFallbackExecutionMode() See `Kernel.EXECUTION_MODE`
com.aparapi.Kernel.tryNextExecutionMode() See `Kernel.EXECUTION_MODE`. try the next execution path in the list if there aren't any more than give up

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