amdkfd-0.8 lacks fedora packages :-(

[Deneau, Tom]

Hi Jules --

I was informed today that the person who would look into the Fedora issues will not be back from vacation until next week. :(

-- Tom

-----Original Message-----
From: Jules Gosnell [mailto:jules_gosnell at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2014 4:17 PM
To: Deneau, Tom; graal-dev at openjdk.java.net
Subject: Re: amdkfd-0.8 lacks fedora packages :-(

any luck ?

I am about to give up on Fedora :-(

Jules


On 18/08/14 13:27, Deneau, Tom wrote:
> Jules --
>
> I have not tried Fedora but I will forward your request to the right people here...
>
> -- Tom
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: graal-dev [mailto:graal-dev-bounces at openjdk.java.net] On Behalf Of Jules Gosnell
> Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2014 2:17 AM
> To: graal-dev at openjdk.java.net
> Subject: amdkfd-0.8 lacks fedora packages :-(
>
> Guys,
>
> sorry to go a bit off-topic, but could not figure out where else to post this question.
>
> I'm a long-time Fedora user.
>
> I'm writing a library that uses HSA.
>
> I gratefully migrated my Kaveri-based dev box from Ubuntu to Fedora Rawhide with the 0.6.1 release of amdkfd.
>
> Now amdkfd has moved forward to 0.8 and seems to have dropped support for Fedora :-(
>
> I'd rather not have to migrate back again...
>
> Can anyone on the list enlighten me as to whether I am wasting my time trying to run HSA/Fedora ? My understanding was that Fedora 22 (now only a few weeks away from alpha) was going to be an HSA friendly distro but, I am beginning to have doubts (the latest 3.17 rawhide kernel does not seem to have HSA support) - have things changed underfoot ?
>
> many thanks,
>
>
>
> Jules
>