From 54d72b20add6d79c25d97e4963b5c05bb0759e88 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Andrew M. B. Boktor" Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 12:39:52 -0800 Subject: Making it clear that we do not need static linking [git-p4: depot-paths = "//depot/gpgpu_sim_research/fermi/distribution/": change = 12121] --- README | 12 ++++++++---- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index 5379932..a2c0a15 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -180,11 +180,15 @@ file to "1" (Note: you need CUDA version 4.0 or higher). Now To run a CUDA application on the simulator, simply execute source setup_environment - + Use the same you used while building the simulator. Then just -launch the executable as you would if it was to run on the hardware. To revert -back to running on the hardware, remove GPGPU-Sim from your LD_LIBRARY_PATH -environment variable. +launch the executable as you would if it was to run on the hardware. By +running "source setup_environment " you change your LD_LIBRARY_PATH +to point to GPGPU-Sim's instead of CUDA or OpenCL runtime so that you do NOT +need to re-compile your application simply to run it on GPGPU-Sim. + +To revert back to running on the hardware, remove GPGPU-Sim from your +LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable. Running OpenCL applications is identical to running CUDA applications. However, OpenCL applications need to communicate with the NVIDIA driver in order to -- cgit v1.3