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Cross-Compiling Phi Code on Windows

Quant_Geek1 — Sat, 15 Apr 2017 15:42:39 GMT

Hi,

This is probably a simple, setup issue, but I am stumped. I am compiling a simple application that queries the Phi board. Currently, I am running this on my laptop that doesn't have any card installed. After everything is compiled, I ran the application thinking that it would indicate that there are no cards installed and then terminate, but it doesn't work. Windows is complaining that the application didn't start correctly. What gives? I suspected that the application will just return, indicating that there was no Phi card installed...

Note that I am also having problems with all the tutorial code that is found in the SDK as well. They all return the same error...

Thanks,

John

>>...DLL Initialization

SergeyKostrov — Wed, 19 Apr 2017 18:26:24 GMT

>>...DLL Initialization Failed... I see that some DLL was not loaded and you need to understand if this is a driver DLL for the Phi card. I would use MS Depends utility to review a list dependent DLLs used by your application. Also, inspect intel-coi headers for all statements like #pragma comment ( lib, "..." ).

>>...Note that I am also

SergeyKostrov — Wed, 19 Apr 2017 18:32:01 GMT

>>...Note that I am also having problems with all the tutorial code that is found in the SDK as well. They all return the same error... Install the Phi card on a system that supports it and repeat tests. If that problem is not resolved then there is problem with a Visual Studio, or another software subsystem of a Windows. In overall, it is possible that some run-time package is not installed.

One more note: Try a 64-bit

SergeyKostrov — Wed, 19 Apr 2017 18:34:10 GMT

One more note: Try a 64-bit version of your simple test application.

Thanks Sergey! The

Quant_Geek1 — Wed, 19 Apr 2017 19:27:34 GMT

Thanks Sergey! The applications now seem to work once I connected the Akitio Node with the Phi installed, even though the 4GB decoding isn't enabled. Majority of the driver components are online, except for the main micx64 component. The applications are now correctly return "0 Engines Available" which is what I was expecting. Somewhat weird as I suspected this to work without the drivers installed...

>>...The applications now

SergeyKostrov — Thu, 20 Apr 2017 14:25:48 GMT

>>...The applications now seem to work once I connected the Akitio Node with the Phi installed... Could you provide details about your hardware ( computer, model, memory, etc )? Thanks in advance.

Hi Sergey,

Quant_Geek1 — Thu, 20 Apr 2017 18:05:33 GMT

Hi Sergey,

My setup is a bit unconventional, but should work in theory. The only issue I currently have is that the BIOS doesn't support the "Above 4GB Decoding" that is required for the Phi. This is causing the resources to be exhausted for the PCI and hence prevents the driver from going online fully. I am in the process of trying to resolve that final issue. My system is as follows:

MSI GT83VR 6RF Laptop (i7-Intel Core i7-6920HQ 2.9GHz/ 64GB DDR4/ 1TB HDD + 2x 512GB PCIe SSD/ 2x GeForce GTX 1080)

AKitio Node Thunderbolt 3 to PCIe Chassis (this is to connect the Phi to the laptop via the Thunderbolt 3 port)

Regards,

John

Hi Sergey,

gaston-hillar — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 03:33:44 GMT

Hi Sergey,

John has an opened thread related to the potential usage of Intel Xeon Phi connected to Thunderbolt 3 and a laptop. The following is the thread: https://software.intel.com/en-us/forums/intel-many-integrated-core/topic/719921

In case you ever made such a configuration work, it would be great to know your experience in this thread. :)

>>...

SergeyKostrov — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 16:51:08 GMT

>>... >>My system is as follows: >> >>MSI GT83VR 6RF Laptop (i7-Intel Core i7-6920HQ 2.9GHz/ 64GB DDR4/ 1TB HDD + 2x 512GB PCIe SSD/ 2x GeForce GTX 1080) >> >>AKitio Node Thunderbolt 3 to PCIe Chassis (this is to connect the Phi to the laptop via the Thunderbolt 3 port) >>... >>... >>John has an opened thread related to the potential usage of Intel Xeon Phi connected to Thunderbolt 3 and a laptop >>... Thank you for the information. One more question is: John, what Phi card are you using? PS: I'd like to have a similar system...

I currently have two SC7120s

Quant_Geek1 — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 17:17:00 GMT

I currently have two SC7120s. One is actively cooled (SC7120A), whereas the second one is passively cooled (SC7120P). The SC7120A is the one I am currently trying to get up and running. The SC7120P requires a fan shroud that I am currently waiting to be manufactured. It will allow me to install this into a workstation with adequate ventilation. Here are some pics of the fan shroud:

Here is a picture of the SC7120A installed inside the Akitio Node chassis. Sorry for the grainy picture. I usually have the office lights dimmed:

Eventually, I would like to move to a larger chassis that has 3 PCIe slots so that I can house both the cards, plus an Altera Stratix FPGA board. But this is all secondary until I can get the laptop BIOS modified for "Above 4GB Decoding"...

John

Thank you, John! I see that

SergeyKostrov — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 19:23:02 GMT

Thank you, John! I see that you have Intel® Xeon Phi™ Coprocessor of x100 Product Family ( Knights Corner ). I wish Intel would release a small factor KNL board for notebooks...

>>...I can get the laptop

SergeyKostrov — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 19:25:42 GMT

>>...I can get the laptop BIOS modified for "Above 4GB Decoding"... Please keep update on it.

John, I think you need to

SergeyKostrov — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 19:31:00 GMT

John, I think you need to look at Intel Software Development Emulator ( SDE ) because its latest version supports all Intel ISAs up to AVX-512. I ran Linux versions of some scientific software compiled for AVX-512 ISA on a real KNL server and on all the rest Linux computer systems around me without AVX-512 ISA using SDE version 7.58.0 for Linux.

In case of Windows I use SDE

SergeyKostrov — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 19:36:15 GMT

In case of Windows I use SDE version 7.49.0: ... C:\>sde.exe -version Intel(R) Software Development Emulator. Version: 7.49.0 external Copyright (C) 2008-2016, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. ...

Interesting... I wasn't

Quant_Geek1 — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 22:53:48 GMT

Interesting... I wasn't aware of the SDE. I am definitely downloading this. Thanks Sergey!

The only issue with SDE is

SergeyKostrov — Mon, 24 Apr 2017 14:04:37 GMT

The only issue with SDE is that applications work slower ( I'll post some performance numbers later ).

Sergey,

gaston-hillar — Tue, 25 Apr 2017 16:37:20 GMT

Sergey,

It would be great to see an article / blog in which you can provide performance numbers related to the usage of SDE. I do believe it would be an extremely useful reference. Looking forward to it! :)