Intel GPU on various NUcs not getting GPU jobs

Gordon Lack
Gordon Lack
Joined: 19 Jun 13
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Topic 230937

These are "standard" Intel GPUs (not Arc).

The reason they are not getting any GPU jobs is because of this:

2024-03-27 20:57:57.2423 [PID=1067535]    [version] Checking plan class 'opencl-intel_gpu'
2024-03-27 20:57:57.2423 [PID=1067535]    [version] parsed project prefs setting 'gpu_util_brp': 1.000000
2024-03-27 20:57:57.2423 [PID=1067535]    [version] Intel GPU device name: 'Intel(R) Graphics [0xa7a9] doesn't match 'HD Graphics [123]|HD Graphics 40'

Is this intentional, or is the check for the device name old and now incorrect?

(That log entry came resulted from a No work sent/see scheduler log messages on https://einsteinathome.org/host/7516538/log link).

I have 4 Intel GPUs (on 4 NUCs). Their Boinc descriptions are:

  • Intel(R) Iris(R) Plus Graphics 655 [0x3ea5]
  • Intel(R) UHD Graphics [0x9b41]
  • Intel(R) UHD Graphics [0x9a78]
  • Intel(R) Graphics [0xa7a9]

Keith Myers
Keith Myers
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There is a way to spoof the

There is a way to spoof the gpu name so the project can recognize the igpu.  You need to edit the coproc_info.xml file and change the gpu name and then make the file immutable so Boinc can't change it back.

But I don't remember what exactly the gpu name needs to be right now.  I've never used an Intel igpu but I have a teammate that figured out what the name needs to be to get work.

 

Gordon Lack
Gordon Lack
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Keith Myers wrote: There is

Keith Myers wrote:

There is a way to spoof the gpu name so the project can recognize the igpu.  You need to edit the coproc_info.xml file and change the gpu name and then make the file immutable so Boinc can't change it back.

Well, I edited that file to add a "1" after the "Graphics", made it immutable (chattr +i) and now have 38 GPU tasks downloaded.

Thanks!

Now to see whether that is an issue with other projects not giving me GPU jobs...

Keith Myers
Keith Myers
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Glad you got it working.  My

Glad you got it working.  My teammate said this:

"I think “HD Graphics 630” probably works."

 

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