So I finally managed to compile the seti app for Ubuntu Cosmic using AMD opencl /ROCm but I don't know how to get it installed.

The files generated are:
6016952 Nov 15 16:08 MBv8_8.18r3400_sse3_clGPU_x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
6752544 Nov 15 16:08 setiathome-8.18.x86_64-pc-linux-gnu.debug
6752544 Nov 15 16:08 seti_boinc

What should my app_config.xml look like for instance? Also, if I want seti to run on both GPU and CPU how do I do that?

setiathome already downloads a working opencl astropulse:
astropulse_7.08_x86_64-pc-linux-gnu__opencl_ati_100

Thank you.

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You will have to write your own app_info.xml so that you can call out your own MB application. https://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/Anonymous_platform for the structure documentation for creating your own anonymous platform. You will have to define your application filename references in the file.

I'm not sure what your seti_boinc file is though? Your own version of the boinc client or Manager?

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So I finally managed to compile the seti app for Ubuntu Cosmic using AMD opencl /ROCm but I don't know how to get it installed.

The files generated are:
6016952 Nov 15 16:08 MBv8_8.18r3400_sse3_clGPU_x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
6752544 Nov 15 16:08 setiathome-8.18.x86_64-pc-linux-gnu.debug
6752544 Nov 15 16:08 seti_boinc

What should my app_config.xml look like for instance? Also, if I want seti to run on both GPU and CPU how do I do that?

setiathome already downloads a working opencl astropulse:
astropulse_7.08_x86_64-pc-linux-gnu__opencl_ati_100

Thank you.

That is great progress to get a seti MB app to compile in a newer linux release. I had put a significant amount of work to get the CPU app to compile, but found that it produces invalid results. I hope to get back to working with it again. I have also tried running the current optimized app on a system with ROCm drivers but got sporadic invalid results. Very curious how yours will workout. Perhaps having an app compiled with the ROCm library will make a difference.

I suggest you bench test it with a number of WUs before you put it in production. Here is my linux app_info file:

<app_info>
    <app>
      <name>setiathome_v8</name>
    </app>
    <file_info>
      <name>MBv8_8.04r3306_sse42_linux64</name>
      <executable/>
    </file_info>
    <app_version>
      <app_name>setiathome_v8</app_name>
      <version_num>805</version_num>
      <platform>x86_64-pc-linux-gnu</platform>
      <cmdline>-nographics </cmdline>
      <file_ref>
        <file_name>MBv8_8.04r3306_sse42_linux64</file_name>
        <main_program/>
      </file_ref>
    </app_version>
    <app_version>
      <app_name>setiathome_v8</app_name>
      <version_num>804</version_num>
      <platform>x86_64-pc-linux-gnu</platform>
      <cmdline>-nographics </cmdline>
      <file_ref>
        <file_name>MBv8_8.04r3306_sse42_linux64</file_name>
        <main_program/>
      </file_ref>
    </app_version>
<app>
     <name>setiathome_v8</name>
</app>
    <file_info>
      <name>MBv8_8.22r3584_sse2_clAMD_HD5_x86_64-pc-linux-gnu</name>
      <executable/>
    </file_info>
    <file_info>
      <name>MultiBeam_Kernels_r3584.cl</name>
    </file_info>
    <file_info>
      <name>mb_cmdline_VegaOptimized_ati5_SoG.txt</name>
    </file_info>
    <app_version>
      <app_name>setiathome_v8</app_name>
      <platform>x86_64-pc-linux-gnu</platform>
      <version_num>822</version_num>
      <plan_class>opencl_ati5_sah</plan_class>
      <coproc>
        <type>ATI</type>
        <count>1</count>
      </coproc>
      <avg_ncpus>0.5</avg_ncpus>
      <max_ncpus>0.99</max_ncpus>
      <file_ref>
        <file_name>MBv8_8.22r3584_sse2_clAMD_HD5_x86_64-pc-linux-gnu</file_name>
        <main_program/>
      </file_ref>
      <file_ref>
        <file_name>MultiBeam_Kernels_r3584.cl</file_name>
      </file_ref>
      <file_ref>
        <file_name>mb_cmdline_VegaOptimized_ati5_SoG.txt</file_name>
        <open_name>mb_cmdline.txt</open_name>
      </file_ref>
    </app_version>
</app_info>

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Thanks this helped a bunch.

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