Downloaded it. Unzipped it in my download directory. Commented out the gpu test and uncommented a 4.1 something cpu test. Figured out how to point it to where my Boinc is installed (on the Desktop) via the command line.

Ran it.
Came back with an error result. Apparently the actual app/task didn't run.

What am I missing? Do I need to create and copy it to a specific folder?

I will post what I was seeing after maintenance.

Tom

Did you download an official release or the latest on master? I’ve been working on master and it may not be ready for release.

Figured out how to point it to where my Boinc is installed (on the Desktop) via the command line.

Why the command line? The BOINC location has a location already specified in the BENCH.cfg file. Just uncomment the line and change it from the one already there to where yours is actually located.

#Specify path for BOINC
mode boinc_home /home/Tom M/Desktop/BOINC/

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Downloaded it. Unzipped it in my download directory. Commented out the gpu test and uncommented a 4.1 something cpu test. Figured out how to point it to where my Boinc is installed (on the Desktop) via the command line.

Ran it.
Came back with an error result. Apparently the actual app/task didn't run.

What am I missing? Do I need to create and copy it to a specific folder?

I will post what I was seeing after maintenance.

Tom

Did you download an official release or the latest on master? I’ve been working on master and it may not be ready for release.

I am not sure. I found a "download or clone" button that gave me a zip file.

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Figured out how to point it to where my Boinc is installed (on the Desktop) via the command line.

Why the command line? The BOINC location has a location already specified in the BENCH.cfg file. Just uncomment the line and change it from the one already there to where yours is actually located.

#Specify path for BOINC
mode boinc_home /home/Tom M/Desktop/BOINC/

That is because I haven't really spent a lot of time getting familiar with it and the error when I tried to run it, prompted me for a command line pointing to the location of Boinc.

And that part seems to have worked.

Because I am not experienced with Github, even though I do have an account from a long ago class, it is entirely possible I have downloaded something besides a production copy.

Tom

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You need to select the branch of the code you want to retrieve by using the tag spinbox selector before using the git or clone button.

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You need to select the branch of the code you want to retrieve by using the tag spinbox selector before using the git or clone button.

The best way is to select "releases" in the horizontal list of items above the clone or download button. Then download the latest release. I should probably put a link to the latest download in the README file. That should make it more obvious. I guess maybe it is a better practice for me to work on a different branch and merge to master when complete, but for simple changes it seems like too much work.

Figured out how to point it to where my Boinc is installed (on the Desktop) via the command line.

Why the command line? The BOINC location has a location already specified in the BENCH.cfg file. Just uncomment the line and change it from the one already there to where yours is actually located.

#Specify path for BOINC
mode boinc_home /home/Tom M/Desktop/BOINC/

That is because I haven't really spent a lot of time getting familiar with it and the error when I tried to run it, prompted me for a command line pointing to the location of Boinc.

And that part seems to have worked.

Because I am not experienced with Github, even though I do have an account from a long ago class, it is entirely possible I have downloaded something besides a production copy.

Tom

The simplest and fastest test case is to have one app uncommented in the config file and run benchMT with only the "--std_signals" option. In developing the amdgpu-utils project, I have learned a lot about making the code more robust. I do have plans to implement some of those improved approaches to benchMT when I have time.

Ok. It is possible my ignorance triped me up again.
I have added the path to my copy of Boinc in the Bench.CFG file.

I didn't see a reminder for how to execute the benchmark in the ReadMe file (hint). I vaguely remembered this as a possible way, and got this result:

tom@LYNNE-JUPITER-L:~$ ls
'BOINC Manager-tom'   Documents   Music      Public      Videos
 Desktop              Downloads   Pictures   Templates
tom@LYNNE-JUPITER-L:~$ cd Downloads/benchMT-1.4.0
tom@LYNNE-JUPITER-L:~/Downloads/benchMT-1.4.0$ ./benchMT
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./benchMT", line 1678, in <module>
    main()
  File "./benchMT", line 1311, in main
    if(env.set_env() == False): 
  File "./benchMT", line 289, in set_env
    gpu_str = gpu_str + " [" + lineItem[1]
IndexError: list index out of range
tom@LYNNE-JUPITER-L:~/Downloads/benchMT-1.4.0$ benchMT
benchMT: command not found
tom@LYNNE-JUPITER-L:~/Downloads/benchMT-1.4.0$ ^C
tom@LYNNE-JUPITER-L:~/Downloads/benchMT-1.4.0$ 

What did I screw up. This time?

Tom

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Ok. It is possible my ignorance triped me up again.
I have added the path to my copy of Boinc in the Bench.CFG file.

I didn't see a reminder for how to execute the benchmark in the ReadMe file (hint). I vaguely remembered this as a possible way, and got this result:

tom@LYNNE-JUPITER-L:~$ ls
'BOINC Manager-tom'   Documents   Music      Public      Videos
 Desktop              Downloads   Pictures   Templates
tom@LYNNE-JUPITER-L:~$ cd Downloads/benchMT-1.4.0
tom@LYNNE-JUPITER-L:~/Downloads/benchMT-1.4.0$ ./benchMT
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./benchMT", line 1678, in <module>
    main()
  File "./benchMT", line 1311, in main
    if(env.set_env() == False): 
  File "./benchMT", line 289, in set_env
    gpu_str = gpu_str + " [" + lineItem[1]
IndexError: list index out of range
tom@LYNNE-JUPITER-L:~/Downloads/benchMT-1.4.0$ benchMT
benchMT: command not found
tom@LYNNE-JUPITER-L:~/Downloads/benchMT-1.4.0$ ^C
tom@LYNNE-JUPITER-L:~/Downloads/benchMT-1.4.0$ 

What did I screw up. This time?

Tom

Hi Tom,

This is also a problem I encountered with the Radeon VII. The format from lshw was not as I orginally expected. Fixing this was one of the things I was working on in the version on master. I have cleaned up the other items I was working on and was planning to make an official release of it this weekend. It should be ok to download from master as you did before I pointed you to the previous release. Please give it a try and let me know of any issues.

Thanks!
Rick

It should be ok to download from master as you did before I pointed you to the previous release. Please give it a try and let me know of any issues.

Thanks!
Rick

Since I am not quite certain how I downloaded "from the master" I will take a look and see if I can manage it. Otherwise since it is Friday, my time, I can simply wait till you have release it over the weekend and try it again.

Tom

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I have just released a new version of benchMT:
https://github.com/Ricks-Lab/benchMT/releases/tag/v1.5.0

Changes include the following:

Implemented checks of Python and Kernel version to verify compatibility.
Implemented more robust system calls.
Fixed an error in parsing lshw output to extract GPU names and added error checking.
When specifiying specific GPUs to be used with --gpu_devices, max_gpus is now automatically set.
Implemented Energy metric for GPUs using amdgpu drivers.
Code robustness improvements (path joins and key checks).
Run completion message now includes the location of the results.

Thanks for the update Rick. I am just itching to try benchMT v1.5.0 out on the new special app from Petri against the old and the stock cpu app.

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Ok, what am I missing:

tom@LYNNE-JUPITER-L:~/Downloads/benchMT-1.5.0$ ./benchMT
BOINC Home Path [ /home/boinc/BOINC/ ] doesn't exist
Please set the correct BOINC Home Path with the --boinc_home command line option
boinccmd [ /home/boinc/BOINC//boinccmd ] doesn't exist
Error in environment.  Exiting...

Here is the BenchCFG file:

#############################################################################
## Blank lines and any part of a line beginning with # are ignored
#############################################################################
##
## List of applications with desired arguments.
##
## Format as would be used for executing the application from a
## command line, app -arg -arg etc. Multiple instances of the
## same app with different (or same) arguments will run that
## many if the app is in the APPS_[C,G]PU directories, although
## the --num_repetitions argument is the preferred way of running
## an entry more than once.
##
## Needs the full application name with extension. Zero to many
## arguments are possible. The -device N option of a GPU app will
## be ingored, as this command line option is used to manage slot
## assignment.  Specifing physical GPUs can be accomplished with the
## --max_gpus X and --gpu_devices 0,1 options. The value X must be 
## equal to the number of devices specified.
##
##
##############################################################################
## Set benchMT command line options
##############################################################################
## 
## Command line options can be specified as modes in the BenchCFG file or an
## alternate CFG file specified on the command line.  Options specified on
## the command line will override those specified with mode in a CFG file.
## 
##
#Don't ask confirmation before running jobs
#mode yes False
#
#Specify name of this run
#mode run_name test
#
#Specify path for BOINC
mode boinc_home  /home/tom/Desktop/BOINC/
#
#Do not suspend BOINC
#mode noBS False
#
#Display compact run status
#mode display_compact False
#
#Display run status by slots instead of jobs
#mode display_slots False
#
#Specify number of times to run benchmark
#mode num_repetitions 2
#
#Specify max number of threads to load
#mode max_threads 2
#
#Specify max number of GPUs to load
#mode max_gpus 2
#
#Specify GPU devices to use
#mode gpu_devices 0,1
#
#Specify GPU mapping between boinc device # and driver card #, required for energy option
#mode devmap 0:3,1:2,2:1,3:0
#
#Specify Energy mode
#mode energy True
#
#Use standard signal WUs instead of Test WUs
#mode std_signals True
##
##
##############################################################################
## Entries to define benchmark run
##############################################################################
##
#MBv8_8.22r3584_sse2_clAMD_HD5_x86_64-pc-linux-gnu -v 1 -instances_per_device 1 -sbs 2048 -period_iterations_num 1 -tt 500 -spike_fft_thresh 8192 -tune 1 64 1 4 -oclfft_tune_gr 256 -oclfft_tune_lr 16 -oclfft_tune_wg 256 -oclfft_tune_ls 512 -oclfft_tune_bn 64 -oclfft_tune_cw 64 -hp -high_perf -no_defaults_scaling
#setiathome_8.22_x86_64-pc-linux-gnu__opencl_ati5_sah -v 1
#setiathome_8.22_x86_64-pc-linux-gnu__opencl_ati5_SoG -v 1
#setiathome_8.22_x86_64-pc-linux-gnu__opencl_nvidia_SoG

#MBv8_8.04r3306_sse2_linux64 --nographics
#MBv8_8.04r3306_sse41_linux64 --nographics
##MBv8_8.04r3306_ssse3_linux64 --nographics
MBv8_8.22r3711_sse41_x86_64-pc-linux-gnu --nographics
#MBv8_8.22r3712_avx2_x86_64-pc-linux-gnu --nographics
#MBv8_8.04r3306_sse42_linux64 --nographics
#MBv8_8.05r3345_avx_linux64 --nographics
#MBv8_8.04r3306_sse3_linux64 --nographics

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Ok, what am I missing:

tom@LYNNE-JUPITER-L:~/Downloads/benchMT-1.5.0$ ./benchMT
BOINC Home Path [ /home/boinc/BOINC/ ] doesn't exist
Please set the correct BOINC Home Path with the --boinc_home command line option
boinccmd [ /home/boinc/BOINC//boinccmd ] doesn't exist
Error in environment.  Exiting...

It is not obvious what is going on here. Maybe it is an extra space before the pathname. If no, can you try specifying on command line? If it is an extra space, I need to modify the split command to deal with it.

I just ran the newly revised benchMT master with the fix for the AP work unit file name successfully. So if you want to try various configuration parameters with the AP app, it now works.

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Ok, what am I missing:

tom@LYNNE-JUPITER-L:~/Downloads/benchMT-1.5.0$ ./benchMT
BOINC Home Path [ /home/boinc/BOINC/ ] doesn't exist
Please set the correct BOINC Home Path with the --boinc_home command line option
boinccmd [ /home/boinc/BOINC//boinccmd ] doesn't exist
Error in environment.  Exiting...

It is not obvious what is going on here. Maybe it is an extra space before the pathname. If no, can you try specifying on command line? If it is an extra space, I need to modify the split command to deal with it.

OK, it didn't pick up my boinc_home statement in the Bench.cfg file either. I had to specify boinc_home on the command line for it to not complain.

#Specify path for BOINC
mode boinc_home /home/keith/Desktop/BOINC/

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Ok, what am I missing:

tom@LYNNE-JUPITER-L:~/Downloads/benchMT-1.5.0$ ./benchMT
BOINC Home Path [ /home/boinc/BOINC/ ] doesn't exist
Please set the correct BOINC Home Path with the --boinc_home command line option
boinccmd [ /home/boinc/BOINC//boinccmd ] doesn't exist
Error in environment.  Exiting...

It is not obvious what is going on here. Maybe it is an extra space before the pathname. If no, can you try specifying on command line? If it is an extra space, I need to modify the split command to deal with it.

OK, it didn't pick up my boinc_home statement in the Bench.cfg file either. I had to specify boinc_home on the command line for it to not complain.

#Specify path for BOINC
mode boinc_home /home/keith/Desktop/BOINC/

Just checked the code. Looks like this never worked. The check of environment happens before the read of config file. I will need to work out a fix.

Just in case you missed the PM, Rick, your change in the latest master to fix the naming of the AP tasks works. Was benching the AP app with lots of different permutations of the unroll and ffa_block sizes to come up with the optimum for mixed Pascal and Turing cards.

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Ok, what am I missing:

tom@LYNNE-JUPITER-L:~/Downloads/benchMT-1.5.0$ ./benchMT
BOINC Home Path [ /home/boinc/BOINC/ ] doesn't exist
Please set the correct BOINC Home Path with the --boinc_home command line option
boinccmd [ /home/boinc/BOINC//boinccmd ] doesn't exist
Error in environment.  Exiting...

It is not obvious what is going on here. Maybe it is an extra space before the pathname. If no, can you try specifying on command line? If it is an extra space, I need to modify the split command to deal with it.

Removed the "extra" space. Same symptoms, then I got this:

tom@LYNNE-JUPITER-L:~/Downloads/benchMT-1.5.0$ ./benchMT --bonic_home /home/tom/Desktop/BOINC
usage: benchMT [-h] [--about] [-y] [--cfg_file CFG_FILE] [--run_name RUN_NAME]
               [--boinc_home BOINC_HOME] [--noBS] [--display_compact]
               [--display_slots] [--num_repetitions NUM_REPETITIONS]
               [--max_threads MAX_THREADS] [--max_gpus MAX_GPUS]
               [--gpu_devices GPU_DEVICES] [--devmap DEVMAP] [--energy]
               [--std_signals] [--no_ref] [--force_ref] [--admin_mkdirs] [-d]
benchMT: error: unrecognized arguments: --bonic_home /home/tom/Desktop/BOINC
tom@LYNNE-JUPITER-L:~/Downloads/benchMT-1.5.0$ ./benchMT --bonic_home /home/tom/Desktop/BOINC/
usage: benchMT [-h] [--about] [-y] [--cfg_file CFG_FILE] [--run_name RUN_NAME]
               [--boinc_home BOINC_HOME] [--noBS] [--display_compact]
               [--display_slots] [--num_repetitions NUM_REPETITIONS]
               [--max_threads MAX_THREADS] [--max_gpus MAX_GPUS]
               [--gpu_devices GPU_DEVICES] [--devmap DEVMAP] [--energy]
               [--std_signals] [--no_ref] [--force_ref] [--admin_mkdirs] [-d]
benchMT: error: unrecognized arguments: --bonic_home /home/tom/Desktop/BOINC/
tom@LYNNE-JUPITER-L:~/Downloads/benchMT-1.5.0$ 

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Ok, what am I missing:

tom@LYNNE-JUPITER-L:~/Downloads/benchMT-1.5.0$ ./benchMT
BOINC Home Path [ /home/boinc/BOINC/ ] doesn't exist
Please set the correct BOINC Home Path with the --boinc_home command line option
boinccmd [ /home/boinc/BOINC//boinccmd ] doesn't exist
Error in environment.  Exiting...

It is not obvious what is going on here. Maybe it is an extra space before the pathname. If no, can you try specifying on command line? If it is an extra space, I need to modify the split command to deal with it.

Removed the "extra" space. Same symptoms, then I got this:

tom@LYNNE-JUPITER-L:~/Downloads/benchMT-1.5.0$ ./benchMT --bonic_home /home/tom/Desktop/BOINC
usage: benchMT [-h] [--about] [-y] [--cfg_file CFG_FILE] [--run_name RUN_NAME]
               [--boinc_home BOINC_HOME] [--noBS] [--display_compact]
               [--display_slots] [--num_repetitions NUM_REPETITIONS]
               [--max_threads MAX_THREADS] [--max_gpus MAX_GPUS]
               [--gpu_devices GPU_DEVICES] [--devmap DEVMAP] [--energy]
               [--std_signals] [--no_ref] [--force_ref] [--admin_mkdirs] [-d]
benchMT: error: unrecognized arguments: --bonic_home /home/tom/Desktop/BOINC
tom@LYNNE-JUPITER-L:~/Downloads/benchMT-1.5.0$ ./benchMT --bonic_home /home/tom/Desktop/BOINC/
usage: benchMT [-h] [--about] [-y] [--cfg_file CFG_FILE] [--run_name RUN_NAME]
               [--boinc_home BOINC_HOME] [--noBS] [--display_compact]
               [--display_slots] [--num_repetitions NUM_REPETITIONS]
               [--max_threads MAX_THREADS] [--max_gpus MAX_GPUS]
               [--gpu_devices GPU_DEVICES] [--devmap DEVMAP] [--energy]
               [--std_signals] [--no_ref] [--force_ref] [--admin_mkdirs] [-d]
benchMT: error: unrecognized arguments: --bonic_home /home/tom/Desktop/BOINC/
tom@LYNNE-JUPITER-L:~/Downloads/benchMT-1.5.0$ 

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