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Change Proposal Name
This document represents a proposed Change. As part of the Changes process, proposals are publicly announced in order to receive community feedback. This proposal will only be implemented if approved by the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee.
Summary
Preinstall mesa-libOpenCL in Fedora ISOs releases
Owner
- Name: Elias Souza
- Email: eliascontato@protonmail.com
Current status
- Targeted release: Fedora Linux 41
- Last updated: 2024-03-02
- [<will be assigned by the Wrangler> devel thread]
- FESCo issue: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
- Tracker bug: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
- Release notes tracker: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
Detailed Description
Build ISOs and OStree images with mesa-libOpenCL built in. Remove Gallium's Clover Backend.
mesa-libOpenCL brings RustICL, that is a Mesa Gallium's frontend that implements OpenCL 3.0 API.
RustICL already is conformant with Intel GPUs in the same way supports all necessary capabilities for run modern softwares including Davinci Resolve(IIRC). Distributes ISOs WITH mesa-libOpenCL package as default preinstalled can help in driver adoption and can turn more easy for sofwares that depends of OpenCL drivers.
RustICL can works in various Gallium backends drivers, in the same way Zink is already supported, Zink Powered with RustICL brings a OpenCL on Vulkan implementation that can run across drivers that supports the all required extensions for use it.
Releases modifications:
Build ISOs: including mesa-libOpenCL as default package.
Feedback
Is necessary for users testing RustICL compability in softwares, but in the same way this will just be a standard and users can install a HIP or Intel Compute Runtime if wants
Benefit to Fedora
The most benefits will be the increase adoption, and including a OpenCL standard driver as default, that allows to help users to uses softwares that depends of OpenCL out of the box.
Scope
- Proposal owners: i think is not have to be a specifical owner
- Other developers:
It's necessary just for Build ISOs images with mesa-libOpenCL preinstalled
- Release engineering: #Releng issue number
Not looks this, it's just necessary: https://pagure.io/fedora-comps/pull-request/94 https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/mesa/pull-request/42
- Policies and guidelines: N/A (not needed for this Change)
- Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change)
- Alignment with Community Initiatives:
Looks is OK
Upgrade/compatibility impact
Can Help with OpenCL compability, but if users wants, the user can install by yourself HIP amd opencl or intel compute runtime
How To Test
This is the PR: https://pagure.io/fedora-comps/pull-request/942 Is just necessary to install mesa-libOpenCL and tests if all works, this can't provide a block thing
User Experience
mesa-libOpenCL brings RustICL and Clover that can help for a out of the box OpenCL experience in softwares that uses OpenCL API.
Dependencies
Contingency Plan
- Contingency mechanism: (What to do? Who will do it?) N/A (not a System Wide Change)
- Contingency deadline: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
- Blocks release? N/A (not a System Wide Change), Yes/No
Documentation
N/A (not a System Wide Change)