Deploying OpenCL application?

Question

I am currently learning OpencL and am finding it somewhat difficult to understand how it actually works. I am using MinGW compiler with ATI APP SDK. When I run the target I get error message

I have not placed any OpenCL.dll in the same folder as my application. Now searching a bit on Windows I can find this dll in

C:/Windows/SysWOW64
C:/Windows/System32/DriverStore/...
C:/Windows/System32
C:/Program Files(x86)/AMD APP SDK /...

So my question is how should I deploy my application? Should I distribute OpenCL.dll with my application?

Answer 1

The reason why your application can't find clReleaseDevice is because you wrote your application to the OpenCL 1.2 headers but you only have a OpenCL 1.1 runtime on your machine. You can't call OpenCL 1.2 API on an OpenCL 1.1 runtime. I recommend using the OpenCL 1.1 headers unless you only run on OpenCL 1.2 devices. It will keep your code safe for running on OpenCL 1.1 platforms and devices.