From 40bc79fd6a4317e69c9c90649d1212841a2efdd7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Cetnerowski, Adam" Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2022 10:25:17 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] FAQ: Describe memory availability Resolves: NEO-5374 Signed-off-by: Cetnerowski, Adam --- FAQ.md | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/FAQ.md b/FAQ.md index 7f0f69634d..45214fa305 100644 --- a/FAQ.md +++ b/FAQ.md @@ -76,6 +76,19 @@ There is no plan to provide the following features or support in the NEO driver * platforms older than Gen8 (Broadwell) - please use [Beignet driver](https://github.com/intel/beignet) * sharing with OpenGL / EGL on Linux +## Capabilities + +### How much memory is available to the application? + +Actual available memory should be read from the driver capabilities using the dedicated API. The driver will report available memory depending on the type of graphics device +(discrete vs. integrated) and operating system as follows: +* discrete on Linux - 95% of device memory +* integrated on Linux - 80% of system memory +* discrete on Windows - 80% of device memory +* integrated on Windows - 80% of system memory + +Ignoring these instructions may lead to undefined behavior, including abort. + ## Who are we? The Compute Runtime team is part of AXG SCG (Super Compute Group).