Client should ensure that GPUs are actually present before allowing GPU-core projects

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Client should ensure that GPUs are actually present before allowing GPU-core projects #1159

Closed jchodera closed 8 years ago

jchodera commented 8 years ago

See https://github.com/FoldingAtHome/openmm-core/issues/116

The client should detect that no GPU device is available long before it gets to the point of launching a GPU core expecting to find a device that isn't there.

jcoffland commented 8 years ago

The client only reports information to the AS. The AS is responsible for analyzing this information and deciding if it can run a particular WU. I believe all the necessary information is already available to make these decisions with out adding complexity to the client code.

Reopen this if you strongly disagree.

jchodera commented 8 years ago

Did you actually look at FoldingAtHome/openmm-core#116 ?